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techlore.techF-Droid 2.0 Is Finally Here! (First Look)F-Droid 2.0 is the biggest update to the FOSS Android app store in a decade. I walk through the redesign, the new search + filters, install prompts that finally come *before* the download (thanks, EU DMA!), automatic updates, Tor VPN, signer info, adding third-party repos, and more! Watch

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techlore.techGo Incognito Section 1 is liveSection 1 is live! Jump in, say hi, and leave your questions as you go.

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techlore.techCongress Comes For VPNs, Plus FBI & Pentagon Hacks, and Chat Control DefendedTwo US site-blocking bills, one that drags in VPNs and encrypted DNS. Plus the FBI and Pentagon hacks, Chat Control 2.0 stalls, and Meta's Muse stumbles.

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techlore.techMeet Go Incognito V2**Hi everyone 👋** Go Incognito, our flagship course teaching anyone about security, privacy & anonymity, has been rebuilt for 2026 & beyond. Section 1 of Go Incognito V2 opens Monday, October 5, and pre-launch starts now. **What it is.** A self-guided experience taught by me, 66 lessons across

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techlore.techDNS Privacy, Encryption, Funding, and Lawsuits (Quad9 CTO Interview)Techlore Talks brings you in-depth conversations with the experts at the forefront of digital rights, privacy and security.

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techlore.techNo Hack Needed: How Revolut Leaked Your Passport, Plus New Age Verification & Rogue AI AgentsA hacker impersonated a government agency and Revolut simply handed over customers' passports and IDs. Plus the age-verification wave and OpenAI's rogue agents.

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techlore.techThe ULTIMATE Proton Hardening Guide (Part 2)Part 1 covered Proton Mail and your Proton account. This video covers the rest of the Proton suite: what to enable, what to ignore, and why. Watch on Techlore.TV for an ad-free, surveillance-free viewing experience

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techlore.tech153 Million Driver's Licenses For Sale, Plus Chrome Kills uBlock Origin & Texas Kicks Out FlockAn ID-verification company leaked 153 million driver's licenses to a dark-web market, and it's the perfect case against ID uploads.

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techlore.techCalifornia Age Verification: The Good, Bad & UglyIn 2027, your operating system is going to ask how old you are. California's age verification law (AB 1043) takes effect January 1st, and AB 1856 just carved Linux out of it. But the law still leaves many questions open, here's the good, the bad, and

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techlore.techFolding Phones Are the Worst Thing to Happen to SmartphonesFolding phones are the most fragile, least repairable, most expensive phones ever made.

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techlore.techBorder Crossings, Burner Phones, and Surviving Interrogation in China with Josh Summers from All Things SecuredTechlore Talks brings you in-depth conversations with the experts at the forefront of digital rights, privacy and security.

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techlore.techApple Fixed A Leak Without Telling Anyone, Plus More VPN News and Flock's Creepy Police AIMullvad, Obscura, Apple, and Firefox all shipped VPN improvements this week. Plus Flock's police AI, Meta's $16.68B settlement, and X killing Nitter.

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techlore.techApple's Private Relay Is Leaking Your IP, Plus Fake VPN Extensions & France's Big WinApple's iCloud Private Relay is still leaking real IP addresses weeks after disclosure and other Apple issues. Plus 737 fake VPN extensions and France's age-check loss.

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techlore.techFlock No: The Open Source Project Mapping Every Surveillance Camera in America (DeFlock Interview)Techlore Talks brings you in-depth conversations with the experts at the forefront of digital rights, privacy and security.

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techlore.techYour ISP Is Watching You Walk Around Your HouseComcast just turned millions of leased Xfinity routers into motion sensors that track movement through your home, and buried in the fine print is a clause letting them hand that data to third parties without telling you. Here's what Xfinity Shield actually does, why the tradeoff makes no

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techlore.techHow To Check What Any Website Is Doing With Your DataYou can look up exactly which companies are getting your data from any website for free, in about a minute. But the tool everyone's sharing right now has a blind spot big enough that Facebook comes back completely clean. Here are three tools that actually show you what

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techlore.techCory Doctorow's Right About Data Brokers. He's Wrong About DROP. Here's Everything You Need to Know About California's Opt-Out Tool.Cory Doctorow says California's DROP tool is "privacy theater." I was skeptical too, so I asked the executive director behind DROP. Welcome to my deep-dive on how DROP works and why I decided to start using it.

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techlore.techTechlore v2026.08: 100+ New VPN Pages, a Smarter Quiz, and a Faster SiteThis update brings 100+ new VPN pages you can browse without JavaScript, a smarter Quiz that stops recommending tools you already use, three new privacy tools, and a noticeably faster site across the board. Plus: a heads up on why v2026.09 might be late.

