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!

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Host: Jonah Aragon Co-host: Jordan Warne Producer: Jordan Warne Researcher: Kevin Pham