{"podcast":{"title":"This Week in Privacy","slug":"this-week-in-privacy-6761897","podcast_index_feed_id":6761897,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/this-week-in-privacy","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/4r2iPaDyYL_JY28-WyXXbBu6RIlTfcHv7WBT4vTeHcY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82OTVi/YmVmMzVjZTQ1ZjQz/ZTMxYTI4MjM5NmQ5/NjFhNi5qcGc.jpg","author":"Jonah Aragon","episode_count":59,"summary":"A weekly live podcast from Privacy Guides - We cover updates on what we’re working on, privacy news from around the industry, and anything our community wants to share. Privacy Guides is a non-profit, impartial organization that is focused on delivering the best online privacy advice and building a strong privacy community.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-13T10:21:23.185967+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-privacy-6761897"},"episode":{"title":"Are Privacy Opt-Outs Useless?","slug":"are-privacy-opt-outs-useless","published_at":"2026-04-18T01:21:40+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-privacy-6761897/are-privacy-opt-outs-useless","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-privacy-6761897","url":"https://www.thisweekinprivacy.net/episodes/are-privacy-opt-outs-useless","audio_url":"https://op3.dev/e/media.transistor.fm/220228fe/6921f321.mp3","summary":"An independant privacy audit of Microsoft, Google and Meta has found that privacy opt outs didn’t have an effect, Cal.com has moved from open-source to closed-source, Netgear has been exempt from the FCC’s non-US made router ban, and more! Join us for This Week In Privacy #49. (00:00) - Intro (00:45) - Start of podcast (01:19) - Google, Microsoft, Meta All Tracking You Even When You Opt Out, According to an Independent Audit (18:05) - Sovereign Tech Agency funding (Mastodon) (32:45) - Cal.com is going closed source. Here's why. (39:26) - Discourse is Not Going Closed Source (52:21) - Site updates (58:16) - Republican Mutiny Sinks Trump's Push to Extend Warrantless Surveillance (01:13:50) - 'No more excuses': Von Der Leyen says EU age checking app is ready (01:26:40) - Gottheimer Announces Bipartisan \"Parents Decide Act\" to Protect Kids Online (01:40:50) - Forum updates (01:57:53) - Q&A (02:14:13) - Outro ★ Support this podcast ★","meta_description":"An independant privacy audit of Microsoft, Google and Meta has found that privacy opt outs didn’t have an effect, Cal.com has moved from open-source to cl…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":8156,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-week-in-privacy-6761897/episodes/are-privacy-opt-outs-useless/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-privacy-6761897/are-privacy-opt-outs-useless.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}