KOSA should protect children…just not from Meta. Make it make sense! www.reuters.com/world/meta-l...

⏰ Top of the hour, Office Hours goes live! Safari vs Brave, overall browser security vs privacy, the FCC hotspot ban, and a ton more Q&As! See you all there, come say hi! youtube.com/live/LVhJj0_...

Office Hours FRIDAY at 10AM PT 🎙️ Safari vs Brave, overall browser security vs privacy, the FCC hotspot ban, and a ton more Q&As! Join it live and bring your questions 👇 youtube.com/live/LVhJj0_...

⏰ Top of the hour, Office Hours goes live! Firefox vs Brave, SIM-less phones, VPNs, email aliases, and your questions answered live. See you all there, come say hi! youtube.com/live/8GAs_wG...

Office Hours TOMORROW at 10AM PT 🎙️ Firefox vs Brave, SIM-less living, VPNs, email aliases, Chinese cars, and a ton more Q&A. Join it live and bring your questions 👇 youtube.com/live/8GAs_wG...

🔴 Going live at the top of the hour for the office hours Q&A! Say hi, ask your questions and let's have some fun 😄 youtube.com/live/NEmtuxC...

🙋I did everything right...Mullvad Browser, Mullvad VPN, new exit IP...and they STILL knew it was me. How is this possible? I'll being tackling the question above + your others LIVE tomorrow @ 10am Pacific 🔴 Set your reminders 👇 youtube.com/live/NEmtuxC...

Going live at the top of the hour for the Office hours Q&A! Featuring iPad sandboxing, WhatsApp privacy, threat models, and more. Come and join the fun! youtube.com/live/_kk0KxG...

"Privacy is dead" is not just a hopeless take. It's an engineered response from years of people losing hope that couldn't be further from the truth. I discussed the dangerous narrative and the small things that actually fight back. YouTube: youtu.be/G_meB00Vdhw

Is an iPad actually safer than your computer? Mitnick said yes in 2017. Does it still hold up in 2026? Plus many more of your questions on tomorrow's Q&A stream. Friday 1pm ET, come and join live! youtube.com/live/_kk0KxG...

New Surveillance Report 🔒 - Linux hit with a THIRD major vulnerability in 3 weeks - A Palantir database of 20M people - Android: a VPN leak Google won't patch + new intrusion logging - Encrypted RCS lands in iOS 26.5 Tune in to the weekly news: youtu.be/dAKc7OJTXeU

Helium Browser Review: Is This Minimal, Privacy-Focused Chromium Browser Worth Switching To? techlore.tech/helium-brows... by @techlore.tech

The newest Surveillance Report episode just launched with video support in RSS and Apple Podcasts 🍎 Excited to bring this to our thousands of monthly listeners! Get the audio or video SR experience on YouTube, PeerTube, or via RSS. Thank you everyone for tuning in!

Great question for today's livestream: should you update old accounts to use email aliases, or start fresh entirely? + many other questions! Live in ~2 hours breaking it down, see you soon & bring your questions: https://youtube.com/live/bbBY5bZPwzY

🔴 LIVE @ TOP OF THE HOUR Techlore Office Hours: Brave extensions, Safari ad blockers, phone security in China, and more. Join, hang out, and say hi: https://youtube.com/live/g8NXHO9dc4c

Are browser extensions in Brave or Safari necessary or overkill? Join LIVE tomorrow at 1PM ET for Techlore Office Hours: your privacy & security questions answered in real time 🫡 Set a reminder, and see you all soon: https://youtube.com/live/g8NXHO9dc4c

🔴 LIVE TONIGHT: Josh @ AllThingsSecured is inviting me on to talk DNS! What is it? How does it impact your safety? What tools actually help? Whether you've never touched DNS or want to level up...this one's for you. Join the livestream + Q&A! 🕗 7pm Central: https://youtube.com/live/n5rddEvnQQU

