Episode Ep 63 July 24, 2026 1 hr 58 min

Mullvad’s Co-owner Made A Controversial Donation

From This Week in Privacy Privacy Guides

Mullvad's Co-owner Daniel Berntsson has made a large political donation from Mullvad's profits, leading people to cancel their service, Apple has fixed a vulnerability in Hide-My-Email and an explosion of surveillance towers are coming to the US border costing over $1 billion US dollars. Join us for This Week In Privacy #63

(00:00) - Intro
(00:35) - Start of podcast
(02:39) - Mullvad Donation Controversy
(34:46) - An Explosion of Surveillance Towers is Coming to U.S. Borders, Costing Over $1 Billion
(45:14) - Forum updates: Is there space for another private messaging app
(54:20) - Site updates
(01:02:34) - The Fourth Circuit Says Border Agents Can Search Your Phone By Hand, No Suspicion Required
(01:14:03) - Forum updates: Leave FCC Comment, Deadline Tomorrow
(01:23:43) - OpenAI Models Escaped Containment and Hacked Hugging Face
(01:32:22) - Forum updates: Is there a point in supporting projects?
(01:41:58) - Apple Fixes Hide My Email Vulnerability After 404 Media Coverage
(01:56:54) - Outro