Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. After their first attempt received a lot of negative user feedback, Discord has redesigned their age-verification system: Discord rolls out age checks that don’t require an ID or selfie — cyberinsider.com/… “The company says […]
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Security Bits — 12 September 2026
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Age Verification News: Microsoft adds age-awareness APIs that can tell if users are children, teens, or adults — www.bleepingcomputer.com/… Apps get an age range, not a specific age or date-of-birth Apple announced similar APIs […]
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Security Bits — 21 August 2026
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇬🇧 Here we go again 🙁: Apple challenges new UK demand to access encrypted iCloud data — cyberinsider.com/… (Another unconfirmed report from the FT because the court is secret and the law imposes a […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 2 August 2026
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. At least one TV maker is (belatedly) cracking down on residential proxies: LG to Ban Residential Proxies from Smart TV Apps — krebsonsecurity.com/… Another notable age-verification development: 🇺🇸 New York Rolls Out Final Rules […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 14 July 2026
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇺🇸 Texas’s controversial age rules for all mobile app stores will not be stayed while the law is challenged, but will remain in place while the court cases continue — www.macobserver.com/… 🇪🇺 EU revives […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 5 July 2026
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Microsoft is continuing to tighten GitHub’s defenses against supply-chain attacks propagating via the platform: GitHub Updates actions/checkout to Block Common Pwn Request Attack Patterns — thehackernews.com/… ❗ Action Alerts Calls to action, if any […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 21 June 2026
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Some notable anecdotes to illustrate why Bart and Allison are so cautious about agentic AI: Over 20,000 Instagram accounts stolen in Meta AI support hack — www.bleepingcomputer.com/… (An agentic support agent could be easily […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 7 June 2026
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. 🇨🇦 More voices against Canada’s proposed End-to-End-Encryption ban: Apple Google Push Judicial Oversight Canada Online Safety Bill — www.reuters.com/… Citizen Lab urges Canada to withdraw parts of Bill C-22 over privacy concerns — cyberinsider.com/… […]
Continue readingSecurity Bits — 24 May 2026
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. More Mythos developments: From Anthropic: Claude Mythos AI Finds 10,000 High-Severity Flaws in Widely Used Software — thehackernews.com/… Aided by Mythos Preview, Researchers Announce macOS Kernel Exploit Circumventing M5 Memory Integrity Enforcement — daringfireball.net/… […]
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