Welcome to Episode 12 of This Week in Privacy.

Tea, a dating and women's safety app had a huge breach of it's users ID documents, highlighting how risky adding ID verification can be when it comes to user privacy. The UK is cracking down on VPNs after their usage has skyrocketed due to age verification, the Australian government is threatening Signal, and much more, join us for This Week In Privacy #12!

Timestamps:
0:00 Stream Intro
1:50 What we’ve been working on at Privacy Guides
6:17 Women Dating Safety App ‘Tea’ Breached, Users’ IDs Posted to 4chan
14:29 Tea app leak worsens with second database exposing user chats
20:15 Australian government threatens Signal encrypted messaging system
25:17 How Google profits even as its AI summaries reduce website ad link clicks
34:53 YouTube rolls out age-estimation tech to identify US teens and apply additional protections
47:52 Proton launches free standalone cross-platform Authenticator app
51:26 Forum discussions & Q&A section
52:20 Should we have open source requirements for password managers
54:54 What can we do as private citizens aside from writing to our representatives regarding age restriction laws & what countries have the most open internet?
59:02 Any recommendations for services that have temporary phone numbers?
1:01:52 Why do we use YouTube instead of PeerTube for these livestreams?
1:04:04 What can we do for privacy on platforms that require ID verification or selfie verification?
1:07:53 Stream Outro

Please 👍 like and 🔔 subscribe to our channel to support our work and find out about our latest video content!

💬 Join the community: discuss.privacyguides.net/
❤️ Support our work: www.privacyguides.org/en/abou...
🏡 Visit our website: www.privacyguides.org/

Have a question, comment, or tip for us? You can securely reach us on Signal at @privacyguides.01 www.privacyguides.org/en/about/

Copyright ©️ 2025 Privacy Guides. This video is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International license. You can read the full license text here: github.com/privacyguides/priv...

YouTube is known for silent censorship and general privacy malfeasance. If you want to discuss this video you can do so on our forum at discuss.privacyguides.net/ in addition to commenting here, and you can follow our channel on the fediverse at: neat.tube/c/privacyguides/videos

Privacy Guides is a nonprofit project dedicated to promoting privacy, best cybersecurity practices, and digital rights. As a part of MAGIC Grants, a 501(c)(3) public charity, your donation to support our cause may be tax deductible.

🎬 Credits
===============
Host: Jonah Aragon
Co-host: Jordan Warne
Producer: Jordan Warne
Researcher: Kevin