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techlore.techSignal's Biggest Update In Years, Plus Rival App Stores Arrive In The Play Store📰 Listen to the weekly podcast on Apple Podcasts_,_ Spotify, other podcast apps, or RSS. You can also watch Surveillance Report on YouTube or Techlore.TV Click For All Sources * * * ## On My Radar 🎯 **Signal Just Had Its Biggest Week in Years** Signal is one of my favorite

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techlore.techSteam Deck & Framework Data Breaches: What To Do And How To Prevent The Next OneSteam Deck and Framework owners both got caught in data breaches, but the plot twist is neither company was directly hacked. Here's exactly what to do if you were affected, step by step. From phishing to aliasing to password management.

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techlore.techFive Years Later, Why We're Scrapping Our Nextcloud SeriesIn November 2021 I promised a Nextcloud series. Today, after five years, two restarts, and a few lessons already in the can, I'm scrapping it. Here's what went wrong, why none of it is Nextcloud's fault, and why knowing when to drop something is a skill I wish I'd learned sooner.

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techlore.techKeePass for Apple Devices: Syncing, Security, and Cross-Platform Gaps (Strongbox Interview)Techlore Talks brings you in-depth conversations with the experts at the forefront of digital rights, privacy and security.

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techlore.techOpenAI's Hacking Story Got Worse, Plus Iran In US Water Systems & A Felony For Wiping A PhoneOpenAI's rogue AI hacked more than Hugging Face, and Anthropic's did the same. Less Terminator, more big-tech negligence with faster tools.

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techlore.techMeet Firefox Nova: A First Look at the New DesignFirefox just shipped its biggest redesign in six years, and it's already live in Nightly. I put regular Firefox side-by-side with the new Nova UI to show you what's changed: rounded tabs, a reworked settings menu, Kit, the return of Compact Mode, and a

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techlore.techHow to Protect Yourself From Chat Control: Quick Fixes, Simple Swaps, and Advanced AlternativesA parent sends a photo of their sick child to a doctor, and ends up under police investigation... welcome to 1984. Initiatives like Chat Control and other advancements around the world aim to make this the permanent state of the internet. This video breaks down how photo and message scanning

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techlore.techFrance Bans Under-15s From Social Media, a Hidden Device Leaves US Cars Hackable, and Courts Force Apple and Google OpenFrance just became the first country in Europe to ban under-15s from social media. The UK and California moved the opposite direction, hackable US cars, and more!

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techlore.techContainers and Profiles Are Now Standard in Both Brave and FirefoxBrave just shipped Containers, and Firefox just made them native, so the profiles-vs-containers debate that split these two browsers is finally over. This video demos both features side by side in Brave 1.92 and Firefox 153, and breaks down when to use browser profiles vs container tabs

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techlore.techHow to Check If Your Phone Number or Email Has Been in a Data BreachYour phone number and email are in more breach databases than you think. Here's how to check exactly where you've been exposed using free tools, what to actually do about it, and how to stop it from being a recurring worry.

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techlore.techAction Required: Migrate Your Digest RSS FeedWe're updating our weekly newsletter to fall under the Surveillance Report umbrella.

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techlore.techStalkerware, Pegasus, Surveillance Reform, and How to Spot a Scam with David Ruiz from MalwarebytesTechlore Talks brings you in-depth conversations with the experts at the forefront of digital rights, privacy and security.

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techlore.techEU Passes Chat Control Anyway, Plus Microsoft's Secure Boot Mess & the Flock ResistanceThe EU Parliament originally rejected mass message scanning, then passed it anyway. Plus Microsoft's decade-old Secure Boot flaw, the age verification wave, and LAPD drops Flock.

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techlore.techBank Freezes, Decentralization, and Financial Privacy with Cake Wallet's Founder & CEO Vik SharmaTechlore Talks brings you in-depth conversations with the experts at the forefront of digital rights, privacy and security.

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techlore.techPassword Manager Tier List 2026: Bitwarden, 1Password, KeePass, Proton Pass, LastPass, and MoreYour password manager is the most sensitive piece of software in your tech stack. It holds everything - your email, banking, work credentials, health records, crypto, and more. Here's how 12 of the most popular ones actually stack up. Watch on Techlore.TV for an ad-free, surveillance-free

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techlore.techApple Quietly Downgrades Hide My Email, Plus Chrome Kills uBlock Origin & Google's IP TrackingApple's Hide My Email aliases are moving to a subdomain that sites can easily block. Plus Chrome ends uBlock Origin, Google eyes your IP, and the Arch AUR mess.

