About this episode
Moxie Marlinspike has created a private AI alternative called Confer, Windscribe has helped form a privacy alliance, Threema got acquired by Comitis Capital, E2EE comes to RCS messaging on iOS 26.3, and much more! Join us for This Week in Privacy #36!
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:21 Start of podcast
1:10 Site updates
5:57 Signal creator Moxie Marlinspike wants to do for AI what he did for messaging
30:13 Windscribe Partners with Kagi, Notesnook, Addy.io, and Ente to Create a Privacy-Focused Alliance
46:09 Comitis Capital announces the acquisition of Threema
1:01:09 Encrypted RCS Spotted in iOS 26.3 Beta
1:08:36 Google’s Gemini to power Apple’s AI features like Siri
1:20:18 Never-before-seen Linux malware is “far more advanced than typical”
1:27:00 Forum updates
1:31:00 Q&A
1:45:16 Outro
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? Credits
Host: Jonah Aragon (he/him)
Host: Nate Bartram (he/him)
Producer: Jordan Warne (they/them)
Researcher: Kevin Pham
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