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Techlore Talks brings you in-depth conversations with the experts at the forefront of privacy, security, and digital rights. Hosted by Henry Fisher, founder of Techlore and long-time digital rights educator, each episode features meaningful discussions with the people building, researching, and advocating for digital freedom. From cybersecurity researchers and privacy tool developers to open-source advocates and digital rights activists—if they're shaping how we protect ourselves online, they're on this show. Topics include: privacy tools and technologies, cybersecurity threats and defenses, open-source software, surveillance and digital rights, encryption, tech policy, and digital sovereignty. New episodes released regularly. Subscribe and join the community at techlore.tech.
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The Future of Linux: Age Verification, AI, Privacy, ARM Support, and More (System76 CEO Interview)
With Carl Richell
System76 creates premium Linux computers, but they also helped draft the open source exemption language for Colorado's age attestation bill. In this interview, System76 CEO Carl Richell explains how it …
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System76 creates premium Linux computers, but they also helped draft the open source exemption language for Colorado's age attestation bill. In this interview, System76 CEO Carl Richell explains how it happened, why open source is different, and what's next for Pop!_OS and COSMIC.
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🔗 SOURCES & LINKS
• System76: https://system76.com⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
- (00:00) - INTRO
- (03:52) - PRODUCT TIMELINE & EXPANSION
- (08:45) - SYSTEM76 CUSTOMERS
- (10:24) - SYSTEM76 PRODUCT LINEUP
- (12:24) - POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT
- (18:58) - SYSTEMD PULL REQUEST
- (19:52) - SPONSOR: SLNT
- (20:47) - HOW TO GET INVOLVED
- (24:44) - PROPRIETARY VS. OPEN SOURCE
- (27:51) - TOP TO BOTTOM INTEGRATION
- (30:21) - LTT LINUX CHALLENGE
- (33:47) - WHAT IS LINUX STILL LACKING?
- (35:50) - LINUX PHONES
- (38:41) - ARM SUPPORT
- (40:28) - AI
- (44:28) - MEMORY PRICES
- (45:00) - FUNDING
- (45:32) - WHAT'S NEXT?
- (47:05) - PICK A DISTRO
- (47:56) - HOW TO FOLLOW
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What It Takes to Run a Free & Private DNS Service with John Todd from Quad9
With John Todd
DNS quietly reveals everywhere you go online - even on encrypted sites. In this interview, John Todd (CTO at Quad9) provides a DNS masterclass: how DNS works, the privacy implications, how to change your DNS …
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DNS quietly reveals everywhere you go online - even on encrypted sites. In this interview, John Todd (CTO at Quad9) provides a DNS masterclass: how DNS works, the privacy implications, how to change your DNS, why Quad9 collects nothing on you, why they are being sued, DNS vs. VPNs, and how a nonprofit can fund itself without compromising privacy.
🔗 SOURCES & LINKS
• Quad9: https://quad9.net⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
- (00:00) - INTRO
- (01:00) - WHAT IS QUAD9?
- (01:30) - HOW IS IT FREE?
- (02:48) - WHAT'S RECURSIVE DNS?
- (04:11) - DNS PRIVACY CONCERNS
- (07:19) - DEFAULT DNS PROVIDER + OPTIONS
- (09:15) - DNS ON iOS
- (11:02) - WHERE TO SET YOUR DNS
- (13:47) - CYBERSECURITY & PRIVACY
- (16:16) - WHAT'S BLOCKED
- (18:55) - CUSTOM DNS ON A ROUTER
- (20:11) - COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS
- (21:50) - HTTPS VS. TLS VS. QUIC
- (25:56) - RECOMMENDATIONS
- (27:20) - CENSORSHIP CIRCUMVENTION
- (30:01) - SNI & ECH
- (33:49) - LAWSUITS
- (40:45) - THE NUANCE BEHIND BLOCKING
- (42:23) - FOLLOW THE FIGHT
- (42:52) - THE QUAD9 TEAM
- (43:39) - OPERATION COSTS
- (45:34) - MONETIZING DATA?
- (50:25) - OTHER REVENUE MODELS
- (57:53) - WHY TRUST QUAD9?
- (01:00:39) - SPEED DIFFERENCES
- (01:06:32) - QUAD9 VS. DIY FILTERING
- (01:08:42) - VPN VS. DNS
- (01:13:08) - PI-HOLE
- (01:15:11) - LOOKING FORWARD
- (01:18:10) - HOW TO FOLLOW
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Border Crossings, Burner Phones, and Surviving Interrogation in China with Josh Summers from All Things Secured
With Josh Summers
Josh Summers spent a decade living in western China before 14 police officers showed up at his door, accused him of espionage, and confiscated every device his family owned. This Techlore Talks interview covers …
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Josh Summers spent a decade living in western China before 14 police officers showed up at his door, accused him of espionage, and confiscated every device his family owned. This Techlore Talks interview covers what 17 days of interrogation taught him about digital privacy while traveling, and the practical steps that could make the difference for you.
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🔗 SOURCES & LINKS
• All Things Secured (website): https://www.allthingssecured.com/
• All Things Secured (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/@AllThingsSecured
• All Things Secured (Odysee): https://odysee.com/@AllThingsSecured⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
- (00:00) - INTRO
- (02:03) - LIVING ABROAD
- (04:12) - WHY ASIA?
- (05:29) - GETTING KICKED OUT OF CHINA
- (12:16) - LIFE AFTER DEPORTATION
- (17:25) - PARALLELS BETWEEN THEN & NOW
- (20:41) - AMERICAN VS. CHINESE CITIZENS
- (24:07) - HOW CULTURE IMPACTS SURVEILLANCE
- (27:22) - SPONSOR SEGMENT
- (28:53) - TAKEAWAYS FROM JOSH'S EXPERIENCE
- (34:02) - OBSCURITY
- (36:21) - TRAVEL ADVICE
- (37:51) - SECONDARY DEVICES
- (38:57) - NEVER TAKE YOUR PHONE HERE
- (40:23) - SILENT TRAVEL RISK
- (44:06) - EASTERN VS. WESTERN SURVEILLANCE
- (46:46) - THE EFFECTS OF INVISIBILITY
- (51:16) - ALL THINGS SECURED ORIGINS
- (54:10) - WHERE TO START
- (56:28) - VIEWING PRIVACY DIFFERENTLY
- (01:02:29) - FINDING BALANCE
- (01:06:43) - FINAL THOUGHTS
- (01:07:35) - HOW TO FOLLOW
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Flock No: The Open Source Project Mapping Every Surveillance Camera in America (DeFlock Interview)
With Bob
Flock Safety is one of several companies quietly building a searchable database of everyone's car — no warrant required, and no way to opt out. In this Techlore Talks interview, Bob from DeFlock breaks down how …
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Flock Safety is one of several companies quietly building a searchable database of everyone's car — no warrant required, and no way to opt out. In this Techlore Talks interview, Bob from DeFlock breaks down how ALPR technology works, what "end-to-end encryption" really means in Flock's case, why this issue is bipartisan, and what you can do about it in your own city.
🔗 SOURCES & LINKS
• DeFlock: https://deflock.org
• No ALPRs Week of Action: https://noalprs.com⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
- (00:00) - INTRO
- (01:38) - WHAT IS FLOCK?
- (03:27) - WHY HAS FLOCK SPECIFICALLY BLOWN UP?
- (04:53) - THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCERNS
- (07:10) - WHERE ARE THESE CAMERAS?
- (09:20) - ALTERNATE INCENTIVES
- (10:58) - LIMITS ON ALPR DATA
- (12:53) - FLOCK'S TECH
- (14:49) - DEFLOCK'S WEBSITE
- (16:23) - THE IMPACT OF THE MAP
- (17:11) - THE EXPANSION OF THE MAP
- (18:35) - HAS FLOCK REACHED OUT?
- (19:23) - WHY FLOCK ISN'T RENEWED
- (20:27) - DE-FLOCK, OR DE-ALPR?