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techlore.techApple Maps Is Getting Ads, So What Should You Use Instead?After years of recommending Apple Maps as a private Google Maps alternative, that recommendation just got more complicated – Apple Maps is getting ads. Here are three alternatives worth knowing about. Watch on Techlore.TV for an ad-free, surveillance-free viewing experience

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techlore.techCryptee Launches End-to-End Encrypted Photo Sharing: Legal Risks, Preventing Abuse, and Their SolutionTechlore Talks brings you in-depth conversations with the experts at the forefront of digital rights, privacy and security.

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techlore.techPermission Not Required: The Open Source iOS App that Makes the Invisible Visible (Loupe Review)App tracking is mostly invisible, but now there's a free & open source iOS app that changes that. Loupe shows you what any app on your iPhone can quietly collect without asking for a single permission. This video walks through what it reveals, why it matters, and what

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techlore.techVPN Tier List 2026: Mullvad, IVPN, Obscura, Nord, Surfshark, and MoreYour VPN sees every site you visit, every app you use, and every search you make. Choosing the wrong one means trading your ISP's surveillance for something potentially worse. Here's our 3rd tier list of 2026! Watch on Techlore.TV for an ad-free, surveillance-free

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techlore.techMeta Hid Face-Recognition Code on 50M Phones, The UK's Device-Scanning Ultimatum & A Burner Phone BanMeta secretly shipped facial-recognition code to 50M+ phones then quietly deleted it, the UK moves to scan every device, and two states split hard on privacy.

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techlore.techHow to Tell if an App Is Actually Secure (Most Aren't)Most apps claiming to be "private and secure" are using language that sounds meaningful but commits to almost nothing. I broke this down after watching a Shark Tank segment on Qeepsake, a baby journal app that calls itself "absolutely private and secure" because it has an

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techlore.techFirefox VPN Explained: 50GB Free, No Logging, and How it Compares to Mozilla VPNTechlore Talks brings you in-depth conversations with the experts at the forefront of digital rights, privacy and security.

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techlore.techDashlane Confirms Hackers Stole Password Vaults, Pentagon Location Tracking, and Hackers Trick Meta's AIDashlane confirms hackers stole around 20 encrypted password vaults, and it's being quiet about how. Plus US troops tracked via location data, Europe ditching US tech, and a wild Meta AI hijack.

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techlore.techThe Truth About Phone Carrier Tracking (It's Worse Than You Think)Your cell carrier knows your name, your location, who you called, when you called them, how long you talked, and more. What's worse, this data sits on their servers for years. VPNs and Signal help, but they don't touch the infrastructure layer. Here's what

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techlore.techDuckDuckGo's Director of Product on Ads, Google, and the Ecosystem They're Actually BuildingTechlore Talks brings you in-depth conversations with the experts at the forefront of digital rights, privacy and security.

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techlore.techA Vulnerability Hit Our PeerTube: Here's What Happened & What It Teaches About Self-HostingA vulnerability hit our self-hosted PeerTube in May. Here's exactly what happened, what was (and wasn't) at risk, and what it can teach about self-hosting.

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techlore.techCalifornia Exempts Open Source From Age Verification, Plus School Bus Surveillance Getting Out of ControlA rare win against age verification with California exempting open source! Plus AI cameras on school buses, a push to ban police license plate tracking, and more.

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techlore.techGoogle Replaced Search With AI. Here Are 6 Alternatives.Google I/O this year made something very clear: Google Search isn't really for you anymore. AI agents that buy things on your behalf, Gemini reading your Gmail and Calendar to "personalize" your results, and AI Overviews pushing real links further down the page with every

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techlore.techA Brutal Week for Microsoft Security, Signal Threatens to Leave Canada, And Bitwarden Quietly Shifts PoliciesA brutal week of Microsoft vulnerabilities, an npm supply chain attack on 600+ packages, Signal vs Canada, Meta's AI age detection, and Bitwarden worries.

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techlore.techTRMNL: A Screen That Doesn't Want Your AttentionE-ink displays that promise ambient, distraction-free information sound great in theory. TRMNL delivers on the concept, with open firmware & open hardware, but the reality of living with it is more nuanced. Here are my thoughts! Watch on Techlore.TV for an ad-free, surveillance-free viewing experience

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techlore.techNaomi Brockwell on Digital Privacy Legislation, the Third Party Doctrine, and Fighting the Surveillance State with The Surveillance Accountability ActTechlore Talks brings you in-depth conversations with the experts at the forefront of digital rights, privacy and security.