Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons Podcast

Find Old Accounts (Part 2)


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In our quest to clean up and secure our data, today I will give you several clever and useful techniques for uncovering old, forgotten online accounts. We’ll scrape the bottom of the barrel to complete our list of accounts so that we can upgrade their security, see what data they have, and remove anything we no longer want floating around out there, waiting to be stolen or abused.

In the news: Chat Control is up for a vote in the EU (time to contact your MEPs); Samsung to show ads on their smart refrigerators; new automated sextortion spyware; a third of UK firms spying on employees; airlines sells 5B flight records for warrantless searching; ICE signs $3M contract for phone hacking tool; ChatGPT to guess your age or require ID; Swiss government looks to enable mass surveillance; Google Pixel 10 adds C2PA support; Apple iPhone 17 includes killer hardware security feature.

Article Links
  1. Chat Control: Can the EU Parliament save our encrypted chats? https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/chat-control-can-the-eu-parliament-save-our-encrypted-chats
  2. Samsung confirms its $1,800+ fridges will start showing you ads https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-confirms-smart-refrigerator-ads-are-coming-3598848/
  3. Automated Sextortion Spyware Takes Webcam Pics of Victims Watching Porn https://www.wired.com/story/stealerium-infostealer-porn-sextortion/
  4. A third of UK firms using ‘bossware’ to monitor workers’ activity, survey reveals https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/14/uk-firms-bossware-monitor-workers-activity
  5. Airlines Sell 5 Billion Plane Ticket Records to the Government For Warrantless Searching https://www.404media.co/airlines-sell-5-billion-plane-ticket-records-to-the-government-for-warrantless-searching/
  6. ICE unit signs new $3M contract for phone-hacking tech | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/18/ice-unit-signs-new-3-million-contract-for-phone-hacking-tech/
  7. ChatGPT Will Guess Your Age and Might Require ID for Age Verification https://www.404media.co/chatgpt-will-guess-your-age-and-might-require-id-for-age-verification/
  8. Swiss government looks to undercut privacy tech, stoking fears of mass surveillance https://therecord.media/switzerland-digital-privacy-law-proton-privacy-surveillance
  9. Google Pixel 10 Adds C2PA Support to Verify AI-Generated Media Authenticity https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/google-pixel-10-adds-c2pa-support-to.html
  10. The iPhone 17 memory shield will give spyware developers a hard time https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/09/11/the-iphone-17-memory-shield-will-give-spyware-developers-a-hard-time
  11. Tip of the Week: https://firewallsdontstopdragons.com/find-old-accounts-part-2/ 
  12. Further Info
    • Fight Chat Control in EU: https://fightchatcontrol.eu/ 
    • ARC opt out: https://www2.arccorp.com/site-privacy-policy/#17 
    • LinkedIn privacy settings to change: https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/linkedin-change-of-tos-opt-out-before-november-3rd/31199 
    • Privacy Guides: https://www.privacyguides.org/ 
    • Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity: https://c2pa.org/ 
    • My book: https://fdsd.me/book 
    • My newsletter: https://fdsd.me/newsletter 
    • Support our mission! https://fdsd.me/support 
    • Give the gift of privacy and security: https://fdsd.me/coupons 
    • Get your Firewalls Don’t Stop Dragons Merch! https://fdsd.me/merch 
    • Table of Contents
      • 0:00:00: Intro
      • 0:00:23: Few PSA’s
      • 0:03:37: News preview
      • 0:05:35: EU’s Chat Control vote coming soon
      • 0:10:46: Samsung smart fridges to start showing ads
      • 0:16:17: New automated sextortion malware
      • 0:21:24: A third of UK companies spy on employees
      • 0:25:51: Airlines sell 5B records for warrantless searches
      • 0:31:44: ICE signs $3M contract for phone hacking tool
      • 0:34:08: ChatGPT to guess your age or require ID
      • 0:38:11: New Swiss law would uncut user privacy
      • 0:42:46: Google Pixel 10 Adds C2PA Support
      • 0:45:50: iPhone 17 adds killer new security feature
      • 0:51:27: Tip of the Week
      • 1:02:03: A note on upcoming shows
      • 1:03:30: Looking ahead
      • 1:04:53: My other stuff
      • ...more
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