- (21:07) - GETTING STARTED
- (22:51) - WHY BOB GOT INVOLVED
- (23:53) - IS THIS BIPARTISAN?
- (25:21) - HOW TO FOLLOW
- (26:00) - THE CITY THAT'S DONE THE MOST
- (27:25) - OUTRO
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What It Takes to Build Privacy Infrastructure at the State Level: Tom Kemp on California's DROP System
With Tom Kemp
California created a free service that deletes your personal information from over 600 registered data brokers. Tom Kemp, Executive Director of the California Privacy Protection Agency (Cal Privacy), breaks …
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California created a free service that deletes your personal information from over 600 registered data brokers. Tom Kemp, Executive Director of the California Privacy Protection Agency (Cal Privacy), breaks down how the DROP system actually works, why data brokers face fines of up to $40 million a day for non-compliance, what to do if you live outside California, and more.
🔗 SOURCES & LINKS
• Cal Privacy: https://cppa.ca.gov/
• DROP: https://privacy.ca.gov
• California Safe at Home Program: https://www.sos.ca.gov/registries/safe-home⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
- (00:00) - INTRO
- (01:44) - CPPA VS. CAL PRIVACY
- (02:52) - TOM'S BACKGROUND
- (04:39) - CAL PRIVACY RELATIONSHIP WITH BIG TECH
- (07:38) - CAL PRIVACY INSPIRATION
- (12:23) - THE PRIVACY PARADOX
- (15:15) - CALIFORNIA'S APPROACH VS. OTHERS
- (18:04) - UPCOMING BROWSER REQUIREMENTS
- (19:15) - DELETE REQUEST AND OPT-OUT PLATFORM (DROP)
- (26:08) - HOW DROP WORKS
- (28:05) - DROP VS. DATA REMOVAL SERVICES
- (00:00) - 37:14 WHO RUNS THE DROP TECH?
- (39:43) - DATA SECURITY & INFRASTRUCTURE
- (46:14) - LEAVING OR CUSTOMIZING DROP
- (46:46) - TIMING
- (47:33) - DATA BROKER REGISTRY
- (49:41) - DATA BROKER REACTION
- (51:36) - WHY IS THIS RETROACTIVE?
- (54:45) - HOW TO ADVOCATE WHERE YOU ARE
- (57:50) - FEDERAL PRIVACY REGULATION
- (01:00:12) - HOW TO UTILIZE YOUR RIGHTS & TOOLS
- (01:04:14) - FINAL THOUGHTS
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KeePass for Apple Devices: Syncing, Security, and Cross-Platform Gaps (Strongbox Interview)
With Alex Logan
Once you use Strongbox, a community favorite KeePass client, it's hard to use anything else. Alex Logan is the VP of Engineering at Applause, the company behind Strongbox. He dives into why KeePass syncing …
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Once you use Strongbox, a community favorite KeePass client, it's hard to use anything else. Alex Logan is the VP of Engineering at Applause, the company behind Strongbox. He dives into why KeePass syncing works differently than cloud-based password managers, how Strongbox's sync tries to close that gap, what the Applause acquisition actually changed, the open source nuance that trips people up, and whether a Windows or Android client is ever coming.
🔗 SOURCES & LINKS
• Strongbox: https://strongboxsafe.com/
• Strongbox Subreddit: https://reddit.com/r/strongbox
• KeePass: https://keepass.info/
• Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
- (00:00) - INTRO
- (02:47) - OVERVIEW OF PASSWORD MANAGERS
- (04:50) - 3 TYPES OF PASSWORD MANAGERS
- (08:50) - PASSWORD SYNCING
- (11:23) - SERVERS + APPLE iCLOUD
- (13:13) - KEEPASS CLIENT INCONSISTENCY + GAPS
- (19:12) - NEXTCLOUD SYNC
- (19:59) - WIFI SYNC
- (21:17) - iCLOUD ADVANCED DATA PROTECTION (ADP)
- (23:01) - STRONGBOX TARGET USER
- (25:11) - AUTOFILL
- (29:34) - BROWSER SUPPORT
- (30:34) - BROWSER EXTENSION SECURITY
- (32:57) - APP CONNECTIONS
- (35:10) - SAFETY & ANALYTICS CONCERNS
- (40:57) - OPEN SOURCE
- (43:19) - BROADENING STRONGBOX'S HORIZONS
- (46:06) - THE STRONGBOX TEAM
- (47:54) - STRONGBOX ACQUISITION
- (51:34) - PAYING FOR OPEN SOURCE + PRICING
- (56:24) - WHAT'S NEXT? + HOW TO FOLLOW
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Scam Tactics, Stalkerware, Pegasus, and Surveillance Reform, with David Ruiz from Malwarebytes
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Every major global event brings the same scam tactics wearing a new mask. In this interview, David Ruiz, journalist and privacy advocate at Malwarebytes, breaks down how to identify (and avoid) scams …
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Every major global event brings the same scam tactics wearing a new mask. In this interview, David Ruiz, journalist and privacy advocate at Malwarebytes, breaks down how to identify (and avoid) scams, stalkerware vs. nation-state spyware, and what privacy is actually about.
🔗 SOURCES & LINKS
• Malwarebytes: https://malwarebytes.com/
• Coalition Against Stalkerware: https://stopstalkerware.org/
• Citizen Lab: https://citizenlab.ca/
• Electronic Frontier Foundation: https://eff.org/⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
- (00:00) - INTRO
- (01:31) - DAVID'S BACKGROUND
- (06:38) - POLICY BEHIND-THE-SCENES
- (09:18) - WORLD CUP SCAMS
- (16:58) - BEHAVIORAL VS. TECHNOLOGICAL DEFENSES
- (18:53) - SCAMS VS. MARKETING
- (21:49) - RESPONSIBILITY
- (24:35) - WHERE TOOLS FIT + MALWAREBYTES TOOLS
- (28:42) - MALWAREBYTES RELATIONSHIP TO BIG TECH
- (31:30) - ANALYTICS
- (33:56) - COALITION AGAINST STALKERWARE
- (41:46) - STALKERWARE VS. GOVERNMENT SPYWARE
- (44:32) - STALKERWARE IS MOSTLY ANDROID?
- (47:44) - DAVID'S TECH STACK
- (50:29) - FINAL THOUGHTS
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From Darknet Pharmacy Order to 1+ Million Users: Building Cake Wallet (Vik Sharma Interview)
With Vik Sharma
Your bank can freeze your account, block your transfers, and demand explanations for how you spend your own money. Cake Wallet founder & CEO Vik Sharma learned this firsthand when trying to transfer $90 between …
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Your bank can freeze your account, block your transfers, and demand explanations for how you spend your own money. Cake Wallet founder & CEO Vik Sharma learned this firsthand when trying to transfer $90 between his accounts. In this interview, he shares this story, along with the history of Cake Wallet, why financial privacy matters, the importance of decentralization, Bitcoin vs. Monero, silent payments, and more.
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🔗 SOURCES & LINKS
• Cake Wallet: https://cakewallet.com/
• Monero by Cake Wallet: https://monero.com/
• Cupcake: https://cupcakewallet.com/⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
- (00:00) - INTRO
- (01:47) - HOW VIK GOT INTO CRYPTO
- (03:32) - THE VALUE OF DECENTRALIZATION
- (06:15) - THE VALUE OF CRYPTO FOR SKEPTICS
- (08:54) - CAKE WALLET PHILOSOPHY + VISION
- (12:48) - TECHNICAL VS. PHILOSOPHICAL CRITICISM
- (15:30) - "WE CAN'T SEE THAT"
- (18:39) - SPONSOR
- (20:30) - BLOCKCHAIN PRIVACY CONCERNS
- (27:29) - ZCASH RECEPTION
- (29:25) - SILENT PAYMENTS
- (31:10) - CUPCAKE
- (34:03) - PRIVACY & SECURITY VS. MARKETING
- (38:39) - CENSORSHIP RESISTANCE
- (40:02) - CURRENT CONCERNS
- (42:28) - HOW TO FOLLOW
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End-to-End Encrypted Photo Sharing: How Cryptee Balances Privacy, Abuse Prevention, and Legal Risk
With John Ozbay
End-to-end encrypted file sharing may sound simple, but for Cryptee, it took five years to ship. In this interview, Henry sits down with John Ozbay, founder and CEO of Cryptee, to talk through why: preventing …
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End-to-end encrypted file sharing may sound simple, but for Cryptee, it took five years to ship. In this interview, Henry sits down with John Ozbay, founder and CEO of Cryptee, to talk through why: preventing CSAM, why client-side scanning doesn't work, how Cryptee's solution was designed to raise the barrier to mass spread without compromising encryption, and the broader philosophical question of where developer liability ends and moral responsibility begins.
