# Microsoft Just Removed Another Way to Activate Windows Offline Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/techlore-surveillance-report-1048322/microsoft-just-removed-another-way-to-activate-windows-offline Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/techlore-surveillance-report-1048322/microsoft-just-removed-another-way-to-activate-windows-offline.md Podcast: [Surveillance Report: Weekly News For Digital Freedom](https://stenobird.com/podcast/techlore-surveillance-report-1048322) Published: 2026-01-11T02:44:36+00:00 Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/1be4f27b Audio file: https://media.transistor.fm/1be4f27b/59733048.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/techlore-surveillance-report-1048322/episodes/microsoft-just-removed-another-way-to-activate-windows-offline Duration seconds: 2487 ## Resource This week's Surveillance Report covers Microsoft removing offline Windows activation, California's new tool to delete your data from brokers, cryptocurrency theft traced to the 2022 LastPass breach, France's social media ban for under-15s, and more! This week's Surveillance Report covers:- Microsoft continuing to remove more offline Windows activation options as well as what you can do (besides just switching to Linux!)- A deep-dive into California's new tool to remove you from data brokers and how I'm approaching this news as a Californian- More age verification scares coming out of France and other countries- LastPass data breach STILL impacting people to this day- Defense Bulletin: Threats, breaches, and service updates ๐Ÿงก SUPPORT TECHLOREBecome a Techlorian and keep this show growing: https://techlore.tech/support ๐Ÿ”— SOURCES & LINKSView all sources here: https://techlore.tech/microsoft-just-removed-another-way-to-activate-windows-offline/ โฑ๏ธ TIMESTAMPS00:00 - INTRO00:40 - Highlight Story: Microsoft removing more Options05:48 - California's New Data Removal Tool13:24 - LastPass Data Breach Still Impacting People18:50 - Support Techlore!19:43 - More Age Verification in France, US, and more24:04 - The Defense Bulletin ๐Ÿ“ฐ ABOUT SURVEILLANCE REPORTYour essential weekly tech news podcast covering the latest threats to security, privacy, and digital freedom. Hosted by Henry Fisher from Techlore, delivering deep analysis to help you reclaim control and defend your rights. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/techlore-surveillance-report-1048322/episodes/microsoft-just-removed-another-way-to-activate-windows-offline/transcription-requests` โ€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/techlore-surveillance-report-1048322/microsoft-just-removed-another-way-to-activate-windows-offline.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.