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End-to-end encrypted file sharing may sound simple, but for Cryptee, it took five years to ship. In this interview, Henry sits down with John Ozbay, founder and CEO of Cryptee, to talk through why: preventing CSAM, why client-side scanning doesn't work, how Cryptee's solution was designed to raise the barrier to mass spread without compromising encryption, and the broader philosophical question of where developer liability ends and moral responsibility begins.
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• Cryptee: https://crypt.ee
• Stop Chat Control: https://stopchatcontrol.eu
• Open Web Advocacy: https://open-web-advocacy.org
• EDRI: https://edri.org
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Firefox now has a free built-in VPN with 50GB of bandwidth per month. In this interview, Henry sits down with Ajit Varma, Head of Firefox at Mozilla, to break down exactly how it works, what Mozilla can and can't see, the difference between Firefox VPN and Mozilla VPN, and why no other major browser is likely to follow Mozilla's lead on this.
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• Firefox VPN: https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/features/vpn/
• Mozilla VPN: https://www.mozilla.org/products/vpn/
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Most people know DuckDuckGo as a search engine, but they're also creating a full privacy ecosystem covering a browser, VPN, data broker removal, and app tracking protection. In this Techlore Talks interview, Henry sits down with Peter Dolanjski, Director of Product at DuckDuckGo, to cover what Google is actually collecting, why incognito mode doesn't do what most people think, how DuckDuckGo's contextual ads differ from Google's behavioral targeting, and more.
🔗 SOURCES & LINKS
• DuckDuckGo: https://duckduckgo.com
• Duck AI: https://duck.ai
• No-AI DuckDuckGo: https://noai.duckduckgo.com
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The federal government doesn't need a warrant to buy your location data, your financial records, or your private information from data brokers. The Surveillance Accountability Act wants to change that. In this Techlore Talks interview, Henry sits down with Naomi Brockwell, host of NBTV and president/founder of The Ludlow Institute. They discuss the bill, Naomi's three-pillar approach to fighting the surveillance state, why decentralization doesn't automatically provide privacy, and what you can actually do right now.
🔗 SOURCES & LINKS
• Surveillance Accountability Act: https://surveillanceaccountability.com
• Contact your rep (script included): https://surveillanceaccountability.com/support
• Naomi Brockwell TV: https://nbtv.media
• Naomi's 501(c)(3): https://www.ludlowinstitute.org
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AI is everywhere - including Firefox. But, unlike most services, Mozilla allows you to turn it off completely. In this interview, Henry sits down with Adam Fishman, Mozilla's VP of Product, to cover the philosophy behind Firefox's AI features, how Smart Window works, the controls that let you turn everything off, the importance of "having a seat at the table", and the surprising story of how Anthropic's Claude found several security vulnerabilities in Firefox.
🔗 SOURCES & LINKS
• Firefox: https://www.firefox.com
• Mozilla AI: https://www.mozilla.ai
• Mozilla Common Voice: https://commonvoice.mozilla.org
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(00:00) - INTRO

(01:30) - EXPLAINING THE ROLE

(04:03) - ADAM'S BACKGROUND

(06:05) - SUNSETTING POCKET

(10:12) - PHILOSOPHY ON AI

(14:58) - AI FEATURES VS. ADVOCACY

(23:59) - MOZILLA VS. BIG TECH AI

(28:37) - MOZILLA + ANTHROPIC

(31:52) - FIREFOX AI CONTROLS

(37:18) - FIREFOX AI DESKTOP VS. MOBILE

(39:22) - MOZILLA AI PRIVACY

(41:36) - FIREFOX FORKS

(44:23) - HONEST AI CAPABILITIES DISCUSSION

(51:02) - AI ETHICS

(54:11) - MOZILLA'S FUTURE PRIORITIES

(57:11) - GETTING STARTED WITH AI

(01:01:04) - HOW TO FOLLOW

(01:02:44) - OUTRO

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