Episodes

  • Last Week in Privacy - New DNS service to Stop ISPs from Snooping, EU's Search Ranking Guidelines, Apple Will Ban Apps Violating Anti-Tracking, & More

    Last Week in Privacy - New DNS service to Stop ISPs from Snooping, EU's Search Ranking Guidelines, Apple Will Ban Apps Violating Anti-Tracking, & More
    Dec 11 2020

    In Today's Episode, we cover:

    • Thunderbird adds OpenPGP native support for email encryption, but there is a security flaw,  
    • Apple playing hardball with apps about its no tracking rules, will ban apps.
    • How did a Norwegian researchers data end up with an American company?
    • EU’s new search ranking guidelines
    • And finally, tips on how to avoid facial recognition surveillance 
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    16 mins
  • Last Week in Privacy - Blacklash over Amazon's Sidewalk, CIA Controlled Encryption Firm & More

    Last Week in Privacy - Blacklash over Amazon's Sidewalk, CIA Controlled Encryption Firm & More
    Dec 4 2020

    In this week's episode of Privacy First:

    • Amazon faces backlash for its sidewalk feature.
    • Tutanota ordered by court to monitor its encrypted email, news about a second encryption firm that was controlled by the CIA. 
    • Hackers could now know what people type on Zoom video call by evaluating the shoulder movement of users
    • Apple and facebook fight it out over apples new privacy features
    • Google faces a similar challenge with a complaint in UK against it’s privacy sandbox
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    24 mins