Surveillance Report: Weekly News For Digital Freedom

Weekly news for digital freedom. Surveillance Report covers privacy, security, surveillance technology, and digital rights news to keep you safer online from the latest threats. Hosted by Henry Fisher, founder of Techlore, a leading digital rights media organization for over 10 years. Each episode cuts through the noise with carefully selected stories, context, historical perspective, and analysis - empowering you to defend your rights with actionable steps. Topics include: data breaches, government and corporate surveillance, Big Tech privacy policies, encryption standards, digital rights legislation, privacy tool updates and vulnerabilities, and accountability journalism. Whether you're new to digital privacy or a seasoned expert tracking the ecosystem, Surveillance Report is the weekly news brief that keeps you informed. New episodes every Wednesday. Learn more about Techlore at techlore.tech.

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  Apple's Private Relay Is Leaking Your IP, Plus Fake VPN Extensions & France's Big Win

  Aug 20, 202641 min

  Three cracks opened up in Apple's privacy story this week: iCloud Private Relay leaking real IP addresses through DNS prefetching, WebTransport, and passkeys; Hide My Email exposing real addresses in bounce logs; and an unprecedented wave of spyware notifications going out to targeted users. Also this week: 737 fake VPN extensions sitting in the Chrome Web Store, Edge phasing out Manifest V2, a judge giving Google one week to fix its anticompetitive Play Store flow, and France's top court blocking the under-15 social media ban on free expression grounds. Stop handing out your real email address. addy.io gives every site an alias that forwards to your normal inbox. Open source, self-hostable, with browser extensions and mobile apps. Get started for free: https://addy.io/?utm_source=techlore In this episode: Highlight: Three Apple flaws worth acting on today: Private Relay's IP leaks, the Hide My Email exposure, the macOS screen-sharing bug, and the spyware alert wave 737 fake VPN extensions impersonating Proton, Nord, Surfshark and Cloudflare in the Chrome Web Store, with 500+ still live after cleanup A judge gives Google one week to fix its anticompetitive Play Store flow after Epic France's top court blocks the under-15 social media ban, citing freedom of expression and privacy Data Breaches: CareCloud (3.7M patients), a LiteLLM supply chain attack leaking terabytes of credentials, 3.6M Azure records, RingCentral (1.6M), Sakura Internet, Clarity Check's exposed face database, the French tax authority, SafePal, Trezor, and Pokémon Center Threats: the Evooo1Bot Linux router botnet, Comcast adding motion sensing to millions of routers, Google buying bankrupt Spirit Airlines' customer data to train AI, DDoS attacks on Threema, and a Copilot prompt-injection disclosure FOSS+: Tor Browser 15.0.20, Waterfox 6.7 "Supernova," a native ad blocker in Firefox for iOS, Startpage arriving in Firefox, Brave 1.93's GPU fingerprinting protections, Proton Mail Categories, Proton's AI Paper Trail tool, Ente's post-quantum work, Linux kernel 7.2, the Fairphone Gen 6 Plus landing in the US, SimpleX's equity crowdfunding, and Pine64 halting Linux device production SUPPORT TECHLORE Become a Techlorian and keep this show growing: ★ Support this podcast ★ SOURCES & LINKS View all sources here: https://techlore.tech/apples-private-relay-is-leaking-your-ip-plus-fake-vpn-extensions-frances-big-win/ ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS (00:00) - WELCOME TO SURVEILLANCE REPORT (00:38) - APPLE USERS SHOULD LISTEN UP (09:04) - IMPORTANT BROWSER PRIVACY UPDATES (13:34) - OUR SPONSOR: ADDY.IO (15:06) - GOOGLE FORCED TO BEHAVE (18:24) - A HUGE WIN IN FRANCE (22:26) - DEFENSE BULLETIN: DATA BREACHES (27:30) - DEFENSE BULLETIN: THREATS (32:30) - DEFENSE BULLETIN: FOSS+ VIDEO Watch on YouTube ABOUT SURVEILLANCE REPORT Your essential weekly tech news podcast covering the latest threats to security, privacy, and digital freedom. Hosted by Henry Fisher from Techlore.

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  Signal's Biggest Update In Years, Plus Rival App Stores Arrive In The Play Store

