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.
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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-chatsSamsung confirms its $1,800+ fridges will start showing you ads https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-confirms-smart-refrigerator-ads-are-coming-3598848/Automated Sextortion Spyware Takes Webcam Pics of Victims Watching Porn https://www.wired.com/story/stealerium-infostealer-porn-sextortion/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-activityAirlines 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/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/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/Swiss government looks to undercut privacy tech, stoking fears of mass surveillance https://therecord.media/switzerland-digital-privacy-law-proton-privacy-surveillanceGoogle Pixel 10 Adds C2PA Support to Verify AI-Generated Media Authenticity https://thehackernews.com/2025/09/google-pixel-10-adds-c2pa-support-to.htmlThe 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-timeTip of the Week: https://firewallsdontstopdragons.com/find-old-accounts-part-2/ Further Info
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0:00:00: Intro0:00:23: Few PSA’s0:03:37: News preview0:05:35: EU’s Chat Control vote coming soon0:10:46: Samsung smart fridges to start showing ads0:16:17: New automated sextortion malware0:21:24: A third of UK companies spy on employees0:25:51: Airlines sell 5B records for warrantless searches0:31:44: ICE signs $3M contract for phone hacking tool0:34:08: ChatGPT to guess your age or require ID0:38:11: New Swiss law would uncut user privacy0:42:46: Google Pixel 10 Adds C2PA Support0:45:50: iPhone 17 adds killer new security feature0:51:27: Tip of the Week1:02:03: A note on upcoming shows1:03:30: Looking ahead1:04:53: My other stuff