Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons Podcast

Backup Your Email Archive


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In the final part of my series on downloading all of your historical emails from the cloud, we’ll make backups of your archive and make sure we store them in multiple places, following the 3-2-1 backup rule. I’ll also tell you about an interesting open source email archive project that you might find interesting.

In the news: the FCC wants to kill burner phones; the WeedHack malware targets Minecraft players; a new surveillance company wants to add personal radio IDs to our license plate reader data; Apple debuts new parental controls; a 17-million-device botnet has been dismantled; Slate Auto has a cheap new EV that’s got some great privacy features; Meta quickly deletes facial recognition features from smart glasses; FISA Section 702 is allowed to lapse; Signal alums reveal “Encrypted Spaces” tech for encrypted group collaboration.

Article Links
  1. FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones By Forcing Telecoms to Get All Customers’ IDs: https://www.404media.co/fcc-wants-to-kill-burner-phones-by-forcing-telecoms-to-get-all-customers-ids
  2. Teens are using $5 WeedHack malware to target Minecraft players: https://mashable.com/tech/minecraft-weedhack-malware-as-a-service-report
  3. This Company Will Add Phone, AirPod, and Smartwatch Trackers to License Plate Readers: https://www.404media.co/this-company-will-add-phone-airpod-and-smartwatch-trackers-to-license-plate-readers
  4. Apple’s new parental controls are for keeping Apple out of trouble: https://www.theverge.com/policy/946331/apple-parental-controls-child-accounts-wwdc
  5. Botnet of more than 17 million devices dismantled: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/05/botnet-of-more-than-17-million-devices-dismantled
  6. Slate Auto gets serious about privacy for its bare-bones EV pickup: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/06/slate-says-its-electric-pickup-will-never-track-you
  7. Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After WIRED Report: https://www.wired.com/story/meta-removes-face-recognition-code-meta-ai-app-smart-glasses
  8. US surveillance law to expire for first time after lawmakers reject Trump’s controversial pick to lead spy agencies: https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/12/us-spy-law-to-expire-for-first-time-after-lawmakers-reject-trumps-controversial-pick-to-lead-spy-agencies
  9. Signal Alums Reveal ‘Encrypted Spaces,’ a System for Making Private Collaboration Apps: https://www.wired.com/story/signal-alums-release-encrypted-spaces-a-new-system-for-building-private-collaboration-apps
  10. Tip of the Week: https://firewallsdontstopdragons.com/backup-your-email-archive/ 
  11. Further Info
    • FCC, submit comment (docket # 17-59 and 02-278): https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings/express 
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    • Table of Contents
      • 0:00:08: Intro
      • 0:01:32: News preview
      • 0:03:36: FCC wants to ban burner phones
      • 0:11:20: Teens using $5 WeedHack malware
      • 0:17:23: ALPRs gain device tracking
      • 0:22:39: Apple’s new child safety features
      • 0:30:47: Botnet with 17M bots disabled
      • 0:36:30: New Slate EV has no tracking
      • 0:47:01: FISA Section 702 lapses
      • 0:55:47: Secure Spaces for secure collaboration
      • 1:02:12: Tip of the Week
      • 1:07:51: Patron podcast preview
      • 1:08:22: Looking ahead
      • ...more
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