Brave just dropped Brave Origin: a paid, debloated version of their browser. No AI, no crypto, no rewards, no telemetry. $60 one-time (free on Linux!) We've been manually stripping this stuff out for years and so I have some thoughts... Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/3i5KH0l895o

After a rigorous vetting process, we've brought on a new chief video officer. Qualifications: top-tier nap skills and unmatched ability to block the mouse & keyboard. We're in good paws 🐾

Governments are racing to verify your age & nobody agrees how to do it. The US introduced a federal bill. And the EU is launching an app with cryptographic guarantees. I break both down and share my concerns, as well as how you can get involved: https://youtu.be/RPc869MO86k

Heads up everyone: we're going to need to pass on Friday livestream this week. We've got an urgent hot video to make & Surveillance Report still needs to get out! Limited time means we have to prioritize. Thanks for understanding, and stream will be back next week🙏 Enjoy the content dropping soon!

A while ago we announced a student giveaway for our coaching (donated by a client who didn't need their last 2 sessions!) This is just a quick PSA that the winner has been selected and everyone has been emailed. Thank you to everyone who applied. Keep building 🚀

Apple with ADP encrypts your photos. Your notes. Your messages. But not your email. Not your contacts. Not your calendar. That gap isn't an accident. I got early access to Tuta Drive & shared my first impressions. Happy to see more companies closing the gap! YouTube: https://youtu.be/NcpEwYMXYBQ

Mozilla just built a free VPN directly into Firefox. 50GB/month, no app, no subscription. I turned it on for a first-look and shared my reactions and what you can expect (and not expect!) https://youtu.be/bQzLGHWkTyg

The age verification discussion has been loud, messy, and difficult to navigate. I brought on an @fsfe.org legal expert to cut through all of it: systemd, MidnightBSD, California, the UK, & more to help explain what these laws mean for free software. 🎥 LIVE now on YouTube: youtu.be/5iKvQk7drd4

Notifications for deleted shouldn't remain in any OS notification database, and we've asked Apple to address this. In the meantime, you can prevent any preview text from your Signal messages from appearing in your notifications. Signal Settings > Notifications > Show “No Name or Content”

The FBI found Signal messages without breaking Signal, France is ditching Windows, Microsoft locked out WireGuard & VeraCrypt, and Wisconsin just scored a privacy win. This week's Digital Rights Digest is live, get the latest news & takes right now 👇 techlore.tech/how-the-fbi-...

Every time you open Google Maps, it logs where you are, what you searched, and where you went next. We interviewed the co-founder of Organic Maps, an open source app that collects none of that. New Techlore Talks out now: https://youtu.be/XCzVQKLBkhM

Starting at the top of the hour...Techlore Office Hours is going live! Can you actually escape Google Calendar? Let's find out. Come watch the live show and bring your questions, can't wait to chat! https://youtube.com/live/LF1FcDLUtyQ

We moved podcast hosts for Surveillance Report & Techlore Talks! Better embedded timestamps, transcripts, and more on the way. Let us know if you notice anything off...and enjoy the upgrades! All links: https://techlore.tech/podcasts/

Sorry everyone for the weird livestream issues, we've had a weird bug with our recording studio which triggers a random livestream. The new link for our stream tomorrow @ 1PM ET is here: https://youtube.com/live/LF1FcDLUtyQ See everyone soon!

Your VPN might be making you an NSA target...yes the same gov that told us to use VPNs. Also: North Korea's open-source hijack, 2.3M infected Android devices & EU ending Chat Control. New Surveillance Report is live: https://youtu.be/TmfP-gHHpKg

Tomorrow @ 1PM ET Techlore Office Hours is live. On the radar: Google Calendar alts, CleanMyMac thoughts, OnionShare, and more. Come hang tomorrow, set a reminder: https://youtube.com/live/CZqObWMFE1Y

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Big headline, luckily not as scary as it looks, but an important lesson... The FBI extracted Signal messages from a defendant's iPhone even after the app was deleted. Here's what actually happened and what to do 🧵

