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- 🇬🇧GB · Tech News#9930K to 100K
- 🇺🇸US · Tech News#1275K to 30K
- 🇩🇪DE · Tech News#1455K to 30K
- 🇦🇺AU · Tech News#1645K to 30K
- 🇰🇷KR · Tech News#1061K to 10K
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95K to 381K🇬🇧26%🇺🇸8%🇩🇪8%+19 more - Active Followers
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38K to 152K
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Android 17 for GrapheneOS is here! (sort of...)
Jun 19, 2026
2h 04m 49s
License Plate Readers Are Framing Innocent People
Jun 12, 2026
1h 47m 45s
GTA V Cheaters Just Got Exposed!
Jun 6, 2026
2h 26m 50s
GrapheneOS is Taking Accessibility Seriously!
May 30, 2026
2h 30m 37s
Google's Smart Glasses Are A Privacy Disaster
May 23, 2026
2h 32m 59s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/19/26 | ![]() Android 17 for GrapheneOS is here! (sort of...) | Android 17 has officially launched and GrapheneOS has just announced an experimental build with a stable release coming soon (update Jun 19: delayed...), the United States controversial Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act has expired but spying will continue till March 2027, AMD has striped hardware cryptography from it's consumer CPUs and more! Join us for This Week In Privacy #58 (00:00) - Intro (00:39) - Start of podcast (01:13) - Android 17 Launched, What New Privacy/Security Features Does it Bring? (17:32) - (Canadian) Liberals dismiss 'tinfoil hat' privacy fears as lawful access bill passes (28:37) - Controversial Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act spying law expires tonight. The spying will continue. (50:13) - Site updates (54:58) - If the FCC Bans Burner Phones, It Could Be a Privacy Nightmare (01:27:54) - UK to ban social media for kids under 16, may impose overnight curfews (01:39:20) - Forum updates (01:55:35) - Q&A (02:03:06) - Outro ★ Support this podcast ★ | 2h 04m 49s | ||||||
| 6/12/26 | ![]() License Plate Readers Are Framing Innocent People✨ | license plate readersprivacy legislation+4 | — | FlockWhatsApp+5 | MassachusettsSan Diego | license plate readersFlock+8 | — | 1h 47m 45s | |
| 6/6/26 | ![]() GTA V Cheaters Just Got Exposed!✨ | GTA Vcheating+5 | — | DashlaneAtlas Menu+2 | — | GTA Vcheat service+8 | — | 2h 26m 50s | |
| 5/30/26 | ![]() GrapheneOS is Taking Accessibility Seriously!✨ | GrapheneOSspeech synthesis+4 | — | speech synthesis serviceAI cameras+3 | United States | GrapheneOSspeech synthesis+7 | — | 2h 30m 37s | |
| 5/23/26 | ![]() Google's Smart Glasses Are A Privacy Disaster✨ | smart glassesprivacy+4 | — | Android XRGoogle+4 | Poland | Googlesmart glasses+7 | — | 2h 32m 59s | |
| 5/16/26 | ![]() Android 17 Is Looking Great for Privacy & Security✨ | Android securityprivacy upgrades+3 | — | Android 17Windows BitLocker+2 | — | Android 17privacy+6 | — | 1h 49m 07s | |
| 5/9/26 | ![]() CalyxOS Is (Almost) Back But Is It Any Better?✨ | CalyxOSfacial recognition+5 | — | Android 16CalyxOS+5 | — | CalyxOSAndroid 16+7 | — | 2h 33m 18s | |
| 5/2/26 | ![]() Is Ubuntu Becoming the New Windows?✨ | AI integration in Linuxsocial media anonymity+3 | — | Ubuntu LinuxCanonical+2 | GreeceTurkey | UbuntuAI features+6 | — | 2h 18m 51s | |
| 4/25/26 | ![]() Would You Pay $60 For A Browser? (ft. Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons)✨ | browser pricingsurveillance+4 | Carey Parker | MythosFirefox+5 | NevadaMaryland | Bravesurveillance pricing+7 | — | 1h 51m 44s | |
| 4/19/26 | ![]() Predictive AI w/ Carissa Véliz, Author of 'Privacy is Power' & 'Prophecy'✨ | predictive AIprivacy+4 | Carissa Véliz | University of OxfordPrivacy is Power+1 | — | predictive AIprivacy+5 | — | 3m 38s | |
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| 4/18/26 | ![]() Are Privacy Opt-Outs Useless?✨ | privacytechnology+3 | — | MicrosoftGoogle+6 | — | privacy opt-outsMicrosoft+6 | — | 2h 15m 56s | |
