This Week in Privacy
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.
Episodes
Ledger devices distributed through a reseller, were compromised with a hardware implant that drained users' crypto wallets, Google is silently linking your phone number to all your logged in accounts, Fridges across France have been disabled in a mass hacking incident and more! Join us for This Week In Privacy #75
Episode sources will be live when the stream starts:
https://www.privacyguides.org/livestreams/2026/10/16/the-ledger-...
Leaked internal documents show that Meta's Muse AI agent is building dossiers on your friends, family and you, even if you've never used it before, Kagi is ending Orion browser development on Linux and open sourcing it, and AI glasses are facing their first major government crackdown. Join us for This Week In Privacy #74.
Episode sources:
https://www.privacyguides.org/livestreams/2026/10/09/muse-is-collecting-your-data-even-if-yo...
Reddit is forcing users to login to view old.reddit.com, discontinuing it's RSS feeds and ending public API access killing privacy preserving third party clients. We'll be covering the latest in privacy & security news, so join us for This Week In Privacy #73!
★ Support this podcast ★F-Droid just released their 2.0 update, the biggest update to the app in years, Discord is rolling out age verification once again, researchers have found a way to eavesdrop on headphones from 30 meters away and much more! Join us for This Week In Privacy #72.
- (00:00) - Intro
- (00:37) - Start of podcast
- (01:16) - F-Droid 2.0: A New Chapter for Android Freedom
- (19:22) - Muse, Meta's extraordinarily privileged AI assistant has a s...
Signal has rolled out registration without a phone number on Android in beta, Revolut breached customer data through fake law enforcement requests, X Chat has mysteriously disappeared from the App Store and more. Join us for This Week In Privacy #71!
Signal image in cover taken by About Signal: https://aboutsignal.com/news/signal-registration-without-a-phone-number-now-available/
★ Support this podcast ★Apple's new watches are always listening with their new Live Rewind feature, GrapheneOS plans to overhaul all it's default apps, LG's TVs have been caught listening even when they're offline or on standby, and more! Join us for This Week In Privacy #70.
★ Support this podcast ★The GrapheneOS team has discovered that the Pixel 11 devices appear to have a key security feature disabled, the feature then re-appeared in a later beta update but was still disabled. We'll explain everything you need to know, and cover the latest privacy & security news on This Week In Privacy #69!
- (00:00) - Intro
- (00:45) - Start of podcast
- (01:20) - GrapheneOS Unable to Complete Pixel 11 Port Due to Cut Security Featur...
X.com has sent a cease and desist letter to Nitter, the privacy focused frontend for Twitter, demanding immediate takedown of the service and its repositories. This move brings into question whether other privacy frontends could also suffer the same fate, we'll discuss this and more on This Week In Privacy #68!
★ Support this podcast ★Microsoft’s Copilot had a one-click vulnerability that let attackers quietly exfiltrate data, no user interaction required beyond a single click. Microsoft's AI push seems to be backfiring as security incidents continue to increase. Join us for This Week In Privacy #67!
★ Support this podcast ★Google has announced it's new chip the Tensor G6 which brings serious security upgrades to the new Pixel 11 devices, is it a good idea to pre-order or should you hold off? Join us for This Week In Privacy #66
★ Support this podcast ★Researchers have discovered a host of issue's with Apple's iCloud Private Relay, namely one that allowed websites to see a user's hidden IP address, Linux market-share has just surpassed 10% in North America and more! Join us for This Week In Privacy #65
★ Support this podcast ★An activist has been charged with a felony for providing a "duress code" which wiped his GrapheneOS device, we'll be discussing the legal implications and the latest privacy & security news on This Week In Privacy #64!
- (00:00) - Intro
- (00:44) - Start of podcast
- (02:15) - Activist charged with felony after giving borer agent "duress code" that wiped his phone
- (43:32) - The Pokémon Company is turning to facial recognition sca...
Mullvad's Co-owner Daniel Berntsson has made a large political donation from Mullvad's profits, leading people to cancel their service, Apple has fixed a vulnerability in Hide-My-Email and an explosion of surveillance towers are coming to the US border costing over $1 billion US dollars. Join us for This Week In Privacy #63
- (00:00) - Intro
- (00:35) - Start of podcast
- (02:39) - Mullvad Donation Controversy
- (34:46) - An Explosion ...
Microsoft just fixed a record number of vulnerabilities this patch Tuesday, but a 0 day exploit dropped right after leaving them scrambling, the Los Angeles Police Department just let it's contract expire with Flock, citing 'serious concerns' over privacy and Cloudflare is rolling out a creepy bot detection system that watches your keyboard and mouse movements. Join us for this Week In Privacy #62!
- (00:00) - Intro
- (00:40) - Sta...
A security researcher has discovered that the iOS App Store saves all keystrokes and ties it to your Apple ID - raising privacy concerns, yet another cop is using Automated License Plate Readers to stalker someone, and all cars in the EU might require a camera aimed at your face! Join us for This Week In Privacy #61.
- (00:00) - Intro
- (00:36) - Start of podcast
- (01:03) - Apple adds keylogger to iOS App Store for targeted advertis...
CalyxOS is officially back with a stable release, A researcher has discovered Apple's Hide My Email feature can originating email addresses, the US Supreme Court has gutted the governments ability to use geofence warrants, and more! Join us for This Week In Privacy #60.
- (00:00) - Intro
- (00:39) - Start of podcast
- (01:10) - CalyxOS is back - release 7.2.2.0 with full maintenance support
- (18:24) - Apple 'Hide My Email' Vulnerabili...
It's a quiet news week, so we're diving into questions from the community and discussing a few less interesting stories. Join us for This Week In Privacy #59
- (00:00) - Intro
- (00:39) - Start of podcast
- (01:27) - Are there privacy advantages to desktop OS's vs GrapheneOS
- (06:50) - Announcing Mozilla.org
- (19:15) - Following user outcry, AMD reinstates memory encryption in consumer CPUs
- (32:07) - Site updates
- (38:00) - Are there an...
Android 17 has officially launched and GrapheneOS has just announced an experimental build with a stable release coming soon (update Jun 19: delayed...), the United States controversial Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act has expired but spying will continue till March 2027, AMD has striped hardware cryptography from it's consumer CPUs and more! Join us for This Week In Privacy #58
- (00:00) - Intro
- (00:39) - Start of podcast
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Automated license readers by Flock have tied a person who was miles away to a violent crime effectively framing them, the state of Massachusetts in the US has passed a privacy bill to stop the sale of precise location data and more! Join us for This Week In Privacy #57.
- (00:00) - Intro
- (00:49) - Start of podcast
- (01:14) - A flock license plate reader linked a San Diego man to a violent crime. He was five miles away.
- (19:42) - W...
GTA V cheat service Atlas Menu just got hacked exposing thousands of gamers as cheaters, Microsoft is under fire for threatening a security researcher who disclosed vulnerabilities, hackers are using Meta's AI chatbot to seize control of Instagram accounts and more! Join us for This Week In Privacy #56.
0:00 Intro
0:43 Start of podcast
1:47 Grand Theft Auto V cheat service gets hacked, exposing thousands of gamers
18:08 Mic...
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