{"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. Learn more about Techlore at techlore.tech.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-02T04:19:02.883935+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/techlore-surveillance-report-1048322"},"episode":{"title":"Apple Quietly Downgrades Hide My Email, Plus Chrome Kills uBlock Origin & Google's IP Tracking","slug":"apple-quietly-downgrades-hide-my-email-plus-chrome-kills-ublock-origin-google-s-ip-tracking","published_at":"2026-06-24T16:35:59+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/techlore-surveillance-report-1048322/apple-quietly-downgrades-hide-my-email-plus-chrome-kills-ublock-origin-google-s-ip-tracking","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/techlore-surveillance-report-1048322","url":"https://techlore.tech/apple-quietly-downgrades-hide-my-email-plus-chrome-kills-ublock-origin-googles-ip-tracking/","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/f7f011d2/d658a65f.mp3","summary":"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. 🔎 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 🧡 SUPPORT TECHLORE Become a Techlorian and keep this show growing: ★ Support this podcast ★ 🔗 SOURCES & LINKS View all sources here: https://techlore.tech/apple-quietly-downgrades-hide-my-email-plus-chrome-kills-ublock-origin-googles-ip-tracking/ ⏱️ 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+ 🎥 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.","meta_description":"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 blo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1672,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/techlore-surveillance-report-1048322/episodes/apple-quietly-downgrades-hide-my-email-plus-chrome-kills-ublock-origin-google-s-ip-tracking/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/techlore-surveillance-report-1048322/apple-quietly-downgrades-hide-my-email-plus-chrome-kills-ublock-origin-google-s-ip-tracking.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}