🔗 SOURCES & LINKS
• Cryptee: https://crypt.ee
• Stop Chat Control: https://stopchatcontrol.eu
• Open Web Advocacy: https://open-web-advocacy.org
• EDRI: https://edri.org⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
- (00:00) - INTRO
- (04:08) - E2EE SHARING HESITATIONS
- (14:09) - HOW IS BIG TECH HANDLING THIS?
- (16:24) - LOCAL SCANNING
- (19:27) - HOW ARE CHAT APPS HANDLING THIS?
- (21:24) - E2EE BACKUPS
- (22:40) - HOW MUCH IS THIS CONSIDERED?
- (25:38) - CRYPTEE'S SOLUTION
- (42:09) - THREAT MODELING
- (48:18) - MEGA'S APPROACH
- (53:16) - LIABILITY VS. RESPONSIBILITY
- (01:01:40) - HOW TO ENGAGE PRODUCTIVELY
- (01:09:48) - CHAT CONTROL & ULTERIOR MOTIVES
- (01:21:34) - IS CHAT CONTROL DEAD?
- (01:25:33) - HOW JOHN GOT INVOLVED
- (01:34:44) - CHANGING OVER TIME + RIGHT TO REPAIR + LINUX
- (01:41:32) - CLOSING THOUGHTS
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Firefox VPN Explained: 50GB Free, No Logging, and How it Compares to Mozilla VPN
With Ajit Varma
Firefox now has a free built-in VPN with 50GB of bandwidth per month. In this interview, Henry sits down with Ajit Varma, Head of Firefox at Mozilla, to break down exactly how it works, what Mozilla can and …
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Firefox now has a free built-in VPN with 50GB of bandwidth per month. In this interview, Henry sits down with Ajit Varma, Head of Firefox at Mozilla, to break down exactly how it works, what Mozilla can and can't see, the difference between Firefox VPN and Mozilla VPN, and why no other major browser is likely to follow Mozilla's lead on this.
🔗 SOURCES & LINKS
• Firefox VPN: https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/features/vpn/
• Mozilla VPN: https://www.mozilla.org/products/vpn/⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
- (00:00) - INTRO
- (01:23) - THE FIREFOX PHILOSOPHY
- (05:14) - TARGET USER
- (06:47) - TECHNICAL FEATURES
- (08:48) - FIREFOX VPN VS. MOZILLA VPN
- (14:57) - PROXY EXTENSION DEMAND
- (16:21) - MULTI-HOP
- (18:14) - TRUST
- (20:21) - VPN VS. PROXY PROTECTION
- (24:09) - LOGGING
- (25:04) - LOCATION
- (28:09) - RECEPTION & POPULARITY
- (29:28) - MOBILE
- (31:10) - SAFETY VS. PRIVACY
- (33:14) - TOR
- (34:35) - STREAMING
- (35:10) - ORIGIN OF FIREFOX VPN
- (37:31) - FREE VPN POSITIONING
- (40:22) - 50GB FREE & UPGRADE PATHS
- (42:38) - COSTS TO RUN
- (43:23) - USING MOZILLA VPN & FIREFOX VPN?
- (44:37) - USING CUSTOM DNS
- (47:23) - AD BLOCKING
- (49:10) - WHAT'S NEXT?
- (50:36) - HOW TO FOLLOW
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App Tracking, Duck AI, the Microsoft Controversy, and the Future of Private Browsing (DuckDuckGo Interview)
With Peter Dolanjski
Most people know DuckDuckGo as a search engine, but they're also creating a full privacy ecosystem covering a browser, VPN, data broker removal, and app tracking protection. In this Techlore Talks interview …
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Most people know DuckDuckGo as a search engine, but they're also creating a full privacy ecosystem covering a browser, VPN, data broker removal, and app tracking protection. In this Techlore Talks interview, Henry sits down with Peter Dolanjski, Director of Product at DuckDuckGo, to cover what Google is actually collecting, why incognito mode doesn't do what most people think, how DuckDuckGo's contextual ads differ from Google's behavioral targeting, and more.
🔗 SOURCES & LINKS
• DuckDuckGo: https://duckduckgo.com
• Duck AI: https://duck.ai
• No-AI DuckDuckGo: https://noai.duckduckgo.com⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
- (00:00) - INTRO
- (01:20) - PETER'S BACKGROUND AT MOZILLA
- (02:56) - EXPLAINING THE ROLE
- (06:05) - WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU USE GOOGLE
- (11:31) - ILLEGAL GOVERNMENT DATA ACQUISITION
- (14:32) - "DO NOT TRACK ME" & INCOGNITO MODE
- (16:29) - GOOGLE VS. DDG SEARCH PRIVACY
- (20:08) - PERSONALIZATION
- (23:12) - WHAT DATA DDG COLLECTS
- (25:00) - SEARCH ENGINE AGE VERIFICATION
- (26:01) - THREAT MODEL/TARGET USER
- (29:04) - MAXIMALIST PRIVACY VS. PRIVACY FOR ALL
- (32:48) - DDG SEARCH IN iOS SETTINGS
- (34:55) - REVENUE & ADS
- (38:39) - PRODUCT EXPANSION
- (41:33) - WHY THE DDG ECOSYSTEM?
- (44:06) - EPHEMERAL BROWSING
- (48:10) - DDG BROWSER TECHNOLOGY
- (50:33) - EXTENSION SUPPORT
- (54:29) - WHY PLATFORM-BASED?
- (56:55) - PASSKEYS
- (57:24) - PROGRESSIVE WEB APPS
- (58:42) - FINGERPRINTING
- (01:00:42) - OPEN SOURCE
- (01:01:58) - APP TRACKING PROTECTION
- (01:08:37) - MICROSOFT CONTROVERSY
- (01:11:06) - AI
- (01:15:14) - NO AI
- (01:16:51) - PERSISTENT ID?
- (01:18:29) - WHAT'S MISSING IN THE ECOSYSTEM?
- (01:21:09) - WHAT'S NEXT?
- (01:22:24) - HOW TO FOLLOW
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Naomi Brockwell on the Surveillance Accountability Act, Developer Arrests, and Why You Can't Opt Out
With Naomi Brockwell
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 …
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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 down with Naomi Brockwell, host of NBTV and president/founder of The Ludlow Institute. They discuss the bill, Naomi's three-pillar approach to fighting the surveillance state, why decentralization doesn't automatically provide privacy, and what you can actually do right now.
🔗 SOURCES & LINKS
• Surveillance Accountability Act: https://surveillanceaccountability.com
• Contact your rep (script included): https://surveillanceaccountability.com/support
• Naomi Brockwell TV: https://nbtv.media
• Naomi's 501(c)(3): https://www.ludlowinstitute.org⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
- (00:00) - INTRO
- (02:02) - EVOLUTION OF PRIVACY CONTENT
- (03:10) - NAOMI'S BACKGROUND
- (06:59) - DECENTRALIZATION + PRIVACY
- (10:24) - AREAS OF FOCUS
- (11:47) - DEVELOPERS BEING ARRESTED
- (16:17) - STAYING OPTIMISTIC
- (23:12) - NAOMI'S BILL
- (28:38) - WHAT ARE THE CONCERNS?
