# CopyFail Explained, Utah's New VPN Law, and Microsoft Edge Keeping Passwords in Plaintext Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/techlore-surveillance-report-1048322/copyfail-explained-utah-s-new-vpn-law-and-microsoft-edge-keeping-passwords-in-plaintext Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/techlore-surveillance-report-1048322/copyfail-explained-utah-s-new-vpn-law-and-microsoft-edge-keeping-passwords-in-plaintext.md Podcast: [Surveillance Report: Weekly News For Digital Freedom](https://stenobird.com/podcast/techlore-surveillance-report-1048322) Published: 2026-05-08T04:52:40+00:00 Episode link: https://techlore.tech/copyfail-explained-utahs-new-vpn-law-and-microsoft-edge-keeping-passwords-in-plaintext/ Audio file: https://media.transistor.fm/b0d787c2/6af18e62.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/techlore-surveillance-report-1048322/episodes/copyfail-explained-utah-s-new-vpn-law-and-microsoft-edge-keeping-passwords-in-plaintext Duration seconds: 1951 ## Resource This week's Surveillance Report covers the most severe Linux threat in years sending researchers and admins scrambling, Apple patching the bug police were using to extract deleted Signal messages from iPhones, Utah's new law regulating VPNs taking effect, and Microsoft Edge inexplicably storing your passwords in plaintext memory. ๐Ÿงก SUPPORT TECHLORE Become a Techlorian and keep this show growing: โ˜… Support this podcast โ˜… ๐Ÿ”— SOURCES & LINKS View all sources here: https://techlore.tech/copyfail-explained-utahs-new-vpn-law-and-microsoft-edge-keeping-passwords-in-plaintext/ โฑ๏ธ TIMESTAMPS (00:00) - INTRO TO SURVEILLANCE REPORT (01:10) - HIGHLIGHT: LINUX VULNERABILITY COPYFAIL (06:55) - APPLE FIXES NOTIFICATION BUG (08:46) - UTAH TRIES TO TARGET VPNS (14:16) - MICROSOFT EDGE STORING PASSWORDS IN MEMORY (20:10) - DEFENSE BULLETIN ๐ŸŽฅ VIDEO Watch on YouTube ๐Ÿ“ฐ 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. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/techlore-surveillance-report-1048322/episodes/copyfail-explained-utah-s-new-vpn-law-and-microsoft-edge-keeping-passwords-in-plaintext/transcription-requests` โ€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/techlore-surveillance-report-1048322/copyfail-explained-utah-s-new-vpn-law-and-microsoft-edge-keeping-passwords-in-plaintext.md` โ€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.