| 4/13/26 | ![]() Interview with EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn✨ | digital surveillanceprivacy+3 | Cindy Cohn | EFFPrivacy’s Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance | — | Cindy CohnEFF+3 | — | 2m 05s | |
| 4/11/26 | ![]() Why Does Microsoft Hate Security?✨ | privacy toolsdata security+3 | — | VeraCryptWireguard+3 | iPhone | MicrosoftVeraCrypt+6 | — | 2h 00m 23s | |
| 4/3/26 | ![]() Claude Code Leaked It's Own Source Code✨ | source code leakprivacy legislation+3 | — | Claude CodeAnthropic+3 | California | Claude Codesource code leak+5 | — | 1h 36m 15s | |
| 3/28/26 | ![]() The US Bans New Foreign Made Routers?!✨ | foreign made routersage verification+3 | — | US Federal Communications CommissionWalmart+4 | — | foreign routersFCC+7 | — | 2h 03m 51s | |
| 3/20/26 | ![]() New Exploit Affects 220 Million iPhones✨ | iPhone exploitlocation data+3 | — | iPhoneiOS+1 | Tennessee | exploitiPhone+5 | — | 1h 54m 27s | |
| 3/13/26 | ![]() Chat Control is Finally Dead?✨ | Chat ControlEU Parliament+5 | — | European parliamentDuckDuckGo+2 | — | Chat ControlEU Parliament+5 | — | 1h 14m 05s | |
| 3/7/26 | ![]() GrapheneOS has a Hardware Partner!✨ | GrapheneOSprivacy+4 | — | GrapheneOSMotorola+4 | California | GrapheneOSMotorola+7 | — | 1h 59m 38s | |
| 3/1/26 | ![]() Apple Rolls Out Age Verification Worldwide | Apple is verifying user’s ages to download R18+ apps and games on the app store globally to comply with age verification laws, people across the US are destroying and dismantling FLOCK cameras, Firefox has a new “block AI” switch to disable AI features, and much more. Join us for This Week In Privacy #42! (00:00) - Intro (00:21) - Start of podcast (01:17) - Apple rolls out age-verification tools worldwide to comply with growing web of child safety laws (32:24) - Open source registries don't have enough money to implement basic security (47:46) - Site updates (52:30) - Amazon Change Means Wishlists Might Expose Your Address (59:26) - Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras (01:09:17) - Quick updates (01:12:42) - Forum updates (01:33:30) - Q&A (01:59:13) - Outro ★ Support this podcast ★ | 2h 01m 26s | ||||||
| 2/21/26 | ![]() Meta's Smart Glasses Just Got Creepier | Meta plans to add facial recognition technology to their smart glasses, popular password managers fall short of their “zero knowledge” claims, Apple is testing end-to-end encryption with RCS in iOS 26.4 beta, and much more. Join us for This Week In Privacy #41! (00:00) - Intro (00:20) - Start of podcast (01:38) - Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses (17:26) - Popular password managers fall short of “zero-knowledge” claims (31:11) - iOS 26.3 adds unique new privacy feature, and it’s Apple at its best (38:23) - Everything New in iOS 26.4 Beta 1 (45:11) - Site updates (50:37) - Microsoft says bug causes Copilot to summarize confidential emails (58:14) - Grok Exposed a Porn Performer’s Legal Name and Birthdate—Without Even Being Asked (01:16:04) - Age verification laws quick update (01:23:17) - Forum updates (01:40:31) - Q&A (01:43:34) - Outro ★ Support this podcast ★ | 1h 45m 28s | ||||||
| 2/14/26 | ![]() Discord Wants Your ID! | Discord is facing backlash after requiring all users to provide ID to access age restricted servers and channels, this comes after Discord breached 70,000 of its users government ID documents, Apple is moving to remove anonymous chat apps from the App Store, and much more! Join us for This Week In Privacy #40. (00:00) - Intro (00:22) - Start of the podcast (01:23) - Discord faces backlash over age checks after data breach exposed 70,000 IDs (33:27) - Upgraded Google safety tools can now find and remove more of your personal info (44:19) - Google recovers “deleted” Nest video in high-profile abduction case (59:13) - Site updates (01:02:11) - ‘Dystopian’ Ring Search Party feature sparks public backlash (01:18:04) - Homeland Security Spying on Reddit Users (01:36:27) - Forum updates & Q&A (02:07:27) - Outro ★ Support this podcast ★ | 2h 09m 36s | ||||||