Microsoft silently suspended developer accounts for WireGuard, VeraCrypt & Windscribe. Zero warning. Zero notification. Zero recourse. This isn't just a support failure, it's the result of Big Tech gatekeeping. Newest video breaks it down: https://youtu.be/fTui3CQuL9I

One more reason to get away from Windows. VeraCrypt is excellent software!! Source: https://www.404media.co/microsoft-abruptly-terminates-veracrypt-account-halting-windows-updates/ We've shown how to use it in the past if you want to see how it works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C25VWAGl7Tw

Meta's glasses earned the nickname "pervert glasses" for a reason. A journalist wore them and said they made her START THINKING like a creep. The privacy implications go way deeper than you'd expect, and I covered the problems in our latest video: https://youtu.be/gGliQhv1QCU

📢 Surveillance Report & Techlore Talks have moved to a new pod host! If you follow us on Apple, Spotify, or any podcast app, everything should carry over automatically. If you only watch on You/PeerTube, did you know they're available as podcasts? Follow them now: https://techlore.tech/podcasts

The US govt recommends VPNs. They also admit using one might strip your constitutional rights. Yes, seriously. Plus LinkedIn's secret browser surveillance & more in this week's Digital Rights Digest: https://techlore.tech/vpns-nsa-spying-and-the-surveillance-double-standard-nobody-wants-to-address/

This is still the Metaverse website, even after announcing Horizon Worlds will be shutting down soon. Meta didn't need the metaverse to succeed, they needed it to exist long enough to collect your data and keep investors distracted.

🔴 GOING LIVE TOP OF THE HOUR: Techlore Office Hours! Your data is probably on hundreds of websites right now. Let's talk about what you can actually do about it. Come say hi and leave your questions! https://youtube.com/live/pFiK6NJgXmk

The playbook's the same: Industry harms people → regulators don't touch industry → individuals get surveilled instead Kids exposed to addictive products? Scan everyone's face. Kids on social media? Scan everyone's face. Zero accountability for companies. Maximum surveillance for everyone else.

Is your personal info listed on hundreds of websites right now? Join us LIVE tomorrow for Techlore Office Hours, we're covering data brokers, people-search sites, and whether opt-out services are actually worth it. 🔴 Tomorrow @ 1PM ET: https://youtube.com/live/pFiK6NJgXmk

A jury recently held Meta & Google liable for designing addictive platforms that harm kids. Plus: DarkSword exploit leaks, Apple's UK age verification, Lockdown Mode's record & more in this week's digest 👇 https://techlore.tech/the-week-big-tech-got-sued-hacked-and-verified-march-22-31/

Two zero-click iOS exploits hitting millions of iPhones. Google revealing their insulting Android sideloading "advanced flow." Instagram quietly killing E2E encryption. It's a wild one. 🎙️ Surveillance Report 258 is live, thank you all for your patience: https://youtu.be/qllpVoCVQSE

WE'RE ABOUT TO GO LIVE 🔴 Can a mouse spy on you without any software installed? Answering this + your privacy & security questions at the top of the hour! https://youtube.com/live/SRJGnVsNQUQ

Is your mouse transmitting data right now? 🖱️ Tomorrow @ 1pm ET we're answering this + your biggest privacy questions LIVE. Wi-Fi calling, DNS conflicts, and more. Bring your questions & see you there👇 https://youtube.com/live/SRJGnVsNQUQ

Meta has deleted a photographer's entire portfolio overnight. Falsely accused, no appeal, years of work gone. Your data isn't yours if it's on their servers. Start with backups YOU own, then go further with open source services that empower you: privacytools.techlore.tech

🚨 UK: The govt wants to ban VPNs, social media & AI chatbots for under-21s. Your silence is a yes. Make your voice heard before May 26. Fill out the survey and let them know your views: www.gov.uk/government/c...