Jamming GPS might break Starlink? No more private communications in the UK. ICE goes on a shopping spree. Have you been Flocked? AI-powered pranksters complicate the search for escaped monkeys. The worst of show from CES were AI powered. AI is not paying off. Washington Post journalist gets raided.
Stop using the default app for texting! Microsoft gave BitLocker keys to the FBI.
Fail: Verizon 5G outage on 2026-01-14.
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Note: This episode begins with a recording from shortwave radio. Do not adjust your set.
NIST loses track of time. Bytedance spins off US operations of TikTok. Foreign-made drones banned . . . psyche! Toby Morton’s impression of The Yes Men. Utah lets AI prescribe drugs. Librarians under attack by ignoramuses led by AI. Nonprofit locates AI data centers. UK age verification law makes things worse. Signal is now the #1 communication app in Greenland and Denmark.
Interview: Tim Fake on AI
Commentary: Vote for privacy.
Pwn: OrthoNY, Condé Nast
Fail: The US government, and the US government
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