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!

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:21) - Start of podcast
• (01:10) - Site updates
• (05:57) - 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
• (01:01:09) - Encrypted RCS Spotted in iOS 26.3 Beta
• (01:08:36) - Google’s Gemini to power Apple’s AI features like Siri
• (01:20:18) - Never-before-seen Linux malware is “far more advanced than typical”
• (01:27:00) - Forum updates
• (01:31:00) - Q&A
• (01:45:16) - Outro