This episode was originally recorded and released on July 16th, 2021. This week we’re covering: Is audacity spyware, raising the alarm on NSA spying, and Amazon’s Ring cameras roll out E2EE. All news sources are linked in the show notes on usefathom.com/weekly.

1. Is the open-source audio software tool Audacity now spyware for Russian companies?
2. Raising the Alarm (Again) on NSA Domestic Spying
3. Ring’s end-to-end encryption is rolling out globally

This episode was originally recorded and released on July 2nd, 2021. This week I’m covering: Apple Airtag speaker removal, fake names, Telegrams video calling, Google maps on iOS and governments using facial recognition software. All news sources are linked in the show notes on usefathom.com/weekly.

1. A letter sent to the EU and US governments to ban surveillance-based advertising
2. Secure chat app Wickr was acquired by Amazon
3. GETTR is a buggy, leaky Twitter clone with huge privacy and security holes
4. Google delays blocking third-party cookies in Chrome until 2023

This episode was originally recorded and released on July 2nd, 2021. This week I’m covering: Apple Airtag speaker removal, fake names, Telegrams video calling, Google maps on iOS and governments using facial recognition software. All news sources are linked in the show notes on usefathom.com/weekly.

1. Airtag speaker removal
2. Is the future of earning online using a fake name?
3. Telegram adds group videos
4. Google maps on iOS is not privacy-focused
5. Private companies sell facial recognition software to governments, but no one is keeping track

This episode was originally recorded and released on June 25th, 2021. This week we’re covering: Amazons surveillance infrastructure, a cookie banner protocol, a call to ban targeted ads, and our interview with Julia Angwin of The Markup. All news sources are linked in the show notes on usefathom.com/weekly.

1. https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/sidewalk-the-next-frontier-of-amazons-surveillance-infrastructure/
2. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/tired-of-accepting-rejecting-cookies-adpc-wants-to-automate-the-process/
3. https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/23/international-coalition-joins-the-call-to-ban-surveillance-advertising/
4. https://usefathom.com/above-board/the-markup

This episode was originally recorded and released on June 18th, 2021. This week we’re covering: Facebook’s new encrypted calling, car location data, Arizona suing Google, DuckDuckGo, FLoC and more. All news sources are linked in the show notes on usefathom.com/weekly.

1. Secret Conversations from Facebook: https://www.zdnet.com/article/facebook-ramps-up-privacy-efforts-with-end-to-end-encrypted-audio-video-calling-tests/
2. 'Privacy Protecting' Car Location Data Seemingly Shows Where People Live, Work, and Go: https://www.vice.com/en/article/4avagd/car-location-data-not-anonymous-otonomo
3. Arizona sues Google for location-tracking tactics: https://abcnews.go.com/US/arizona-sues-google-location-tracking-tactics/story?id=70932178
4. DuckDuckGo’s Quest to Prove Online Privacy Is Possible: https://www.wired.com/story/duckduckgo-quest-prove-online-privacy-possible
5. As ad tech firms test ways to connect Google’s FLoC to other data, privacy watchers see fears coming true: https://digiday.com/marketing/as-ad-tech-firms-test-ways-to-connect-googles-floc-to-other-data-privacy-watchers-see-fears-coming-true
6. New Fathom website: https://usefathom.com

This week we’re covering: WWDC, Protonmail, Apple’s Airtags, and finally, an article from The Reboot: Why We Should End the Data Economy. All news sources are linked in the shownotes on usefathom.com/weekly.

Sources mentioned in today's show:

1. WWDC: https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/07/apple-wwdc-2021-privacy-security
2. Jason Momoa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Momoa
3. Protonmail 2: https://protonmail.com/blog/new-protonmail-announcement
4. Airtags: https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/05/tech/airtags-apple-privacy-concerns/index.html
5. LightBlue: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lightblue/id557428110
6. End the data economy: https://thereboot.com/why-we-should-end-the-data-economy