  Aug 12, 202640 min

  Signal just shipped its largest set of updates in years: A second phone can finally be a linked device, automatic key verification is rolling out alongside safety numbers, and there are commits hinting at registration without a phone number. I also cover Google hosting rival app stores in the Play Store after its Epic loss, a fake Wi-Fi network on a Delta flight, a Reuters poll showing most Americans want tighter social media oversight, and Meta joining the list of companies whose AI agents ran their own attacks. EasyOptOuts is the easy, affordable, and effective way to automatically remove your data from people search sites: https://easyoptouts.com Thanks to the EasyOptOuts team for sponsoring Surveillance Report! In this episode: Highlight: Signal's largest updates in years: linked phones and tablets, automatic key verification, and speculative phone-number-free registration Following its Epic loss, Google starts hosting rival app stores inside the Play Store, and charges $15,000 to be there Delta investigates a fake Wi-Fi hotspot on a flight carrying DEF CON attendees Three in five Americans favor stronger oversight of social media, and why the regulation on the table targets you instead of the companies Meta's AI model hacked a company during a misconfigured test, and why this is a negligence story, not an AI story Data Breaches: Ceva Logistics rippling into Steam hardware customers, Framework via Metabase, LexisNexis, Levi Strauss, a Swiss government SharePoint breach, IVPN's Bitcoin payment server, and Suisun City shutting down City Hall Threats: surveillance tech linking your phone to your license plate, a new unpatched Windows Defender privilege escalation, North Carolina Ports, why the passkey attack is mostly a nothingburger, and Chrome's device-bound session credentials FOSS+: Bitwarden's annual audit, Session's Pro beta and protocol v2, Stingle Photos returning, Cape's Trail of Bits audit of disappearing call logs, addy.io's label and plan updates, the Pixel 11 lineup, and Linux desktop use hitting 22% SUPPORT TECHLORE Become a Techlorian and keep this show growing: ★ Support this podcast ★ SOURCES & LINKS View all sources here: https://techlore.tech/signals-biggest-update-in-years-plus-rival-app-stores-arrive-in-the-play-store/ ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS (00:00) - WELCOME TO SURVEILLANCE REPORT (00:57) - 3 BIG SIGNAL UPDATES (06:56) - GOOGLE PLAY THIRD-PARTY APP STORES (10:48) - 'MILE HIGH HACKERS' (12:08) - OUR SPONSOR: EASYOPTOUTS! (14:02) - COMMENTARY ON SOCIAL MEDIA BANS (18:04) - MORE ROGUE AI AGENT HACKING (21:54) - DEFENSE BULLETIN: DATA BREACHES (27:02) - DEFENSE BULLETIN: THREATS (32:42) - DEFENSE BULLETIN: FOSS+ VIDEO Watch on YouTube ABOUT SURVEILLANCE REPORT Your essential weekly tech news podcast covering the latest threats to security, privacy, and digital freedom. Hosted by Henry Fisher from Techlore.

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  OpenAI's Hacking Story Got Worse, Plus Iran In US Water Systems & A Felony For Wiping A Phone

  Jul 31, 202632 min

  OpenAI's rogue AI agent turned out to have hacked more than Hugging Face, and the more details come out, the less impressive it seems. Then Anthropic came forward with its own disclosure: three companies accessed during testing, two of which had no idea. Plus Iran-linked hackers burrowing into dozens of US water and energy systems, an activist facing a felony for wiping his GrapheneOS phone at the border with a duress password, and thousands of private Claude chats and Artifacts turning up indexed on Google. An AI-heavy week, with the usual data breaches, threats, and FOSS+ updates. ️ The open-source answer to Google Timeline is finally here! Replay every route and light up every city you've visited on a map nobody else owns; self-host Dawarich free or grab the hosted version at https://dawarich.app/techlore/ with code TECHLORE for 20% off your first year. In this episode: Highlight: OpenAI's escaped agent, the Hugging Face breach, and Anthropic's own disclosure Iran-linked hackers disrupting US water and energy providers, 30+ Minnesota communities hit An activist charged with a felony after a GrapheneOS duress password wiped his phone at the border, plus what US v. Belmonte-Cardozo means for warrantless border searches Thousands of private Claude chats and Artifacts indexed by Google Data Breaches: CareCloud's ~350,000-person silence, Brinks Home, Origin (4.8M), OnTrac, Chick-fil-A, Analog Devices, KT's $39M fine Threats: Breyer on Chat Control 1.0's return, Google's age verification API on the Play Store, JetBrains TeamCity RCE, Mythos killing the Hawk PQC candidate, Mysk's silent macOS executable replacement FOSS+: Proton Pass autofill (now working on iCloud.com), Tails, Thunderbird 153 "Meadow," Firefox's Nova UI, Collabora Online, Wine 11.14 SUPPORT TECHLORE Become a Techlorian and keep this show growing: ★ Support this podcast ★ SOURCES & LINKS View all sources here: https://techlore.tech/openais-hacking-story-got-worse-plus-iran-in-us-water-systems-a-felony-for-wiping-a-phone/ ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS VIDEO Watch on YouTube ABOUT SURVEILLANCE REPORT Your essential weekly tech news podcast covering the latest threats to security, privacy, and digital freedom. Hosted by Henry Fisher from Techlore.