- (34:59) - PHYSICAL VS. DIGITAL BOUNDARIES
- (40:34) - WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE?
- (42:42) - RELATIONSHIP WITH POLITICS
- (45:53) - "CONTACT YOUR REPS"
- (49:40) - IS PRIVACY PARTISAN?
- (53:07) - HOW TO GET INVOLVED
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Firefox AI, User Choice, and Partnering with Anthropic: Mozilla VP Interview
With Adam Fishman
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 …
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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 Smart Window works, the controls that let you turn everything off, the importance of "having a seat at the table", and the surprising story of how Anthropic's Claude found several security vulnerabilities in Firefox.
🔗 SOURCES & LINKS
• Firefox: https://www.firefox.com
• Mozilla AI: https://www.mozilla.ai
• Mozilla Common Voice: https://commonvoice.mozilla.org⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
- (00:00) - INTRO
- (01:30) - EXPLAINING THE ROLE
- (04:03) - ADAM'S BACKGROUND
- (06:05) - SUNSETTING POCKET
- (10:12) - PHILOSOPHY ON AI
- (14:58) - AI FEATURES VS. ADVOCACY
- (23:59) - MOZILLA VS. BIG TECH AI
- (28:37) - MOZILLA + ANTHROPIC
- (31:52) - FIREFOX AI CONTROLS
- (37:18) - FIREFOX AI DESKTOP VS. MOBILE
- (39:22) - MOZILLA AI PRIVACY
- (41:36) - FIREFOX FORKS
- (44:23) - HONEST AI CAPABILITIES DISCUSSION
- (51:02) - AI ETHICS
- (54:11) - MOZILLA'S FUTURE PRIORITIES
- (57:11) - GETTING STARTED WITH AI
- (01:01:04) - HOW TO FOLLOW
- (01:02:44) - OUTRO
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Bitwarden on Zero Knowledge Encryption, Open Source Trust, and the LastPass Breach
With Ryan Luibrand
Most people think their passwords are safe. Most people are wrong. Henry sits down with Ryan Luibrand, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Bitwarden, to cover why open source changes the trust equation, the …
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Most people think their passwords are safe. Most people are wrong. Henry sits down with Ryan Luibrand, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Bitwarden, to cover why open source changes the trust equation, the LastPass data breach, how KDF algorithms work, whether storing your TOTP codes in your password manager is a good idea, and more.
🔗 SOURCES & LINKS
- Written breakdown: https://techlore.tech/password-manager-security-explained-with-bitwarden/
- Bitwarden: https://bitwarden.com
- Privacy Policy: https://bitwarden.com/privacy/
- Compliance & Audit Reports: https://bitwarden.com/compliance/
- Security White Paper: https://bitwarden.com/help/bitwarden-security-white-paper/
- Security Readiness Kit: https://bitwarden.com/resources/bitwarden-security-readiness-kit/
- HackerOne Bug Bounty: https://hackerone.com/bitwarden
- GitHub: https://github.com/bitwarden
⏱️ TIMESTAMPS- (00:00) - INTRO
- (00:52) - RYAN'S BACKGROUND
- (02:07) - BITWARDEN ORIGINS
- (03:09) - BITWARDEN TEAM
- (03:29) - FUNDING
- (06:18) - OPEN SOURCE
- (08:18) - AUDITS
- (10:11) - FORKING
- (11:19) - INTERNAL VS. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
- (12:21) - SELF-HOSTING
- (14:13) - NEW NATIVE APPS
- (16:38) - ARE PASSWORD MANAGERS SECURE?
- (21:08) - WHY USE A DEDICATED PW MANAGER?
- (23:08) - CONCERNS WITH THE CLOUD
- (25:39) - ARGON2
- (29:16) - USERNAME KEY GENERATION
- (31:06) - LASTPASS DATA BREACH
- (37:17) - WHAT CAN BITWARDEN SEE?
- (39:40) - WHERE IS BITWARDEN DATA HOSTED?
- (40:18) - GOVERNMENT REQUESTS
- (41:08) - "EGGS IN ONE BASKET" ARGUMENT
- (43:57) - 2FA & BITWARDEN AUTHENTICATOR
- (47:39) - PASSKEYS
- (49:04) - COMMUNITY VS. ENTERPRISE
- (50:17) - RYAN'S SETUP + ADVICE
- (53:45) - THIRD PARTY INTEGRATIONS
- (54:20) - AI
- (56:16) - PRICING
- (57:15) - F-DROID APP?
- (57:54) - LINUX APP?
- (58:12) - MORE THOUGHTS ON CLOUD SECURITY
- (59:10) - FINAL THOUGHTS
- (59:55) - WHAT'S NEXT?
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Age Verification Laws and Free Software: A Legal Expert Tells Us What's Actually at Stake
With Jithendra Palepu
Age verification laws are spreading fast, but most coverage is either panic or dismissal, with very little clarity on what these laws actually say, who they apply to, or what they mean for free software. In …
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Age verification laws are spreading fast, but most coverage is either panic or dismissal, with very little clarity on what these laws actually say, who they apply to, or what they mean for free software. In this episode of Techlore Talks, Henry sits down with Jithendra Palepu, who has a legal background and Free Software Foundation Europe volunteer, to actually make sense of it. Age verification, age estimation, age gating, and self-declaration—why the difference matters enormously. We examine what California's AB 1628 actually requires, we discuss why MidnightBSD's decision to ban California users may have backfired against the very principles it was trying to protect, and so much more. If you've had strong reactions to these laws but struggled to fully back them up, this one's for you.
🔗 SOURCES & LINKS
• Free Software Foundation Europe: https://fsfe.org
• FSFE — Youth Hacking for Freedom: https://fsfe.org/activities/yh4f/
• Software Freedom Conservancy: https://sfconservancy.org
• Keep Android Open: https://keepandroidopen.org/⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
- (00:00) - INTRO
- (02:43) - DEFINING AGE VERIFICATION
- (05:15) - THE REAL CONCERN
- (09:59) - SELF-DECLARATION
- (13:14) - SERVICE VS. OS AGE VERIFICATION
- (19:34) - RESPONSIBILITY
- (23:23) - MIDNIGHTBSD & SYSTEMD
- (25:27) - LINUX CARVE-OUTS?
- (27:54) - SHARED & SECONDHAND DEVICES?
- (29:42) - APPLE + DMA
- (32:59) - WHAT'S THE OVERALL NARRATIVE?
- (37:57) - JITHENDRA'S & FSFE'S CONCERNS
- (42:21) - DO ANY LAWS GET THIS RIGHT?
- (44:33) - WHO IS DOING THE VERIFICATION?
- (45:03) - DATA LEAK RESPONSIBILITY
- (46:37) - OS-LEVEL AGE VERIFICATION IN EU
- (48:04) - YOUNG DEVELOPERS
- (49:14) - ENFORCEABILITY
- (50:54) - ACTIONABLE ADVICE
- (52:42) - HOW TO FACILITATE DISCUSSIONS
- (54:37) - HOW TO FOLLOW
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Organic Maps Co-Founder on Building a Privacy-First Google Maps Alternative | Alexander Borsuk
With Alexander Borsuk
Every time you open Google Maps, it knows where you are, what you searched, how long you stayed, and where you went next. Organic Maps collects none of that. In this interview, Henry sits down with Alexander …
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Every time you open Google Maps, it knows where you are, what you searched, how long you stayed, and where you went next. Organic Maps collects none of that. In this interview, Henry sits down with Alexander Borsuk, co-founder of Organic Maps, to talk about what mainstream maps apps are collecting, how an entirely offline-first approach changes the privacy picture, and where Organic Maps is headed next, including live public transit and opt-in traffic data.
