April 2026

the War on Privacy

Stripping Away Our Rights

It happens one seemingly insignificant policy at a time. Cameras to protect your neighborhood here, age verification to protect your children there. By themselves, it seems to make a lot of sense, but beneath the surface, there is an erosion of the fourth amendment that we can't surrender easily.

​Exposing How the Government Legally Spies on You​

Go Deeper: In addition to this dive into government policy overreach, this week I did a livestream with Henry from Techlore talking about the basics of DNS. If you missed it live, you can watch the replay as well as my previous discussion with him:

What is DNS? Learn how DNS affects your privacy and the best tools you can use for protection. ​Watch the video →​

Security Myths In this livestream from last year, Henry and I talk about common security myths. ​Watch the video →​

Search & Seizure

Hi [CORRECTED_NAME GOES HERE], if you watch enough of the crime TV shows, you'll see various instances where the police come up against the need for a warrant before they enter a criminal's home. Sometimes they get it, sometimes the TV show cops find some workaround.

Most of the time, these TV shows depict this need for a warrant or probable cause to be an annoying nuisance.

It's really unfortunate to see this, not only because this is a pillar of our individual rights (at least in the United States), but also because we risk losing these rights entirely in the digital realm.

It's easy to say "I'd rather catch the criminal", but it's much more nuanced than that. Imagine a world where a police officer can enter your home, search through all your personal belongings or even hold you without any probable cause or judicial oversight.

And you're completely innocent the whole time.

There's a lot more I could say here, but I think it's best you take a few minutes to watch through this week's video featuring Naomi Brockwell. You might be shocked to learn what's happening around the world and the steps you can take to help correct it.

This Week in Privacy News

​Apple Warns Old iPhone Users​

Apple has started pushing Lock Screen notifications to iPhones running older software, warning users they could be actively targeted by hackers and urging them to update immediately. If you've seen this on your own phone, don't ignore it! You need to update your iPhone security immediately.

--> Macrumors.com/2026/04/09/apple-warning-iphone-users-to-update-now/

​FBI breaks Signal...through notifications?​

Signal's encryption still hasn't been broken, but a new report from 404 Media reveals that the FBI was able to recover deleted Signal messages from an iPhone by extracting data stored in the device’s notification database.

--> 404media.co/fbi-extracts-suspects-deleted-signal-messages-saved-in-iphone-notification-database-2/

​Booking.com Breach forces PIN resets​

Last weekend, hackers accessed some users' data from booking information associated with their reservations. The company took immediate action, forced PIN resets for existing and past reservations, and informed impacted users directly via email.

--> Bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-bookingcom-data-breach-forces-reservation-pin-resets/

Your Thoughts?

What did you think of the video this week? It's a new format that I'm testing out (more of a documentary style) but it takes quite a bit of time. I'll only keep doing it if you enjoy this type of thing.

Hit reply and let me know. Thanks!

✌️

Josh

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