This is absolutely nuts: hackers are hijacking high-profile Instagram accounts by simply asking Meta's AI chatbot to change the email on the account. Meta's AI does it, hacker gets password reset code, they're in. A staggering security issue
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Reminder: mass surveillance is already bad, but it can still get worse.
We have to stand up together and demand change from our representatives.
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Nice to see Carey discuss my blog post on always-on transcription tools alongside some great reporting by Zack Whittaker, Dell Cameron and many others...
This was a fun podcast because the first question was about how and why @trevortimm.bsky.social & others & I founded @freedom.press.
Yes: instead of wading through multiple chapters of my book to get to this story, you can just listen to the first 5 minutes of this awesome podcast.
The exploit shows the extreme risk of offloading technical support to AI.
Today we'll verify our new email archive. Also: Google moves search to AI chat; AI wants access to financial info; more meetings transcribed; big CISA screwup; school buses become spy tools; FBI wants ALPR data but Congress may kill them off.
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Most of us take access to financial services for granted. But your bank or payment processor can cut you off at any time for almost any reason. On Monday I'll discuss financial censorship with @reitman.bsky.social.
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Ever wonder how much your employer knows about you? Turns out it could be quite a bit. Transparency is key, but often lacking - so awareness on your part is crucial. Jodi Daniels & Jan Rosenfeld are my guests.
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Tune in Monday when I'll be speaking with Jodi Daniels and Jan Rosenberg about surveillance on the job - how employers keeps tabs on employees.
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What rights do we have to use banks, credit cards & payment processors? Turns out... none, really. Our access can be cut off at any time for almost any reason. Today I discuss how this access can be used to stifle speech w/ @reitman.bsky.social.
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What a perfect term for this horrendously annoying phenomenon. I would love to see a study on the anti-conversion rate of these practices.
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Joseph Cox
Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons
As part of my ongoing series on creating a full backup of all your old emails, we want to take some time to verify...
SignalTrace “links devices that regularly travel together, correlating them to license plate.” It is a surveillance product that will sweep up and add all sorts of Bluetooth and other data to license ...
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Yael Grauer
Today we'll verify our new email archive. Also: Google moves search to AI chat; AI wants access to financial info; more meetings transcribed; big CISA screwup; school buses become spy tools; FBI wants ALPR data but Congress may kill them off.
podcast.firewallsdontstopdragons.com/2026/06/01/v...
Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons
Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons
rainey reitman
Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons
Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons
Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons
Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons
When you’re working for your employer, no matter where you are, you’re on company time, using company equipment. Your employer has a responsibility to...
I have a weekly podcast called Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons. The show is a mix of cybersecurity news and interviews of prominent people in the industry. But like the book, the shows are targeted squar...
dickover — a modal panel, popover, or curtain presented by a website or app, deliberately obscuring its own content to frustrate the user with an unwanted, unnecessary, mandatory interaction; e.g. ask...
daringfireball.net
What would you do if you suddenly lost your bank account – and potentially access to all your funds? What about your credit cards?...
I have a weekly podcast called Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons. The show is a mix of cybersecurity news and interviews of prominent people in the industry. But like the book, the shows are targeted squar...
firewallsdontstopdragons.com
What rights do we have to use banks, credit cards & payment processors? Turns out... none, really. Our access can be cut off at any time for almost any reason. Today I discuss how this access can be used to stifle speech w/ @reitman.bsky.social.
podcast.firewallsdontstopdragons.com/2026/06/08/t...
As part of my ongoing series on creating a full backup of all your old emails, we want to take some time to verify...