🔗 SOURCES & LINKS
• Organic Maps: https://organicmaps.app
• Organic Maps GitHub: https://github.com/organicmaps
• OpenStreetMap: https://openstreetmap.org
• OsmAnd: https://osmand.net⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
- (00:00) - INTRO
- (02:26) - ORGANIC MAPS TEAM & STRUCTURE
- (05:53) - MAP PRIVACY IMPLICATIONS
- (12:19) - BUSINESS SEARCHING
- (14:42) - CLOUD-FIRST VS. OFFLINE-FIRST
- (17:05) - ORGANIC MAPS VS. APPLE MAPS W/ ADP
- (24:20) - OPENSTREETMAP
- (27:51) - GETTING INVOLVED & CONTRIBUTING
- (34:20) - USABILITY & TARGET DEMOGRAPHIC
- (41:02) - PUBLIC TRANSIT
- (45:24) - RESTRICTION OF NO REAL-TIME DATA
- (48:11) - LONGEVITY & BEHIND-THE-SCENES
- (51:56) - THE NEXT 5 YEARS
- (54:05) - TRAFFIC DATA
- (57:13) - POKÉMON GO DATA HARVESTING
- (59:48) - FINAL THOUGHTS
- (01:01:45) - HOW TO CONNECT & FOLLOW
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Telecom Insider Explains What Your Carrier Actually Sees (Cape Interview)
With David Dunn
Most people think turning off location services protects them from being tracked. It doesn't. In this interview, David Dunn from privacy-focused cellular provider Cape breaks down what carriers actually …
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Most people think turning off location services protects them from being tracked. It doesn't. In this interview, David Dunn from privacy-focused cellular provider Cape breaks down what carriers actually collect, how threats like IMSI catchers and SIM swaps work, and how Cape is building a mobile network specifically designed to minimize that exposure.
🔗 SOURCES & LINKS
• Cape: https://www.cape.co
• Cape + Proton collab: https://www.cape.co/cape-and-proton⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 INTRO
00:01:01 WHAT CELLULAR CARRIERS SEE
00:02:50 THE CONCERNS
00:04:08 ABUSE OF DATA
00:05:28 LTT SIM SWAP ATTACK
00:06:33 PHONE CALL BEHIND-THE-SCENES
00:12:24 CELL TOWER TRIANGULATION & GEOFENCING
00:15:32 LOCATION SERVICES
00:16:25 CALL DATA & SMS RECORDS
00:19:24 SMS VS. EMAIL SECURITY
00:20:23 SIM SWAPPING + IMSI CATCHERS
00:24:09 CELL TOWER TRIANGULATION + GEOFENCING SOLUTIONS
00:26:38 CALL DATA RECORD + SMS SOLUTIONS
00:28:48 WI-FI CALLING
00:30:54 SS7 SIGNALING ATTACK PROTECTION
00:32:25 4G VS. 5G PRIVACY
00:36:34 USER AGENTS + CUSTOM ROMS
00:42:15 DEVICE PROTECTION
00:46:06 CAPE'S APPROACH
00:55:01 MOBILE CORE
00:59:18 CDR DELETION
01:00:06 IMSI ROTATION
01:00:52 OTHER USER CONFIGURABLE OPTIONS
01:04:05 PHONE NUMBER REPUTATION
01:05:29 ISSUES WITH PRIVACY TOOLS
01:08:22 OBSCURA
01:10:48 REGISTRATION
01:13:04 TRUST & VERIFICATION
01:15:37 COMPATIBILITY
01:17:33 AVAILABILITY
01:17:54 ROAMING
01:18:36 LAW ENFORCEMENT REQUESTS
01:21:15 PALANTIR
01:23:25 PROTON PARTNERSHIP
01:25:05 WHO IS CAPE FOR?
01:26:43 TELL US SOMETHING SHOCKING
01:29:28 OUTRO🎥 VIDEO
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With Artyom Zorin
Artyom Zorin, co-founder and lead developer of Zorin OS, explains why this Linux distribution is seeing explosive growth, its user-friendly approach, business models & incentives, privacy, open source, and …
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Artyom Zorin, co-founder and lead developer of Zorin OS, explains why this Linux distribution is seeing explosive growth, its user-friendly approach, business models & incentives, privacy, open source, and more.
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• Zorin OS: https://zorin.com
• Zorin OS Pro: https://zorin.com/os/pro/
• Zorin OS Education: https://zorin.com/os/education/⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 INTRO
00:02:55 ZORIN OS VS. UBUNTU
00:04:14 PACKAGE COMPATIBILITY
00:07:01 OPEN SOURCE? FREE?
00:11:46 BUSINESS MODELS + INCENTIVES
00:14:48 TARGET DEMOGRAPHIC
00:16:00 PRIVACY BY DEFAULT
00:17:51 SECURITY MODEL
00:19:48 WHY UBUNTU?
00:21:16 DESKTOP ENVIRONMENTS
00:25:03 RELEASE SCHEDULE
00:26:26 COMPATABILITY LAYERS
00:28:52 ARM SUPPORT
00:32:32 PROFESSIONAL +CREATIVE SOFTWARE
00:36:43 DEFAULT APP CHOICES
00:39:19 ZORIN GRID
00:42:22 ZORIN EDUCATION
00:43:35 DEVICES + INSTALLATION
00:47:50 ZORIN OS LIMITATIONS
00:50:26 DUAL BOOT
00:51:30 THE ZORIN TEAM
00:52:58 LOCATION
00:53:12 OPEN SOURCE + GIVING BACK
00:56:24 DOWNLOADS
00:59:17 WINDOWS 10
01:01:09 AI
01:07:23 THE FUTURE OF ZORIN OS
01:09:49 MOBILE DEVICES?
01:10:35 HOW TO FOLLOW
01:11:18 OUTRO🎥 VIDEO
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With JP Schmetz
Most ad blockers start by blocking everything—then you become tech support for friends & family when pages break. Henry interviewed JP Schmetz, founder of Brave Search and CEO of Ghostery, about making trackers …
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Most ad blockers start by blocking everything—then you become tech support for friends & family when pages break. Henry interviewed JP Schmetz, founder of Brave Search and CEO of Ghostery, about making trackers visible, why there are only 3 search indexes in the world, reinventing the open web with AI, and how to avoid becoming "the family CTO."
🔗 SOURCES & LINKS
• Ghostery: https://www.ghostery.com/
• Who Tracks Me Database: https://whotracks.me/
• Ghostery Private Search: https://www.ghostery.com/private-search
• Brave Search: https://search.brave.com/⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 INTRO
00:01:32 ORIGINS WITH GHOSTERY
00:03:15 SEARCH ENGINES + BROWSERS
00:06:32 GHOSTERY'S BROWSER EXTENSION
00:09:09 THE PRIVACY DISCONNECT
00:13:02 REAL WORLD IMPACTS
00:16:03 PRIVACY VARIES BY LOCATION
00:16:47 PAGE BLOCKING + BREAKING
00:24:06 ADAPTATION + TRUST
00:28:48 ROLES AT GHOSTERY + BRAVE
00:29:22 OPEN SOURCE
00:30:38 BRAVE SHIELDS OR GHOSTERY?
00:32:36 SUGGESTED CONFIGURATIONS
00:40:13 WHOTRACKS.ME
00:44:30 WHAT IS A TRACKER?
00:47:39 WHAT ARE THE INCENTIVES?
00:50:31 DOES BLOCKING = NO DATA SHARING?
00:53:50 THE INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS
00:57:27 PRIVATE SEARCH
01:00:11 META SEARCH VS. INDEPENDENT INDEX
01:02:30 CONTEXTUAL VS. TARGETED ADVERTISING
01:06:28 BRAVE SEARCH ADS
01:08:16 INDEXES
01:10:53 AI + SEARCH
01:19:43 WHAT'S NEXT?
01:22:22 PUBLISHING + INCENTIVES + THE FUTURE
01:25:30 HOW TO FOLLOW🎥 VIDEO
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With Remy Bertot
Most password managers use your master password as the encryption key—which means it can be phished and brute-forced. Passbolt uses a random private key instead. Henry interviewed co-founder Remy about why they …
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Most password managers use your master password as the encryption key—which means it can be phished and brute-forced. Passbolt uses a random private key instead. Henry interviewed co-founder Remy about why they optimized Passbolt for teams, how granular permissions prevent credential leaks, and why self-hosting matters for businesses.
