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Is Ubuntu Becoming the New Windows?
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Predictive AI w/ Carissa Véliz, Author of 'Privacy is Power' & 'Prophecy'
Apr 19, 2026
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Are Privacy Opt-Outs Useless?
Apr 18, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
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| 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 | ||||||
| 1/10/26 |  Is Google Abandoning Open Source? | Google is changing how they release Android Open Source Project code, California is introducing a way for people to mass opt-out of data brokers, cryptocurrency theft attacks are still being traced to the 2022 Lastpass breach and much more! Join us for This Week in Privacy #35! (00:00) - Intro (00:19) - Start of podcast (01:20) - Site updates (05:08) - Breaking: Google will now only release Android source code twice a year (22:12) - Italy Fines Cloudflare €14 Million for Refusing to Filter Pirate Sites on Public 1.1.1.1 DNS (44:07) - The nation’s strictest privacy law just took effect, to data brokers’ chagrin (54:36) - Founder of spyware maker pcTattletale pleads guilty to hacking and advertising surveillance software (01:08:20) - Cryptocurrency theft attacks traced to 2022 LastPass breach (01:19:45) - Forum updates (01:32:47) - Q&A (01:54:45) - Outro ★ Support this podcast ★ | 1h 56m 22s | ||||||
| 1/3/26 |  What Will the EU Do Next? | Happy New Year! Join us for This Week in Privacy #34! (00:00) - Intro (00:23) - Start of podcast (01:41) - Simon Harris says Ireland to lead EU drive for ID-verified social media (22:20) - France targets Australia-style social media ban for children next year (41:30) - Hacker claims to leak WIRED database with 2.3 million records (48:35) - Texas father rescues kidnapped 15-year-old daughter after tracking her phone’s location (01:00:37) - Trump administration removes three spyware-linked executives from sanctions list (01:12:54) - Forum updates (01:27:05) - Q&A (01:49:40) - Outro ★ Support this podcast ★ | 1h 52m 12s | ||||||
| 12/27/25 |  Flock Exposes Mass Surveillance Cameras to the Internet | Happy holidays! Join us for This Week in Privacy #33! (00:00) - Intro (00:22) - Start of podcast (01:09) - Site updates (04:00) - Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet (23:14) - Pa. high court rules on Google searches without a warrant (40:15) - EU prepares ground for wider data retention & VPN targets (56:48) - Judge blocks Texas app store age verification law (01:11:38) - South Korea to require face scans for SIM cards (01:24:17) - Forum highlights (01:39:56) - Q&A (02:05:43) - Outro ★ Support this podcast ★ | 2h 06m 08s | ||||||
| 12/20/25 |  The West Is Trying To Destroy The Internet | The US is moving towards implementing unprecedented surveillance bills, Texas sues TV makers for taking screenshots of what people watch, UK lawmakers are targeting VPNs in the Online Safety Act debate, and much more! Join us for This Week in Privacy #32! (00:00) - Intro (00:22) - Start of podcast (09:50) - UK MPs target VPNs in latest Online Safety Act debate (18:13) - UK to “encourage” Apple and Google to put nudity-blocking systems on phones (29:36) - Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog (37:20) - Samourai Wallet founders face prison after guilty plea (57:11) - Berlin Approves New Expansion of Police Surveillance Powers (01:14:15) - Mozilla’s new CEO says AI is coming to Firefox, but will remain a choice (01:30:37) - Q&A (02:15:46) - Outro ★ Support this podcast ★ | 2h 17m 48s | ||||||
| 12/13/25 |  Can You Get Arrested For Wiping Your Phone? | A man is being charged for wiping his phone before being arrested, India is considering enabling GPS tracking on all mobile devices, a remote code execution vulnerability is exploiting over 30 organisations and 70k IP addresses, RAM shortages are causing massive increases in RAM costs, and much more, join us for This Week In Privacy #31! (00:00) - Intro (00:22) - Start of podcast (01:47) - Site updates (05:30) - Atlanta activist charged with wiping phone before CBP search (21:46) - Australia bans teens from social media, but nobody thinks it’ll really work (41:46) - AI browsing in Brave Nightly now available for early testing (57:04) - Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan (01:09:13) - India considers enforcing A-GPS on Mobile Devices (01:15:38) - React2Shell flaw exploited to breach 30 orgs, 77k IP addresses vulnerable (01:24:04) - Forum updates (01:29:01) - Q&A (01:44:08) - Outro ★ Support this podcast ★ | 1h 46m 23s | ||||||
| 12/6/25 |  Session Is Getting A Major Privacy & Security Boost! | Session Messenger is getting a major privacy & security upgrade, age verification laws are shifting responsibility onto App Stores, Apple rejects India’s government request to preload devices with a “cyber safety app”, and much more, join us for This Week In Privacy #30! ★ Support this podcast ★ | 2h 03m 09s | ||||||
| 11/29/25 |  GrapheneOS Desktop Mode is Here! | GrapheneOS now has expanded desktop mode features in beta, X (Twitter) has been doxing user’s locations, Android’s Quick Share is now compatible with Apple’s AirDrop and much more, join us for This Week In Privacy #29! ★ Support this podcast ★ | 1h 29m 53s | ||||||
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