Sorry, folks, the script is ready, but my back is killing me and I won’t be able to read the script without interruption. I will record today’s episode tomorrow after work, and it might not post until Tuesday.
Month: March 2026
Tracking cars by the TPMS. Lawsuit against Flock. Meta “Data Annotators” see you having sex. South Korea lost some seized cryptocurrency. Florida has a problem with nurses having free speech. The UK has a problem with anyone having free speech.
Censorship in social media now serving to quash corporate criticism. The cloud is now a literal military target. More age verification fuckery. Keep your personal and work devices separate.
Listener letter: Julie Bernstein
Pwns: Stryker, Signal (sorta), US Government.
Fail: North Dakota, Tennessee
Links:
I traced $2 billion in nonprofit grants and 45 states of lobbying records to figure out who’s behind the age verification bills. The answer involves a company that profits from your data writing laws that collect more of it. [PDF] [Internet Archive]
I pulled the actual bill text from 5 state age verification laws. They’re copy-pasted from two templates. Meta is funding one to dodge ~$50B in COPPA fines — and the other one covers Linux. [PDF] [Internet Archive]
Follow-up to my bill text comparison: I traced who wrote the OS-level age verification template that covers Linux. Meta, Google, and Snap all supported it. [PDF] [Internet Archive]
Stop Paramount Mega-Media Monopoly
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San Jose California police chief is “recommending a series of changes to how Flock cameras are used.” Flock camera vandalism on the rise. Yes, Ring actually did want to look for people. App locates Meta glasses near you.
Palantir is having problems recruiting. Age verification provider leaks. California, Arizona and Colorado all want age verification in the OS. Anthropic has an interesting week.
Listener letter: Micky of Agaric
Pwn: Iran power grid
Fail: Meta glasses in a courtroom
Links:
Nearby Glasses on the Google Play store and Github
Information about Colossus: The Forbin Project on Wikipedia and IMDB.
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