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• Passbolt: https://www.passbolt.com⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 INTRO
01:20 PASSBOLT TARGET DEMOGRAPHIC
05:52 PASSWORD MANAGER BASICS
06:51 PASSBOLT TYPICAL CUSTOMER
07:41 PASSWORD MANAGER OPTIONS
10:33 ATTACKS ON BUSINESSES
13:17 PASSBOLT BUSINESS MODEL
16:24 SELF-HOSTING
19:22 PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGY
22:09 SUITE VS. FOCUSED PRODUCT
24:12 FEATURE REQUESTS
25:49 EMAIL ALIASING
27:04 PASSKEYS
28:54 MANIFEST V3 + BROWSERS
30:26 PASSKEYS (CONT'D)
33:30 TOTP
36:49 INTEGRATIONS
37:59 TWO PASSWORDS?
42:09 REMY'S FAVORITE PW MANAGER
43:39 COMMON MISTAKES?
44:38 HIDING TOTP SEEDS
46:49 FINAL THOUGHTS
47:30 HOW TO FOLLOW
47:51 OUTRO🎥 VIDEO
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With Andrey Meshkov
Ad blockers have broad permissions to intercept all your web traffic—which means you need to know which ones to trust. Henry interviewed the CTO and co-founded of AdGuard about why they pivoted from data …
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Ad blockers have broad permissions to intercept all your web traffic—which means you need to know which ones to trust. Henry interviewed the CTO and co-founded of AdGuard about why they pivoted from data collection to privacy protection, how DNS filtering differs from local ad blocking, and Apple's revolutionary new API that lets ad blockers work system-wide on iOS without ever seeing your traffic.
🔗 SOURCES & LINKS
• AdGuard: https://adguard.com/
• AdGuard Home: https://adguard.com/en/adguard-home/overview.html
• AdGuard DNS: https://adguard-dns.io/
• AdGuard VPN: https://adguard-vpn.com/
• AdGuard Mail: https://adguard-mail.com/
• Andrey's AFDS 2025 Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2c5WMjpVZc⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 INTRO
00:06:04 PRE-SNOWDEN VS. POST-SNOWDEN
00:07:58 TYPES OF FILTERING
00:15:03 LOCAL FILTERING VS. DNS & VPN
00:18:14 INTERCEPTING WEB TRAFFIC CONCERNS
00:21:27 ADGUARD VS. BROWSER SOLUTIONS
00:26:15 ADGUARD EXTENSION VS. OTHERS
00:31:15 ADGUARD FILTERING VS. OTHERS
00:32:04 ADGUARD HOME
00:34:08 PRICING STRUCTURE
00:35:52 BASED IN CYPRUS?
00:38:25 OPEN SOURCE?
00:41:04 THE AD BLOCKING ECOSYSTEM
00:44:26 MITIGATING ATTACKS
00:51:13 THE ROLE OF AD BLOCKING
00:54:37 APPLE'S NEW API
00:57:38 COMPARISON TO DNS FILTERING
00:58:56 ETA FOR THESE UPDATES
00:59:43 APPLE'S PATTERN
01:00:58 BLOCKING APPLE DOMAINS
01:02:28 WRAPPING UP🎥 VIDEO
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With Mathias Buus
Peer-to-peer networks have no servers—just devices talking directly to each other. Henry interviewed Mathias Buus Madsen, CEO of Holepunch, about how BitTorrent handled 40 million users without servers, why …
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Peer-to-peer networks have no servers—just devices talking directly to each other. Henry interviewed Mathias Buus Madsen, CEO of Holepunch, about how BitTorrent handled 40 million users without servers, why their messenger Keet can't go down even when usage spikes, their new P2P password manager, and how P2P apps are more energy efficient than data centers.
🔗 SOURCES & LINKS
• Holepunch: https://holepunch.to/
• Keet Messenger: https://keet.io
• Pears: https://pears.com
• Pear Pass: https://pass.pears.com⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 INTRO
00:01:25 WHAT IS PEER-TO-PEER (P2P)?
00:03:16 BENEFITS OF P2P
00:05:38 GETTING STARTED IN P2P
00:08:43 NEGATIVE P2P ASSOCIATIONS
00:14:13 P2P CENSORSHIP RESISTANCE
00:17:14 P2P SAFETY
00:21:29 KEET (P2P MESSENGER)
00:26:21 OPEN SOURCE?
00:27:12 BEING SERVERLESS
00:31:04 OPEN SOURCE VS. CLOSED SOURCE
00:34:05 ARE UPDATES P2P?
00:34:33 IS THERE AN APK?
00:35:37 BACKGROUND SYNC
00:39:27 WHAT ELSE DOES HOLEPUNCH WORK ON?
00:42:04 MORE INFO ON THE STACK
00:45:00 FUNDING + TETHER
00:48:09 P2P PASSWORD MANAGER?
00:54:48 AUDITS
00:55:57 AVAILABLE ON LINUX?
00:58:33 CENTRALIZED/HYBRID P2P?
01:01:49 P2P DOWNSIDES?
01:05:01 APPLE FINDMY NETWORK
01:07:16 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
01:11:48 SERVICE DOWNTIME
01:12:52 HOW TO FOLLOW
01:13:59 OUTRO🎥 VIDEO
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With Evgeny Poberezkin
SimpleX Chat is the only messaging network where users have no identifiers—no phone numbers, no usernames, no user IDs at all. Henry interviewed founder Evgeny Poberezkin about how unidirectional message pipes …
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SimpleX Chat is the only messaging network where users have no identifiers—no phone numbers, no usernames, no user IDs at all. Henry interviewed founder Evgeny Poberezkin about how unidirectional message pipes create a network where servers don't even know users exist, why this isn't federation, how it compares to Signal and Session, and why the company is based in the UK despite encryption battles.
🔗 SOURCES & LINKS
• SimpleX: https://simplex.chat
• Evgeny's Website: https://www.poberezkin.com/about.html⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 INTRO
00:01:31 SIMPLEX NAME
00:04:20 SIMPLEX TEAM
00:05:10 SIMPLEX VS. MAINSTREAM MESSENGERS
00:08:05 WHY THIS APPROACH?
00:11:14 THE FUTURE OF SIMPLEX
00:14:28 SIMPLEX NETWORK + FEDERATION
00:20:46 REGISTRATION MODELS
00:23:11 GOVERNMENT REQUESTS TO SIGNAL
00:25:42 REGISTRATION MODELS (CONT'D)
00:27:52 MESSENGER DISCUSSION?
00:29:54 SIMPLEX LIMITATIONS
00:31:00 WAYS TO USE SIMPLEX + SCALING
00:37:27 OPEN SOURCE
00:42:21 SIMPLEX ENCRYPTION + DENIABILITY
00:54:00 SIMPLEX METADATA
01:00:53 IP ADDRESS OBSERVATION
01:05:02 USABILITY CHALLENGES
01:09:53 MESSAGE DELIVERY
01:10:58 OUTAGES
01:13:14 MULTI-DEVICE SYNC
01:13:56 DESKTOP ONLY?
01:18:10 BATTERY IMPACT
01:19:44 BACKGROUND SYNC
01:21:50 FUNDING + SUSTAINABILITY
01:30:38 JURISDICTION
01:31:56 LEGAL + LIABILITY
01:40:37 PRIVACY AS A MEANS, NOT AN END
01:41:55 PRIVACY FOR THE MASSES VS. THE FEW
01:45:27 WHAT'S NEXT FOR SIMPLEX?