| 2/7/26 | ![]() Apple's Lockdown Mode Blocked the FBI? | The FBI Couldn’t Get into a reporter’s iPhone because it had lockdown mode enabled, RAM shortages have hit Raspberry Pi prices, more countries are rolling out Australia style under 16 social media bans, and much more! Join us for This Week In Privacy #39. (00:00) - Intro (00:23) - Start of the podcast (01:12) - FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled (21:12) - Notepad++ update feature hijacked by Chinese state hackers for months (31:40) - Site updates (42:02) - Ongoing RAM crisis prompts Raspberry Pi’s second price hike in two months (55:57) - You won: Microsoft is walking back Windows 11’s AI overload - scaling down Copilot and rethinking Recall in a major shift (01:09:28) - Spain & Greece announce plans to ban social media for under-16s (01:13:53) - Forum updates (01:32:49) - Q&A (01:45:56) - Outro ★ Support this podcast ★ | 1h 48m 13s | ||||||
| 1/31/26 | ![]() WhatsApp Is Not Really Encrypted? | WhatsApp encryption is coming under scrutiny, French lawmakers are pushing an under-15s social media ban, TikTok’s privacy policy has gotten worse after it has been bought by American investors, and much more! Join us for This Week In Privacy #38. (00:00) - Intro (00:21) - Start of podcast (01:12) - Site updates (04:47) - Lawsuit Alleges That WhatsApp Has No End-to-End Encryption (19:04) - French lawmakers vote to ban social media use by under-15s (36:23) - UK Lords vote to ban VPNs for children as pressure on the privacy tools increases (49:57) - AI and facial recognition to be rolled out as Britain’s ‘broken’ policing system faces sweeping reforms (01:03:12) - TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes (01:17:26) - Forum & Community Updates (01:20:32) - Q&A (01:50:46) - A Message from Privacy Guides' Program Director (01:54:07) - Outro ★ Support this podcast ★ | 1h 54m 48s | ||||||
| 1/24/26 | ![]() Why is Bitwarden Raising Prices? | Bitwarden is raising prices, Microsoft handed over encryption keys to the FBI, U.S. ICE agents are misidentifying people with facial recognition, and much more! Join us for This Week in Privacy #37! (00:00) - Introduction (00:22) - Start of Podcast (01:50) - Site Updates (04:42) - Bitwarden launches enhanced premium plan (17:02) - Predator Spyware Turns Failed Attacks Into Intelligence for Future Exploits (22:33) - Ireland wants to give its cops spyware, ability to crack encrypted messages (31:48) - Microsoft Gave FBI Keys To Unlock Encrypted Data, Exposing Major Privacy Flaw (43:32) - One of the first alternative app stores in the EU is shutting down (49:30) - A Bundle of ICE Stories (01:09:51) - Q&A (01:32:03) - Outro ★ Support this podcast ★ | 1h 33m 54s | ||||||
| 1/17/26 | ![]() Did Signal's Founder Create the Most Private AI? | Moxie Marlinspike has created a private AI alternative called Confer, Windscribe has helped form a privacy alliance, Threema got acquired by Comitis Capital, E2EE comes to RCS messaging on iOS 26.3, and much more! Join us for This Week in Privacy #36! (00:00) - Intro (00:21) - Start of podcast (01:10) - Site updates (05:57) - Signal creator Moxie Marlinspike wants to do for AI what he did for messaging (30:13) - Windscribe Partners with Kagi, Notesnook, Addy.io, and Ente to Create a Privacy-Focused Alliance (46:09) - Comitis Capital announces the acquisition of Threema (01:01:09) - Encrypted RCS Spotted in iOS 26.3 Beta (01:08:36) - Google’s Gemini to power Apple’s AI features like Siri (01:20:18) - Never-before-seen Linux malware is “far more advanced than typical” (01:27:00) - Forum updates (01:31:00) - Q&A (01:45:16) - Outro ★ Support this podcast ★ | 1h 47m 08s | ||||||
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