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  France Banned Social Media For Under-15s, Plus A Hidden Device In Millions Of US Cars

  Jul 24, 202642 min

  France has become the first country in Europe to ban social media for children under 15. Meanwhile there's real good news elsewhere: the UK's incoming PM dropped digital ID entirely, and California's Senate killed its browser-level age mandate and exempted open source operating systems. EasyOptOuts is the easy, affordable, and effective way to automatically remove your data from people search sites: https://easyoptouts.com Thanks to the EasyOptOuts team for sponsoring Surveillance Report! In this episode: HIGHLIGHT: France's under-15 social media ban, the UK dropping digital ID, and California scaling back its age-gating law A device dealers install in cars across the US that leaves them open to Bluetooth unlocking and disabling New stats showing the majority of Chat Control reports are false alarms, and that investigations are largely targeting minors themselves Courts forcing Apple and Google to open up: EU interoperability requirements upheld, and third-party app stores landing on Google Play Data Breaches: Suno (55M users), South Korea's diplomatic corps, Romania's entire land registry wiped, Ernst & Young, Estée Lauder, Chick-fil-A, and Coca-Cola's Fairlife Threats: wp2shell WordPress exploits, an Adobe Chrome extension exposing WhatsApp Web chats, a 7-Zip RCE, a critical Zoom account takeover, credit card data flowing to ICE, and period tracker Stardust sharing health data with an analytics firm FOSS+: Signal polls in DMs, Tor Browser 15.0.19, YubiKey 5.8, native containers in Firefox 153, Vivaldi 8.1, WhatsApp's first-party encrypted backups, Briar entering maintenance mode, the Mullvad donation controversy, and our Techlore Tools v2026.07 release SUPPORT TECHLORE Become a Techlorian and keep this show growing: ★ Support this podcast ★ SOURCES & LINKS View all sources here: https://techlore.tech/france-bans-under-15s-from-social-media-a-hidden-device-leaves-us-cars-hackable-and-courts-force-apple-and-google-open/ ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS (00:00) - WELCOME TO SURVEILLANCE REPORT (00:46) - FRANCE BANNING SOCIAL MEDIA + MORE (08:04) - A SCARY CAR EXPLOIT (12:42) - STATS ON CHAT CONTROL (15:16) - OUR SPONSOR: EASY OPT OUTS (16:40) - APPLE & GOOGLE OPENING UP (20:26) - DEFENSE BULLETIN: DATA BREACHES (24:18) - DEFENSE BULLETIN: THREATS (32:08) - DEFENSE BULLETIN: FOSS+ VIDEO Watch on YouTube ABOUT SURVEILLANCE REPORT Your essential weekly tech news podcast covering the latest threats to security, privacy, and digital freedom. Hosted by Henry Fisher from Techlore.

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  EU Passes Chat Control Anyway, Plus Microsoft's Secure Boot Mess & the Flock Resistance

  Jul 16, 202638 min

  This week's a double-week catch-up: the EU just greenlit Chat Control even after Parliament voted against it, Microsoft had a brutal stretch between a decade-old Secure Boot flaw and a Windows Defender zero-day, Texas's app-store age verification law cleared its Supreme Court hurdle while the KIDS Act moves through Congress, and LAPD just let its Flock license-plate contract expire. Plus a double-week Defense Bulletin with breaches, threats and open source news! 🗺️ The open-source answer to Google Timeline is finally here! Replay every route and light up every city you've visited on a map nobody else owns; self-host Dawarich free or grab the hosted version at https://dawarich.app/techlore/ with code TECHLORE for 20% off your first year. This week's episode covers: Highlight: EU Parliament greenlights Chat Control 1.0 despite the vote against it Microsoft's brutal week: Secure Boot broken for a decade, a Windows Defender zero-day, and Windows share dropping below 60% The age-verification wave: SCOTUS lets Texas's app-store law stand, the KIDS Act clears the House The Flock resistance: LAPD lets its contract expire, National Week of Action against ALPRs coming August 16–22 Defense Bulletin: breaches at KDDI, AssuranceAmerica, Accenture, Mount Royal University, Lidl, Xsolis, and DHS's HSIN platform FOSS+: GrapheneOS, CalyxOS, LineageOS, Brave containers, Organic Maps, Proton updates, Tuta migration, and more 🧡 SUPPORT TECHLORE Become a Techlorian and keep this show growing: ★ Support this podcast ★ 🔗 SOURCES & LINKS View all sources here: https://techlore.tech/eu-passes-chat-control-anyway-plus-microsofts-secure-boot-mess-the-flock-resistance/ ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS (00:00) - INTRO TO SURVEILLANCE REPORT (00:56) - CHAT CONTROL IS BACK (07:06) - MICROSOFT HAD A ROUGH WEEK (16:30) - AGE VERIFICATION IN THE US (19:52) - OUR SPONSOR: DAWARICH (21:40) - THE FLOCK RESISTANCE (23:26) - DEFENSE BULLETIN: DATA BREACHES (26:00) - DEFENSE BULLETIN: THREATS (29:12) - DEFENSE BULLETIN: FOSS+ 🎥 VIDEO Watch on YouTube 📰 ABOUT SURVEILLANCE REPORT Your essential weekly tech news podcast covering the latest threats to security, privacy, and digital freedom. Hosted by Henry Fisher from Techlore.

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