01:50:57 HOW TO FOLLOW
01:52:09 OUTRO🎥 VIDEO
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With Carl Dong
You don't have to trust Obscura—you just have to trust that not both Obscura and Mullvad are compromised. Henry sat down with Carl, former Bitcoin Core developer and founder of Obscura VPN, to discuss how it's …
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You don't have to trust Obscura—you just have to trust that not both Obscura and Mullvad are compromised. Henry sat down with Carl, former Bitcoin Core developer and founder of Obscura VPN, to discuss how it's the first VPN that mathematically can't log your activity, what makes it censorship-resistant against networks like the Great Firewall, and what it really means to build privacy that's more than "a pinky promise."
🔗 SOURCES & LINKS
• Obscura: https://obscura.net
• GitHub: https://github.com/Sovereign-Engineering/obscuravpn-client
• Trust, 2-Party Relays, and QUIC: https://obscura.net/blog/bootstrapping-trust/
• Mullvad: https://mullvad.net⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 INTRO
00:01:50 CARL'S BACKGROUND
00:10:47 APPLE'S PRIVATE RELAY
00:17:11 TRUSTLESS MODELS
00:19:05 MULTI-PARTY RELAY PARTNERSHIP
00:21:39 TRADITIONAL MULTI-HOP
00:23:39 CENSORSHIP RESISTANCE
00:27:33 MULLVAD VS. OBSCURA TRAFFIC
00:29:35 EXIT IP
00:30:18 BLOCKS, CAPTCHA, & SPLIT TUNNELING
00:31:16 CUSTOM DNS
00:32:41 PARTNERING WITH MULLVAD
00:36:05 OBSCURA VS. PRIVATE RELAY
00:37:10 OBSCURA VS. MULLVAD
00:38:33 OBSCURA VS. DECENTRALIZED VPNS
00:40:57 OBSCURA VS. TOR
00:41:58 REPRODUCIBLE BUILDS
00:50:23 CLIENTS & DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE
00:55:24 SPEED
00:59:06 DEFAULTS VS. CUSTOMIZATION
01:00:48 PRICING
01:02:43 OPEN SOURCE
01:03:34 THE OBSCURA TEAM
01:05:39 THOUGHTS ON THE VPN INDUSTRY
01:07:49 OUTRO🎥 VIDEO
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With Lucas Lasota
The Digital Markets Act is a can opener for Big Tech's walled gardens, forcing Apple, Google, and Microsoft to open their platforms whether they like it or not. Henry sat down with Lucas Lasota from the FSFE …
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The Digital Markets Act is a can opener for Big Tech's walled gardens, forcing Apple, Google, and Microsoft to open their platforms whether they like it or not. Henry sat down with Lucas Lasota from the FSFE (Free Software Foundation of Europe) to understand what the DMA actually does, why Big Tech is fighting it in court, and what it means for open source software and your digital freedom.
📱 RESOURCES
• Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE): https://fsfe.org
• Free Software Foundation (FSF US): https://www.fsf.org
• Public Money, Public Code campaign: https://publiccode.eu⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
0:00:00 INTRO
00:01:36 WHAT IS THE FSFE?
00:04:12 LUCAS' ROLE AT FSFE
00:05:44 INTRO TO THE DMA
00:09:45 THOUGHTS ON REGULATION
00:12:47 PUBLIC MONEY, PUBLIC CODE
00:21:25 BREAKDOWN OF THE DMA
00:30:54 DMA ENFORCEMENTS
00:31:44 INTEROPERABILITY
00:36:20 DMA ENFORCEMENTS (CONT'D)
00:38:50 DMA CRITICISMS
00:50:41 USB-C ON IPHONES
00:53:03 APPLE'S "MALICIOUS COMPLIANCE"
00:56:57 UNDERSTANDING THE EU
01:02:12 EU COMMISSION & OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
01:06:58 DMA'S GLOBAL INFLUENCE
01:11:57 BIG TECH + INTERPRETATION OF LAW
01:18:23 OUTRO
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Keep Techlore Talks independent & growing: ★ Support this podcast ★Inside Ad Blocking: Interviews from the Ad Filtering Dev Summit
With Peter Lowe, Anton Lazarev, Sofia Orlova, and Andrey Meshkov
This special compilation episode brings together exclusive interviews from the Ad Filtering Dev Summit (AFDS) in October 2024. Henry sat down with developers and leaders from AdGuard, Brave, and the creator of …
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This special compilation episode brings together exclusive interviews from the Ad Filtering Dev Summit (AFDS) in October 2024. Henry sat down with developers and leaders from AdGuard, Brave, and the creator of the legendary Peter Lowe block list to discuss the state of ad blocking, new privacy features, and the future of tracking protection.
Featured Interviews:
- Andrey Meshkov (AdGuard CTO) - Apple's new system-wide filtering API and what it means for iOS privacy
- Sofia Orlova (AdGuard UX Writer) - Designing ad blockers for everyone from "grannies to techies"
- Anton Lazarev - How Brave Shields works, AI privacy features, and why native ad blocking beats extensions
- Peter Lowe - The 28-year journey of maintaining one of the internet's oldest and most trusted block lists
Topics Covered:- Apple's new URL filtering API for iOS/macOS
- System-wide ad blocking vs browser-only protection
- Manifest V3 and the future of extension-based blockers
- Privacy-focused AI tools in browsers
- The philosophy behind different ad blocking approaches
- How tracking actually works (and why it's creepy)
🔗 SOURCES & LINKS- AFDS Recap Video: [https://youtu.be/dr7XSnbyv7w](https://youtu.be/dr7XSnbyv7w)
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Keep Techlore Talks independent & growing: ★ Support this podcast ★Is the World Too Dependent on American Tech? (Dutch Journalist Interview)
With Marloes de Koning
This is a different kind of Techlore Talks. Henry sits down with Marloes de Koning, a Dutch tech reporter from NRC. This wide-ranging conversation explores tech policy from a journalist's perspective, and asks …
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This is a different kind of Techlore Talks. Henry sits down with Marloes de Koning, a Dutch tech reporter from NRC. This wide-ranging conversation explores tech policy from a journalist's perspective, and asks hard questions about age verification, digital sovereignty, news consumption, the rules & role of journalism, and more.
🔗 TAKE ACTION
• NRC: https://www.nrc.nl
• Twitter/X: https://x.com/MarloesdeK
• Marloes' Age Verification article: https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/04/19/het-hoofdpijndossier-van-de-porno-industrie-controleren-hoe-oud-je-bezoekers-zijn-a4196562
• Marloes' Tornado Cash article: https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/03/25/hoe-een-rus-uit-amstelveen-met-zijn-cryptomixer-voor-de-rechter-in-den-bosch-belandt-a4194203
• Marloes' Birthday of the Cookie article: https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/10/11/hoe-het-internet-een-geheugen-kreeg-a4868671
⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 INTRO
01:27 EARLY YEARS IN JOURNALISM
02:25 LEARNING & WRITING ABOUT TECH
04:28 DIGITAL SOVEREIGNTY
07:08 LOCATION OF DATA/COMPANIES
09:01 THE RULES OF JOURNALISM
10:31 THE ROLE OF JOURNALISM
19:11 INCORRECT ASSUMPTIONS
20:34 HOW TO FIND TRUSTWORTHY NEWS
30:06 IS CONSUMING NEWS EVEN WORTH IT?
34:55 AGE VERIFICATION
45:13 DO PEOPLE CARE ABOUT PRIVACY?
53:18 MARLOES' DIGITAL RIGHTS JOURNEY
55:19 WHAT'S THE END GOAL?
57:53 HOW TO FOLLOW MARLOES
59:06 OUTRO
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Keep Techlore Talks independent & growing: ★ Support this podcast ★Google’s New Policy is an “Extinction Event” (F-Droid Interview)
With Marc Prud'hommeaux
Google just announced a policy that could kill F-Droid and open source app distribution on Android. Marc Prud'hommeaux from F-Droid's Board of Directors calls it an "extinction event"—here's why that matters …
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Google just announced a policy that could kill F-Droid and open source app distribution on Android. Marc Prud'hommeaux from F-Droid's Board of Directors calls it an "extinction event"—here's why that matters even if you've never used F-Droid.
