Techlore Talks Interview: Welcoming back John Ozbay on Techlore Talks for Part 1 of discussing many important digital rights concepts! The unexpected challenges of developing open source software, finding & reporting vulnerabilities, security of big tech companies like Google/Apple, progressive web apps, new EU tech developments with the DMA, marketing in privacy, and so much more! John is an old interview favorite and we're thrilled to have him back on! — Timestamps: 00:00:00 Interview...

Techlore Talks Interview: James Sundquist, a volunteer community manager and documentation manager for NextcloudPi. NextcloudPi is a preinstalled, preconfigured Nextcloud instance to make Nextcloud easier to use! Join us as we talk about data ownership, Nextcloud, privacy and security. — Timestamps: 00:00 Interview Preview 01:08 About James & About NextcloudPi 03:04 The Nextcloud Conference! 03:58 Options for NextcloudPi Installation 07:26 Nextcloud Privacy & Security 10:26 Future of...

Episode #18. Apple's unexpected response to Europe's DMA, sideloading, default web browsers, more browser engines, and more! Apple really dropped the ball and showed everyone their cards. Jonah's Blog: https://www.jonaharagon.com/posts/apple-is-incredibly-salty-about-the-digital-markets-act/ Join our Forum Our Patreon — Timestamps: 00:00 Intro to Apple DMA 01:05 Alternative App Stores / 'Sideloading' 11:55 Alternative browser engines... 17:00 Option for third-party browsers 19:32 Apple's...

Episode #17. What are backdoors? How should we define them? What is spyware? Google privacy sandbox & Manifest v3, and more! Join our Forum Our Patreon — Timestamps: 00:00 What are backdoors, intentional vs non-intentional? 14:26 How do we define spyware? What's the issue of calling everything spyware? 20:42 Wickr Died, & no one cares? 22:48 Google's 'Privacy' Sandbox & Manifest v3 27:58 Is it harmful when companies advertise 'privacy'? 34:48 Facebook's E2EE vs Telegram's...

Episode #16. The government collects data & metadata from Apple & Google push notifications, exciting announcements from the Tor Project, Simple Tools sold out, my involvement at the Bitwarden open source security conference, and more! Join our Forum Our Patreon — Timestamps: 00:00 Government spying on push notifications 16:06 Tor Project Announcements 23:14 Simple Tools Sells Out 28:50 Henry Bitwarden Conference Talk — Techlore Talks: Video Playlist RSS Feed — Techlore...

Episode #15. Apple dealing with green messages via RCS and what it means for you, Signal messenger usernames, accusations against Tuta (previously Tutanota), and more! Join our Forum Our Patreon — Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:04 Apple RCS, E2EE, security, and more! 05:08 Signal usernames and other signal discussions 09:04 Final iMessage chats & contact key verification 11:54 Accusations against Tuta 18:16 Sending love to the brilliant people behind services 19:28 Hidden Signal...

Techlore Talks Interview: Matthias Kirschner, president of the Free Software Foundation Europe. Welcoming Matthias on Techlore Talks to discuss the FSFE (Free Software Foundation Europe) and how they are empowering the future of free & open source software! — Timestamps: 00:00 Introductions 01:04 Arthur's History with PrivacyTests, Tor, Firefox, & Brave 06:26 Was privacytests.org always open source? How does he test? 07:52 What's the scope of the tests run? Why and how does he run...

Episode #14. Several Google stories, other privacy discussions, and a live Q&A for this Techlore Talks Join our Forum Our Patreon — Techlore Talks: Video Playlist RSS Feed — Techlore Links: Homepage Techlore Forum Go Incognito Course Support Techlore! Get full access to Techlore Dispatch at dispatch.techlore.tech/subscribe

Episode #13. Google Pixel event w/ 7 years of security updates, Nextcloud's conference, Punkt Pigeon update, Element X, Tailscale x Mullvad, and a lot more! Join our Forum Our Patreon — Timestamps: 00:00 Quick Intro 00:18 Google Event Highlights for Us 04:20 My Experience @Nextcloud conference 05:54 Punkt Pigeon Update + Minimal Device workflows 09:50 Element X Matrix Client 10:28 New Tailscale/Mullvad Integration 13:38 Privacy is not just about private software 18:18 Google's lackluster...

Episode #12. It's been a couple months and we wanted to start with some recent positive privacy news. We also cover tons of other events like Google removing saved links, Debian turning 30, Punkt, Signal, app store malware, Red Hat, and more! Join our Forum Our Patreon — Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:48 Some positive privacy wins! 07:50 Google removing saved links? 09:50 Issues with cloud providers and how they can screw you over. 11:36 Debian turned 30! 13:03 Punkt, Signal, Matrix, and...

Techlore Talks Interview: Arthur Edelstein, developer of the browser privacy tool privacytests.org. Welcoming Arthur on Techlore Talks to to chat about his open source browser testing tool, his history with web browser development, privacy & security of web browsers, the future of web browsers, and a lot more! — Timestamps: 00:00 Introductions 01:04 Arthur's History with PrivacyTests, Tor, Firefox, & Brave 06:26 Was privacytests.org always open source? How does he test? 07:52 What's...

Episode #11. Front-ends and third-party services still dependent on big tech companies are falling like flies - Reddit, Twitter, Invidious, Aurora - here's why and what we need to do about it! We also discuss Debian 12, Proton's (insane!) marketing, and Techlore Clips. — Timestamps: 0:00:00 Setting the Scene 0:00:58 How Reddit threatened every client & bot 0:12:28 How YouTube threatened Invidious 0:20:50 How Google threatened Aurora 0:28:58 What needs to happen to make this stop 0:36:58...

