An FTC report says that Americans last year lost $2.1 billion in social media scams, such as shopping and investment schemes. Social media site have become the place where most of these scams start, and more than half of that money was stolen in scams began on Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram.

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Explore how geofence warrants and AI-assisted searches challenge the Fourth Amendment. Can 18th-century privacy laws survive 21st-century digital surveillance?

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Beyond the "headline breach," modern enterprises face a persistent threat: steady-state data leakage. Learn why traditional privacy definitions fail and how "authorized" data flows in workplace apps create continuous legal and operational risk.

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China-sponsored threat groups like Salt Typhoon and Flax Typhoon are increasingly relying on multiple massive botnets comprising edge and IoT devices to run their cyber espionage and network intrusion campaigns, CISA and other security agencies say. The use of such "covert networks" makes it more difficult to detect and mitigate their campaigns.

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New York’s latest budget proposal could fundamentally change how 3D printers work—requiring built-in software that scans and blocks certain designs. Supporters say it’s about stopping ghost guns. Critics say it opens the door to surveillance and limits innovation. In this episode, we break down what’s actually in the proposal, why it’s raising alarms across the […]

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The intersection of constitutional law and cybersecurity enforcement, specifically the Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial in regulatory data privacy cases.
Central Conflict: Whether federal agencies (like the FCC, SEC, or FTC) can administratively impose monetary penalties for data misuse without a jury, or if such actions are "Suits at common law" requiring Article III court proceedings.

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A group of unauthorized users reportedly has gained access to Anthropic’s controversial Claude Mythos Preview AI frontier model despite the AI vendor’s efforts to keep it out of public hands by limiting the organizations that can use it. Bloomberg reported that the unnamed group had tried multiple ways to gain access to the AI model..

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Data breach litigation faces a valuation crisis as courts and the Trump v. IRS case grapple with the "concrete harm" requirement and the actual dollar value of privacy.

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NIST said it overwhelmed by the surge in the number of CVEs submissions in recent years, so it is paring back the analysis work it does on the dangerous security flaws. Security experts say the number of new vulnerabilities detected will only grow during the AI era and that the private sector will need to pick up the slack left by NIST's decision.

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The dark web is often misunderstood, but it plays an important role in both privacy technology and cybercrime activity. In this episode, Tom Eston speaks with cybersecurity researcher and educator John Hammond about what the dark web actually is and how it has evolved in recent years. The discussion covers underground marketplaces, ransomware leak sites, […]

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How modern age-verification laws, like the California Digital Age Assurance Act, dismantle the principle of data minimization by mandating the collection of sensitive personal data, effectively turning "don't know" into "must know" and knowledge into liability.

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A landmark jury verdict has found Meta and YouTube negligent in a social media addiction case, raising major questions about platform accountability and legal protections under Section 230. This episode covers the details of the case, why the ruling is significant, and what it could mean for the future of social media, privacy, and cybersecurity. […]

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California’s privacy regime has evolved. As of January 1, 2026, the CCPA/CPRA now mandates risk assessments, automated decision-making (AI) oversight, and independent cybersecurity audits.

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California’s revised CCPA rules took effect on January 1, 2026, and they expose a gap that most compliance teams have been ignoring. After you’ve updated […]

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In this episode, Tom Eston and co-host Scott Wright discuss research showing that Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems (TPMS) can create privacy risks because the sensors broadcast unencrypted, uniquely identifying wireless signals that could be used to track vehicles. They reference a 10-week study by researchers at IMDEA in Madrid that collected about 6 million signals […]

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On March 26, Anthropic confirmed the existence of Claude Mythos, an unreleased AI model described internally as "a step change" in capabilities, after a data leak exposed approximately 3,000 unpublished assets in a publicly searchable, unencrypted data store (Fortune, March 26, 2026). The leak was not a sophisticated intrusion. A toggle switch in Anthropic's content management system was left in the wrong position, setting digital assets to public by default (Fortune, March 26, 2026). Among the exposed materials were internal assessments describing Mythos as posing "unprecedented cybersecurity risks" and being "far ahead of any other AI model in cyber capabilities" (World Today News, March 2026).

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Sen. Ron Wyden is warning us of an abuse of Section 702:

Wyden took to the Senate floor to deliver a lengthy speech, ostensibly about the since approved (with support of many Democrats) nomination of Joshua Rudd to lead the NSA. Wyden was protesting that nomination, but in the context of Rudd being unwilling to agree to basic constitutional limitations on NSA surveillance. But that’s just a jumping off point ahead of Section 702’s upcoming reauthorization deadline. Buried in the speech is a passage that should set off every alarm bell:

There’s another example of secret law related to Section 702, one that directly affects the privacy rights of Americans. For years, I have asked various administrations to declassify this matter. Thus far they have all refused, although I am still waiting for a response from DNI Gabbard. I strongly believe that this matter can and should be declassified and that Congress needs to debate it openly before Section 702 is reauthorized. In fact, ...

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Tom Eston interviews offensive AI researcher and PhD candidate Andrew Wilson, a former Bishop Fox partner who helped grow the firm from under 20 people to nearly 500, built award-winning AI solutions for SOC modernization, founded Cactus Con, and relocated his family to Guadalajara to open and scale a Bishop Fox office. They discuss Mexico’s […]

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Akamai researchers saw a 245% spike in cyberattacks in the first two weeks after the start of the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran as Iranian nation-state groups and independent hacktivists launch increasingly decentralized and destructive cyberattacks, which are expected to increase as long as the kinetic battle continues.

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This episode discusses Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses, which blend a camera, microphone, AI features, and social media integration into sunglasses that look like normal fashion eyewear, raising major privacy concerns. It highlights reports that footage captured by the glasses may be reviewed by human contractors to help train Meta’s AI systems, and notes critics’ concerns […]

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