Android 17 Is Looking Great for Privacy & Security

About this episode

The episode discusses new privacy and security features in Android 17, Signal's phishing warnings, and a zero-day vulnerability in Windows BitLocker.

Google recently announced upcoming features for Android 17 which features new privacy & security upgrades, Signal is adding warnings to protect against phishing attacks, Windows Bitlocker has been broken by a new zero-day and more! Join us for This Week In Privacy #53 (00:00) - Intro (00:43) - Start of podcast (01:33) - What's New in Android Security and Privacy in 2026 (13:00) - Signal adds security warning for social engineering phishing attacks (18:52) - Windows BitLocker zero-day gives access to protected drives, PoC released (28:29) - Site updates (35:43) - Only approved phones can pass Google's new reCAPTCHA, locking out privacy-focused alternatives (51:07) - Stop the Surveillance State: Stop Bill C-22 (01:08:31) - Forum updates (01:35:17) - Q&A (01:46:12) - Outro ★ Support this podcast ★

People in this episode

Host: Privacy Guides

Topics covered

• Android security
• privacy upgrades
• phishing attacks
• zero-day vulnerabilities
• surveillance state

Keywords

• Android 17
• privacy
• security
• phishing
• zero-day
• BitLocker
• Google
• Signal

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Google, Signal

Products: Android 17, Windows BitLocker

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