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Nov 20, 2025 36 min

WhatsApp Leaked 3.5 BILLION Numbers

from Surveillance Report: Weekly News For Digital Freedom Hosted by Techlore

Episode 245: This week's Surveillance Report covers WhatsApp's massive phone number enumeration flaw that exposed 3.5 billion users' data through poor rate limiting - potentially the largest data exposure in history. I also examine Google's new Android sideloading restrictions threatening open app distribution, the EU's concerning Digital Omnibus proposal that could significantly weaken GDPR protections, and disturbing attempts in Wisconsin and Michigan to ban VPN usage under the guise of age verification. 🔎 EasyOptOuts is the easy, affordable, and effective way to automatically remove your data from people search sites: https://easyoptouts.com. Thanks to the EasyOptOuts team for sponsoring Surveillance Report! Timestamps Sources 00:00 Welcome to Surveillance Report 245 00:29 WhatsApp's Phone Number 'Leak' 06:08 Surveillance Report Back @ Techlore Announcement 08:01 Google's Attacks on Android Freedom 12:48 EU Saga Part 1: Chat Control 15:56 EU Saga Part 2: Digital Omnibus 20:22 Our Sponsor: EasyOptOuts! 21:50 EU Saga Part 3: Cookies Finally Crumble! 23:28 WhatsApp Interoperability Now Live 26:26 USA's VPN Ban 29:48 Cloudflare Outage 30:50 Data Breaches & Service Updates 34:18 Our Sponsor: EasyOptOuts! 34:56 Final Words! ★ Support this podcast ★

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