Show notes
This week's a double-week catch-up: the EU just greenlit Chat Control even after Parliament voted against it, Microsoft had a brutal stretch between a decade-old Secure Boot flaw and a Windows Defender zero-day, Texas's app-store age verification law cleared its Supreme Court hurdle while the KIDS Act moves through Congress, and LAPD just let its Flock license-plate contract expire. Plus a double-week Defense Bulletin with breaches, threats and open source news!🗺️ The open-source answer to Google Timeline is finally here! Replay every route and light up every city you've visited on a map nobody else owns; self-host Dawarich free or grab the hosted version at https://dawarich.app/techlore/ with code TECHLORE for 20% off your first year.This week's episode covers:Highlight: EU Parliament greenlights Chat Control 1.0 despite the vote against itMicrosoft's brutal week: Secure Boot broken for a decade, a Windows Defender zero-day, and Windows share dropping below 60%The age-verification wave: SCOTUS lets Texas's app-store law stand, the KIDS Act clears the HouseThe Flock resistance: LAPD lets its contract expire, National Week of Action against ALPRs coming August 16–22Defense Bulletin: breaches at KDDI, AssuranceAmerica, Accenture, Mount Royal University, Lidl, Xsolis, and DHS's HSIN platformFOSS+: GrapheneOS, CalyxOS, LineageOS, Brave containers, Organic Maps, Proton updates, Tuta migration, and more🧡 SUPPORT TECHLOREBecome a Techlorian and keep this show growing: ★ Support this podcast ★🔗 SOURCES & LINKSView all sources here: https://techlore.tech/eu-passes-chat-control-anyway-plus-microsofts-secure-boot-mess-the-flock-resistance/⏱️ TIMESTAMPS(00:00) - INTRO TO SURVEILLANCE REPORT
(00:56) - CHAT CONTROL IS BACK
(07:06) - MICROSOFT HAD A ROUGH WEEK
(16:30) - AGE VERIFICATION IN THE US
(19:52) - OUR SPONSOR: DAWARICH
(21:40) - THE FLOCK RESISTANCE
(23:26) - DEFENSE BULLETIN: DATA BREACHES
(26:00) - DEFENSE BULLETIN: THREATS
(29:12) - DEFENSE BULLETIN: FOSS+🎥 VIDEOWatch on YouTube📰 ABOUT SURVEILLANCE REPORTYour essential weekly tech news podcast covering the latest threats to security, privacy, and digital freedom. Hosted by Henry Fisher from Techlore.
