Episode Ep 64 July 31, 2026 1 hr 49 min

This GrapheneOS Feature Can Get You Arrested

From This Week in Privacy Privacy Guides

An activist has been charged with a felony for providing a "duress code" which wiped his GrapheneOS device, we'll be discussing the legal implications and the latest privacy & security news on This Week In Privacy #64!

(00:00) - Intro
(00:44) - Start of podcast
(02:15) - Activist charged with felony after giving borer agent "duress code" that wiped his phone
(43:32) - The Pokémon Company is turning to facial recognition scans to help combat scalpers
(46:56) - Facial Recognition at Madison Square Garden
(56:01) - Forum updates: Surveillance Cameras Can Now Be Retrofitted to Track Your Wireless Device Fingerprint
(01:05:58) - Site updates
(01:10:55) - Trump admin exempts SpaceX's Starlink from FCC ban on foreign-made routers
(01:21:38) - Inside the dystopian world of Germany's free speech crackdown
(01:27:38) - eBay reaches $56M settlement with e-commerce newsletter writers it terrorized in 2019
(01:35:07) - Q&A Time: Ask us anything in the livestream chat and we'll do our best to answer!
(01:47:28) - Outro