Surveillance Report
The privacy and security news that actually matters, every week. Surveillance Report brings you the stories, the context, and what to do about them—so nothing gets decided about your digital life without you knowing.
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Apple Quietly Downgrades Hide My Email, Plus Chrome Kills uBlock Origin & Google's IP Tracking
Apple's Hide My Email aliases are moving to a subdomain that sites can easily block. Plus Chrome ends uBlock Origin, Google eyes your IP, and the Arch AUR mess.
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Meta Hid Face-Recognition Code on 50M Phones, The UK's Device-Scanning Ultimatum & A Burner Phone Ban
Meta secretly shipped facial-recognition code to 50M+ phones then quietly deleted it, the UK moves to scan every device, and two states split hard on privacy.
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Dashlane Confirms Hackers Stole Password Vaults, Pentagon Location Tracking, and Hackers Trick Meta's AI
Dashlane confirms hackers stole around 20 encrypted password vaults, and it's being quiet about how. Plus US troops tracked via location data, Europe ditching US tech, and a wild Meta AI hijack.
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California Exempts Open Source From Age Verification, Plus School Bus Surveillance Getting Out of Control
A rare win against age verification with California exempting open source! Plus AI cameras on school buses, a push to ban police license plate tracking, and more.
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A Brutal Week for Microsoft Security, Signal Threatens to Leave Canada, And Bitwarden Quietly Shifts Policies
A brutal week of Microsoft vulnerabilities, an npm supply chain attack on 600+ packages, Signal vs Canada, Meta's AI age detection, and Bitwarden worries.
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Three Linux Exploits, ICE's 20M-Person Database, and Android's Good/Bad Week | May 13
Linux's vulnerability saga hits a third entry, ICE agents are walking around with a Palantir database of 20 million people, and Android delivers both a refused-to-patch VPN leak and a useful new intrusion logging tool for high-risk users.
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CopyFail Explained, Utah's New VPN Law, and Microsoft Edge Keeping Passwords in Plaintext
Techlore Surveillance Report: Weekly News for Your Digital Freedom
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Your Deleted Signal Messages Were Never Really Gone, But Apple's Latest Update Fixed That | April 27
Apple patched a bug hiding in your notifications, Australia's teen social media ban shows enforcement is harder than legislation, and Firefox gets a privacy upgrade it didn't tell anyone about.
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How the FBI Read Signal Messages Without Breaking Signal | April 14, 2026
A court case revealed that deleted Signal messages can survive somewhere Signal has no control over: your phone's notification database.