Episode #10. All Apple privacy & security updates from WWDC 2023 and more! As well as some BTS on our recent Synology review, and how we're managing our forum. Join our Forum Jonah's New Channel Our Patreon — Timestamps: 00:00 Welcome to TT10 00:38 Apple's WWDC 2023 01:04 Safari's New Privacy Protections 01:24 iOS/iPadOS Photo Permission Revamp? 02:28 Communication Safety Scanning 06:28 Passkey Sharing via iCloud Keychain 09:24 Lockdown Mode Improvements 12:16 Safari Profiles & WEB...

Techlore Talks Interview: Jón von Tetzchner, CEO of the web browser Vivaldi. Welcoming Jón on Techlore Talks to chat about privacy, security, history of Vivaldi, control, open source, federation, and a lot more! — Timestamps: 00:00:00 Introductions 00:00:56 About Jón & Vivaldi Browser 00:02:00 History of Opera Browser & Vivaldi 00:04:13 Opera and Vivaldi Philosophy Differences 00:06:26 Vivaldi Browser in Cars 00:09:16 Vivaldi's Target Audience 00:12:25 Vivaldi's Business...

Google Authenticator's new (meme-worthy) sync functionality, some updates to the privacy/security of security keys like Yubikeys, our experiences so far with Proton Pass, and more! 00:00 Google Authenticator's Cringe Update 08:29 Story behind our recent Yubikey review 09:59 Is keeping security keys plugged in insecure? 14:58 Are security keys a privacy concern? 18:37 Insight into our Proton review 20:53 Proton Pass First Thoughts! 29:00 Brave Search Goes 100% independent 35:21 On AI 40:00...

How do data brokers work? How do they find your data? What can you do? A super insightful interview with Rob Shavell from Abine DeleteMe to offer an inside look into the data industry of people-searching sites. ➡️ DeleteMe Kickback Link ➡️ Standard DeleteMe Link 00:00 Introducing Rob 01:00 Defining 'people-searching websites' 04:12 Why do people-searching sites even exist? 06:06 How are people-searching sites different from phone books? 13:27 Where does all this data come from? 18:17 How do...

LTT got hacked, general chit-chat on what we think went wrong, as well as other discussions regarding general security issues recently, with some Linux security bits. → Update blog (We got a LOT right!) 00:00 LTT Hack 11:38 When I Met Linus 14:41 More on YouTube security and LTT 22:31 Jonah's hatred for tech 27:28 Recent security issues (Google Vulnerabilities) 30:30 Fedora's 5 year security plan & hardcore security takes 38:36 Final words Our Dispatch: https://dispatch.techlore.tech Our...

Techlore Talks Interview: Seth For Privacy, Host of Opt Out. Chatting with Seth about Monero, privacy, and more! Please keep in mind this interview was done last year. — Timestamps: 00:00 Introductions 00:36 Who are you and how does privacy tie into what you do? 02:47 Why are you focused on Monero over other cryptocurrencies? 06:28 Why do we need to involve cryptocurrencies for private finances? 12:07 Economic & monetary benefits to decentralized systems 14:23 Does the volatility of...

We're pleased to have Douglas Tuman from MoneroTalk back again to discuss Monero, private forms of payment, cryptocurrencies, and more. If you have questions revolving around privacy implications of cryptocurrencies, you’re in the right place! Use code 'techlore' for 10% off if any of you are planning to attend Monerotopia: https://monerotopia.com/ Timestamps 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:31 What are the selling points of tools like Monero? 00:04:38 What is fungibility and why is it...

Are there too many open source projects? Or too many of the wrong type? Or is everything a-okay? Today we chat about what feels like the oversaturation of FOSS. Our Dispatch: https://dispatch.techlore.tech Our Forum: https://discuss.techlore.tech Techlore Talks Video Playlist RSS Feed Techlore Links Homepage Techlore Forum Go Incognito Course Support Techlore! Get full access to Techlore Dispatch at dispatch.techlore.tech/subscribe

Techlore Talks Interview: Abdullah Atta, CEO of the private note-taking service Notesnook. Today I find out who’s behind the open source, zero-knowledge note-taking service Notesnook! Abdullah's Twitter Abdullah's GitHub — Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:39 - About Abdullah & Notesnook 01:42 - What made you want to create Notesnook? 05:06 - Who is the team behind Notesnook? 05:59 - What are the challenges behind your service? 09:58 - Why is E2EE important for digital notes? 12:29 - Who is...

Apple's newest security & privacy changes, like E2EE for more iCloud services is here! But it's not all great news. Our Dispatch: https://dispatch.techlore.tech Our Forum: https://discuss.techlore.tech Verifying Safety Number: https://discuss.techlore.tech/t/a-guide-to-verifying-signal-safety-numbers/2289?u=henry Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 00:57 E2EE iCloud Updates! 16:23 2FA Security Key Support 26:51 iMessage Contact Key Verification 34:21 Takeaways for listeners 37:34 Apple's...

Social media moderation, deplatforming, freedom of speech, internet anonymity, and more! Welcome to Techlore Talks 4: where we unpack privacy & security concepts in free-form discussions! Our Dispatch: https://dispatch.techlore.tech Our Forum: https://discuss.techlore.tech Our Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@techlore Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 00:55 Our stances on social media moderation 03:48 Do we have a right to be on social media services? 05:40 Freedom of speech is not freedom...