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Keep Android Open (sign the petition): https://keepandroidopen.org
F-Droid Website: https://f-droid.org
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• Homepage & Newsletter: https://techlore.tech
• Our Course, Go Incognito: https://techlore.tech/go-incognito-course/
• Privacy Tools: https://privacytools.techlore.tech/
• VPN Comparison Chart: https://vpn.techlore.tech/⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 INTRO
00:01:45 PIVOTING TO OPEN SOURCE
00:04:29 WHEN MARC JOINED THE BOARD
00:05:27 APP STORE BREAKDOWN
00:08:23 GOOGLE PLAY STORE VS. F-DROID
00:10:39 MALWARE & APP STORE SAFETY
00:15:45 ARE DEVS AWARE OF MALWARE?
00:17:40 WHY IS F-DROID ONLY ON ANDROID?
00:19:26 GOOGLE'S PLANS FOR ANDROID
00:22:44 HOW BAD IS THIS?
00:24:21 GOOGLE'S REASONING
00:26:21 HOW THIS IMPACTS F-DROID
00:28:42 WEB-BASED F-DROID?
00:30:05 DOES THIS IMPACT OTHER APP STORES?
00:31:35 WHY SHOULD REGULAR USERS CARE?
00:37:09 WHY SHOULD OTHER USERS CARE?
00:39:45 EFFECT ON DEVELOPERS
00:41:29 WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS?
00:48:54 WHY IS GOOGLE DOING THIS?
00:51:02 COMPARISON TO EPIC GAMES
00:52:58 IS ANYONE ELSE STEPPING UP?
00:54:31 WHAT KEEPS YOU GOING RIGHT NOW?
00:56:35 WHAT'S NEXT?
01:01:34 FINAL WORDS🎥 VIDEO
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Keep Techlore Talks independent & growing: ★ Support this podcast ★Why This Security Expert Doesn't Use a Phone (Buskill Interview)
With Michael Altfield
Even with encryption and 2FA, if someone steals your logged-in laptop, you're compromised. Michael Altfield created Buskill - an open source USB "dead man switch" - to solve this analog attack vector. In this …
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Even with encryption and 2FA, if someone steals your logged-in laptop, you're compromised. Michael Altfield created Buskill - an open source USB "dead man switch" - to solve this analog attack vector. In this interview, you’ll hear about the real incidents that inspired it, the advocacy work that fueled it, and the collaborative engineering efforts that turned it into a practical tool for protecting sensitive data.
🔗 SOURCES & LINKS
• https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/
• https://buskill.in/
• https://github.com/BusKill
⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 INTRO
00:01:43 WHAT GOT YOU INTO SECURITY?
00:02:32 WHEN DID YOU GET INTO SECURITY?
00:03:31 WHAT IS A DEAD MAN SWITCH?
00:04:33 WHY DID YOU DEVELOP BUSKILL?
00:06:25 WHEN DID YOU START MAKING BUSKILL CABLES?
00:06:42 HAS THE PRODUCT CHANGED SINCE THEN?
00:07:42 WHO ELSE IS BUSKILL FOR?
00:09:08 WHAT OPTIONS CAN BE TRIGGERED?
00:10:53 IS IT POSSIBLE TO TRIGGER A FALSE OR ALTERNATIVE ENVIRONMENT?
00:12:16 CAN YOU WIPE ON WINDOWS OR MACOS?
00:13:40 LINUX INSTALL OPTIONS
00:14:16 MACOS & WINDOWS INSTALL OPTIONS
00:14:25 CAN THIS BE DONE ON MOBILE?
00:16:39 REAL-WORLD BUSKILL EXAMPLES
00:18:13 BUSKILL COMMUNITY
00:19:17 BUSKILL + OPEN SOURCE
00:19:44 STL FILES + 3D PRINTING
00:20:38 IS IT GOOD TO CREATE IT YOURSELF?
00:20:50 INTERDICTION
00:21:42 EDWARD SNOWDEN ON INTERDICTION
00:23:24 OTHER ACQUISITION METHODS
00:25:13 NOVACUSTOM PARTNERSHIP
00:26:00 BUSKILL + NICHE LINUX DISTROS
00:26:57 QUBES DOM0
00:28:27 UBUNTU & TAILS
00:30:02 DOES BUSKILL SUPPORT CHROMEBOOKS?
00:31:19 GETTING INVOLVED IN PRIVACY + ADVOCACY
00:33:05 HOW PRIVACY IS VIEWED WORLDWIDE
00:36:55 PERSONAL CHALLENGES WITH PRIVACY
00:39:11 GO-TO PRIVACY & SECURITY TIPS
00:40:11 BUSKILL + SECURITY KEYS?
00:43:06 SECURITY THROUGH OBSCURITY
00:45:25 CLOUD-BASED PASSWORD MANAGERS
00:46:09 LIVING WITHOUT A PHONE
00:51:57 CAN IT GET WORSE?
00:53:18 PROPRIETARY BROADBAND
00:58:49 WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT NOVACUSTOM?
01:00:56 OUTRO
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Keep Techlore Talks independent & growing: ★ Support this podcast ★The Email Provider Google Doesn't Want You to Know About (Fastmail Interview)
With Ricardo Signes
Ricardo Signes, Chief Engineer at Fastmail, explains why Gmail's email experience has become increasingly fragmented, and what it would take to actually fix the decades-old IMAP protocol that powers most of the …
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Ricardo Signes, Chief Engineer at Fastmail, explains why Gmail's email experience has become increasingly fragmented, and what it would take to actually fix the decades-old IMAP protocol that powers most of the internet. We dive deep into JMAP (the modern replacement Gmail won't adopt), privacy-by-design vs. encryption theater, and the hidden trade-offs between convenience and security that no one talks about. If you've noticed your email client feeling broken, this interview reveals why.
🔗 SOURCES & LINKS
• Fastmail: https://fastmail.com
• Fastmail Values Statement: https://fastmail.com/about/values
• Cyrus IMAP/JMAP Server (open source): https://www.cyrusimap.org/
• JMAP Standard (RFC 8620): https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8620
• Web Push Standard (RFC 8030): https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8030
• Signal (for encrypted messaging): https://signal.org
• Fastmail Data Transparency Report: https://fastmail.com/about/transparency
⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 INTRO
00:01:36 WHAT DRAWS YOU TO FASTMAIL?
00:03:29 FASTMAIL VALUES & PHILOSOPHY
00:08:49 FASTMAIL TARGET USER
00:12:43 LACK OF NATIVE E2EE
00:16:16 WILL EMAIL EVER BE PRIVATE?
00:18:23 FASTMAIL E2EE OPTIONS
00:23:43 FASTMAIL CLIENT OPTIONS
00:26:18 FASTMAIL INTEGRATIONS
00:29:49 BEING GOOD INTERNET CITIZENS
00:33:13 BAD INTERNET CITIZENS
00:38:26 JMAP & OTHER EMAIL PROTOCOLS
00:48:15 REAL-WORLD BENEFITS OF JMAP
00:53:07 ISSUES WITH GMAIL ON IOS
00:56:06 LACK OF E2EE FOR EMAIL WITH ADP
00:57:29 DOES JMAP MAKE E2EE EASIER?
01:00:43 FASTMAIL + OPEN SOURCE
01:10:48 PROTECTIONS AGAINST BAD ACTORS
01:14:46 PHONE NUMBER REQUIREMENTS
01:22:55 AUSTRALIAN JURISDICTION
01:25:55 THE FASTMAIL TEAM
01:28:45 PRODUCTIVITY-FOCUSED EMAIL CLIENTS
01:34:27 FASTMAIL + IMAP
01:35:49 WHY THE NAME "FASTMAIL"?
01:38:27 IS JMAP WHY FASTMAIL IS SO FAST?
01:42:03 FASTMAIL'S IDEAL AVATAR + FUTURE PLANS
01:46:25 HOW TO FOLLOW RICARDO + FASTMAIL
01:48:03 OUTRO
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