KeePass for Apple Devices: Syncing, Security, and Cross-Platform Gaps (Strongbox Interview)

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OpenAI's Hacking Story Got Worse, Plus Iran In US Water Systems & A Felony For Wiping A Phone

OpenAI's rogue AI hacked more than Hugging Face, and Anthropic's did the same. Less Terminator, more big-tech negligence with faster tools.

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Meet Firefox Nova: A First Look at the New Design

Firefox just shipped its biggest redesign in six years, and it's already live in Nightly. I put regular Firefox side-by-side with the new Nova UI to show you what's changed: rounded tabs, a reworked settings menu, Kit, the return of Compact Mode, and a

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How to Protect Yourself From Chat Control: Quick Fixes, Simple Swaps, and Advanced Alternatives

A parent sends a photo of their sick child to a doctor, and ends up under police investigation... welcome to 1984. Initiatives like Chat Control and other advancements around the world aim to make this the permanent state of the internet. This video breaks down how photo and message scanning

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France Bans Under-15s From Social Media, a Hidden Device Leaves US Cars Hackable, and Courts Force Apple and Google Open

France just became the first country in Europe to ban under-15s from social media. The UK and California moved the opposite direction, hackable US cars, and more!

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Containers and Profiles Are Now Standard in Both Brave and Firefox

Brave just shipped Containers, and Firefox just made them native, so the profiles-vs-containers debate that split these two browsers is finally over. This video demos both features side by side in Brave 1.92 and Firefox 153, and breaks down when to use browser profiles vs container tabs

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How to Check If Your Phone Number or Email Has Been in a Data Breach

Your phone number and email are in more breach databases than you think. Here's how to check exactly where you've been exposed using free tools, what to actually do about it, and how to stop it from being a recurring worry.

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Stalkerware, Pegasus, Surveillance Reform, and How to Spot a Scam with David Ruiz from Malwarebytes

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EU Passes Chat Control Anyway, Plus Microsoft's Secure Boot Mess & the Flock Resistance

The EU Parliament originally rejected mass message scanning, then passed it anyway. Plus Microsoft's decade-old Secure Boot flaw, the age verification wave, and LAPD drops Flock.

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Bank Freezes, Decentralization, and Financial Privacy with Cake Wallet's Founder & CEO Vik Sharma

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Password Manager Tier List 2026: Bitwarden, 1Password, KeePass, Proton Pass, LastPass, and More

Your password manager is the most sensitive piece of software in your tech stack. It holds everything - your email, banking, work credentials, health records, crypto, and more. Here's how 12 of the most popular ones actually stack up. Watch on Techlore.TV for an ad-free, surveillance-free

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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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Apple Maps Is Getting Ads, So What Should You Use Instead?

After years of recommending Apple Maps as a private Google Maps alternative, that recommendation just got more complicated – Apple Maps is getting ads. Here are three alternatives worth knowing about. Watch on Techlore.TV for an ad-free, surveillance-free viewing experience

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Cryptee Launches End-to-End Encrypted Photo Sharing: Legal Risks, Preventing Abuse, and Their Solution

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Permission Not Required: The Open Source iOS App that Makes the Invisible Visible (Loupe Review)

App tracking is mostly invisible, but now there's a free & open source iOS app that changes that. Loupe shows you what any app on your iPhone can quietly collect without asking for a single permission. This video walks through what it reveals, why it matters, and what

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VPN Tier List 2026: Mullvad, IVPN, Obscura, Nord, Surfshark, and More

Your VPN sees every site you visit, every app you use, and every search you make. Choosing the wrong one means trading your ISP's surveillance for something potentially worse. Here's our 3rd tier list of 2026! Watch on Techlore.TV for an ad-free, surveillance-free

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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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How to Tell if an App Is Actually Secure (Most Aren't)

Most apps claiming to be "private and secure" are using language that sounds meaningful but commits to almost nothing. I broke this down after watching a Shark Tank segment on Qeepsake, a baby journal app that calls itself "absolutely private and secure" because it has an

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Firefox VPN Explained: 50GB Free, No Logging, and How it Compares to Mozilla VPN

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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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The Truth About Phone Carrier Tracking (It's Worse Than You Think)

Your cell carrier knows your name, your location, who you called, when you called them, how long you talked, and more. What's worse, this data sits on their servers for years. VPNs and Signal help, but they don't touch the infrastructure layer. Here's what

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DuckDuckGo's Director of Product on Ads, Google, and the Ecosystem They're Actually Building

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A Vulnerability Hit Our PeerTube: Here's What Happened & What It Teaches About Self-Hosting

A vulnerability hit our self-hosted PeerTube in May. Here's exactly what happened, what was (and wasn't) at risk, and what it can teach about self-hosting.

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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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Google Replaced Search With AI. Here Are 6 Alternatives.

Google I/O this year made something very clear: Google Search isn't really for you anymore. AI agents that buy things on your behalf, Gemini reading your Gmail and Calendar to "personalize" your results, and AI Overviews pushing real links further down the page with every

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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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TRMNL: A Screen That Doesn't Want Your Attention

E-ink displays that promise ambient, distraction-free information sound great in theory. TRMNL delivers on the concept, with open firmware & open hardware, but the reality of living with it is more nuanced. Here are my thoughts! Watch on Techlore.TV for an ad-free, surveillance-free viewing experience

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Naomi Brockwell on Digital Privacy Legislation, the Third Party Doctrine, and Fighting the Surveillance State with The Surveillance Accountability Act

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Why Even Smart People Think Privacy Is Dead

"Privacy is dead, lol." "You're naive to still care." If you've seen those comments under every privacy story, you've witnessed an engineered hopelessness (digital resignation) with a clear designer and a measurable cost. In this video, I break down who

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