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Google just announced AI agents that buy things, read your Gmail, and choose vendors on your behalf, so it's time to talk about the alternatives. This video covers 6 privacy-respecting search engines, why their business models actually work in you...

Session has just weeks to raise $800K or it shuts down on July 8th. WhatsApp and iMessage will be just fine. Here's why that's not a coincidence and why it's a problem bigger than Session. Donate to Session: https://session.org/donate 🧡 SUP...

A brutal week for Microsoft! Seven stories in one week, including an actively exploited Exchange zero-day, the MiniPlasma SYSTEM-access exploit, and many more at Pwn2Own Berlin. Plus a 600-package npm supply chain attack, Signal threatening to lea...

E-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! 🔗 SOURCES & LI...

The federal government doesn't need a warrant to buy your location data, your financial records, or your private information from data brokers. The Surveillance Accountability Act wants to change that. In this Techlore Talks interview, Henry sits ...

"Privacy is dead, lol." "You're naive to still care." If you've seen those comments under every privacy story, you've witnessed an engineered hopelessness (digital resignation) with a clear designer and a measurable cost. In this video, I break do...

Linux gets hit with a third major vulnerability in as many weeks, a Palantir-built database of 20 million people, and Android delivers both bad news (a new VPN leak Google has refused to patch) and good news (intrusion logging for high-risk users)...

iOS 26.5 just brought end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging via MLS between iPhone and Android for the first time ever, but the headlines aren't telling you what it actually protects, who can use it, and where it falls short. Here's the full breakdow...

Google's new reCAPTCHA can require Google Play Services to pass, meaning a de-Googled phone will fail the "are you human?" check. Combined with mandatory developer verification and AOSP going private, the pattern over the last year is impossible t...

Utah just passed SB73, the first law in the US to take direct aim at VPNs, and it already went into effect May 6th. The law requires adult content sites to verify the age of every Utah user even if they're using a VPN (aka...everyone!) which exper...

This week's Surveillance Report covers the most severe Linux threat in years sending researchers and admins scrambling, Apple patching the bug police were using to extract deleted Signal messages from iPhones, Utah's new law regulating VPNs taking...

You left your comments, I answered...from the Signal vs. Session debate to Android's dangerous lockdown trend, browser wars, VPN bans, and why "there's nothing I can do" is the most dangerous thing you can say about digital rights. 🔗 SOURCES ...

AI is everywhere - including Firefox. But, unlike most services, Mozilla allows you to turn it off completely. In this interview, Henry sits down with Adam Fishman, Mozilla's VP of Product, to cover the philosophy behind Firefox's AI features, how...

Helium Browser has been one of the most requested first looks from the community, so here it is. Built by a two-person team, Helium is an open source Chromium-based browser that ships with uBlock Origin and provides an experience with zero bloat. ...

Waterfox announced recently they would be launching a version of their privacy-focused, open source Firefox-based browser with Brave Shields instead of UBO, I’m excited! Their blog: https://www.waterfox.com/blog/15-years-of-forking/

Brave just released Brave Origin. A paid, stripped-down version of their browser with no AI, no crypto wallet, no rewards, and no telemetry. I paid $60 to test it live and compare it directly to regular Brave. Linux users get it for free! Is this ...

Age verification is spreading fast...and this week the US and EU both made major moves, taking completely different approaches. We break down exactly what each one does and why both have long-term implications that go far beyond protecting kids. T...

Tuta just launched their encrypted cloud storage in closed beta, and I got early access. This is what I think of Tuta's full zero-knowledge workspace that Big Tech still won't build. Here's my first look, who it's actually for, and how it stacks u...

Age verification laws are spreading fast, but most coverage is either panic or dismissal, with very little clarity on what these laws say, who they apply to, or what they mean for free software. In this episode of Techlore Talks, Henry sits down w...

Mozilla just shipped a free VPN directly into Firefox. No app, no subscription, just 50GB of IP protection per month built into the browser. I turned it on for the first time, ran real tests (including checking if it uses Mullvad behind the scenes...