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Apple Quietly Downgrades Hide My Email, Plus Chrome Kills uBlock Origin & Google's IP Tracking
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- Jun 24, 2026
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Apple is moving Hide My Email aliases to a new private.icloud.com subdomain, which makes it trivial for any app or website to spot a private email and block the signup. ๐ 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: Google preparing to use IP addresses for ad measurement across the EEA, UK & Switzerland (Aug 3) Chrome moving to fully block MV2, the last uBlock Origin workarounds are going away New surveillance laws in Canada + a UK push to ban social media for under-16s (with the age-verification nightmare that follows) The Arch Linux AUR malware saga...1,500+ packages, two waves Full Defense Bulletin: Texas (3M IDs), LastPass, FIFA's wide-open World Cup portal, and a stack of FOSS updates ๐งก SUPPORT TECHLORE Become a Techlorian and keep this show growing: โ Support this podcast โ ๐ SOURCES & LINKS View all sources here: https://techlore.tech/apple-quietly-downgrades-hide-my-email-plus-chrome-kills-ublock-origin-googles-ip-tracking/ โฑ๏ธ TIMESTAMPS (00:00) - WELCOME TO SURVEILLANCE REPORT (00:36) - APPLE WEAKENING HIDE MY EMAIL (06:26) - CHROME FORMALLY ENDING MV2 (09:12) - OUR SPONSOR: EASYOPTOUTS! (10:32) - UK & CANADA SURVEILLANCE (15:44) - MALWARE IN THE AUR (18:34) - DEFENSE BULLETIN: DATA BREACHES (21:40) - DEFENSE BULLETIN: THREATS (24:36) - DEFENSE BULLETIN: FOSS+ ๐ฅ VIDEO Watch on YouTube ๐ฐ 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.