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Welcome to Techlore 🔐 This is where you'll learn about digital rights, privacy, security, digital control, and other important topics to push the world towards a safer internet. Here's everything you need to get started 🧵

Quick ops update: there was no stream today, sorry everyone. We're playing catch up after the retreat + some sicknesses hit the team. SR is close to going live, and things should be back to normal next week. Thanks for your patience, you're all the best.

300,000 of you are fighting the good fight 🔥 We couldn't be here without you, thank you! The best part is we were actually together in person when it happened, on a work retreat for a project a lot of you have been waiting on...coming soon 👀

Our 2026 Browser Tier List video is LIVE! youtu.be/8_J0SS21ep0

Our 2026 Browser Tier List video is LIVE!

Get the show notes + audio version + RSS updates directly on our website: techlore.tech/password-manag…

Password managers CAN see your vault, Google threatens open Android, Apple rolls out global age verification, 147 million installs of Android mental health apps with security flaws, Samsung's innovative privacy display, and a massive week of breaches and updates. youtu.be/jlrox_WzeHw

Do you like timelines 👀 This one took weeks of work on our ends, but super happy with the final product. (Proton vs Tuta vs Fastmail)

To distribute an Android app outside Google Play, starting September 2026, developers will need to register with Google, submit government ID, and pay a $25 fee. Even if they're using F-Droid or the Amazon Appstore, stores Google doesn't own or operate. Privacy and open-source groups are pushing back.

HUGE congrats to the cake team for this one. Gorgeous UI, and noncustodial lightning now too⚡️

Amazing, this one is up. For now.

We go live top of the hour! Can age verification ever actually be private? Techlore Office Hours, live Q&A. Don't miss it and come swing by with any questions you have! youtube.com/live/wUAbjVGw_…

Hot take: even if age verification can be done privately, it still has SERIOUS problems. Unpacking this tomorrow @ 10am PT on Techlore Office Hours. Plus your questions live 🔥 Set a reminder, and see you all soon! youtube.com/live/wUAbjVGw_…

Hello, world! 👋 From now on, Mastodon is our preferred social media channel. It's an open source, decentralised platform – not controlled by tech giants. Follow us here: @libreoffice" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">fosstodon.org/@libreoffice

New artist-created sticker packs in Signal, ready for you to use to your heart's content. Thank you to the artists: Amanda Cotan, Lexi Vay, Miguel Ángel Camprubí, Plastic Thing & Tiffany Beucher. We love your work!

Get involved ASAP: keepandroidopen.org

Almost 40 orgs just signed an open letter telling Google to reverse Android Developer Verification, we're one of them. Google has not backed down and seems to have no intention of keeping Android open. Check out our newest video covering what's going on and what we can do: youtu.be/5MZfGq5F1NU

Safety online doesn't mean backdoors, it means security. Safety online doesn't mean surveillance, it means privacy. Safety online doesn't mean proprietary, it means open. Don't let them confuse you on what real safety means.