Episode Ep 72 September 25, 2026 1 hr 15 min

F-Droid 2.0 Is a Game Changer

From This Week in Privacy Privacy Guides

F-Droid just released their 2.0 update, the biggest update to the app in years, Discord is rolling out age verification once again, researchers have found a way to eavesdrop on headphones from 30 meters away and much more! Join us for This Week In Privacy #72.

(00:00) - Intro
(00:37) - Start of podcast
(01:16) - F-Droid 2.0: A New Chapter for Android Freedom
(19:22) - Muse, Meta's extraordinarily privileged AI assistant has a serious 0-day
(26:42) - Forum Discussion: Should Privacy Guides still have translations
(32:06) - An OpenAI Agent Hacked Australia's Health Service. Their Government Found Out Month Later
(42:03) - Site Updates
(46:40) - DraftKings Is Using AI to Supercharge the Harms of Online Behavioural Advertising
(50:48) - Forum Discussion: Proton partners with Apertus, Switzerland's sovereign AI model
(58:49) - Researchers found a way to eavesdrop on headphones from 30 meters away, and encryption can't stop it
(01:09:06) - Q&A
(01:13:35) - Outro