{"podcast":{"title":"Surveillance Report: Weekly News For Digital Freedom","slug":"techlore-surveillance-report-1048322","podcast_index_feed_id":1048322,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/techlore-surveillance-report","website_url":"https://techlore.tech/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/waCJIN-A7ZmqYETA1T819yiZAp6CQynDAePAEsObDRA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zNGMz/NTljMDhmN2NmMTcw/MDk3ZGRhNTIxYjJi/YTBkZC5wbmc.jpg","author":"Techlore, Inc.","episode_count":356,"summary":"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. 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Plus the Shai-Hulud npm supply chain attack hitting 600+ packages, Signal threatening to pull out of Canada over Bill C-22, Meta rolling out AI-powered age detection, and some quiet changes at Bitwarden that have long-time users uneasy. 🔎 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! This episode also covers: data breaches at NYC Health + Hospitals, 7-Eleven, West Pharmaceutical, Grafana Labs, CISA, and more. WordPress plugin exploits, Cemu emulator Linux compromise, NGINX RCE, macOS sandbox escape. And open source news like FSFE vs Apple, Tor Browser 15.0.14, Firefox 151, Discord E2EE for calls, Azure Linux 4.0, Rocky Linux new security repo, and Organic Maps updates! 🧡 SUPPORT TECHLORE Become a Techlorian and keep this show growing: ★ Support this podcast ★ 🔗 SOURCES & LINKS View all sources here: https://techlore.tech/a-brutal-week-for-microsoft-security-signal-threatens-to-leave-canada-and-bitwarden-quietly-shifts-policies/ ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS (00:00) - WELCOME TO SURVEILLANCE REPORT (00:54) - HIGHLIGHT: A BAD WEEK FOR MICROSOFT (10:46) - OPEN SOURCE SUPPLY CHAIN ATTACK (14:40) - SIGNAL THREATENS TO LEAVE CANADA (19:33) - OUR SPONSOR: EASYOPTOUTS! 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