Meta has not had a very good past couple of weeks, especially from a public relations perspective. From courts finding them liable in two cases costing them hundreds of millions of dollars, but also, what might be, their worst user data privacy scandal ever. We are covering all of this and more on this episode of The Dark Assassins Podcast.

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https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/03/researchers-disclose-vulnerabilities-in-ip-kvms-from-4-manufacturers/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/03/25/meta-youtube-verdict-social-media-addiction/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/03/24/meta-jury-harm-children/

https://www.svd.se/a/K8nrV4/metas-ai-smart-glasses-and-data-privacy-concerns-workers-say-we-see-everything

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Apple just had multiple press releases this weekend, and we have a lot to talk about. The elephant in the room is, did they just kill the iPad? There are also multiple pieces of cybersecurity news, including Microsoft creating one of the most head-scratching remote code execution vulnerabilities ever, and Cisco coming out swinging with two perfect 10/10 CVEs. We are covering all of this and more on this episode of The Dark Assassins Podcast.

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https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/11/notepad_rce_flaw/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisco-warns-of-max-severity-secure-fmc-flaws-giving-root-access/

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Massive privacy violations, 10-year-old dormant vulnerabilities leading to easy button-level root access, billion-dollar AI deals, and it’s still January. In this episode, we tackle some of the wildest stories to come out of 2026 so far and break down what they mean, why they’re significant, and whether you should be concerned. We are covering all of this and more on this episode of The Dark Assassins Podcast.

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Microsoft Giving Up BitLocker Keys:

• https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-bitlocker-encryption-keys-give-fbi-legal-order-privacy-nightmare

Telnet Vulnerability:

• https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/nearly-800-000-telnet-servers-exposed-to-remote-attacks/

Google Lawsuit:

• https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/google-settles-google-assistant-privacy-lawsuit-68-million-2026-01-26/

DuckDuckGo Easter Eggs:

• https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/DuckDuckGo/Easter_Eggs

Plappa:

• https://plappa.me
• https://github.com/leoklaus/plappa

Apple's Gemini Deal:

• https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/company-announcements/joint-statement-google-apple/
• https://arstechnica.com/apple/2026/01/apple-says-its-new-ai-powered-siri-will-use-googles-gemini-language-models/

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Every musician has their greatest hits. Every homelab has one, or more, cornerstone servers that powers it. Every codebase has functions that are the fundamental building blocks which the project relies on. In this episode, we look at some of the best, funniest, and most informative moments from the past year of the Dark Assassins Podcast. We are covering all of this and more on this episode of The Dark Assassins Podcast.

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Before the latest AI hype cycle, recommendation algorithms, or the systems behind recommending content or products to individuals, really spooked people, and still do. The reality is that, under the hood, these algorithms are actually quite dumb, and really have absolutely no idea what they are actually recommending you. In this episode, we break down how these algorithms work and even how you can make your own right now without knowing a single thing about what your users are actually interested in. We are covering all of this and more on this episode of The Dark Assassins Podcast.

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https://www.anthropic.com/news/disrupting-AI-espionage 

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) had a major outage this week that caused large swaths of the internet to be either down or have significant availability issues. In this episode, we break down what happened, as well as what are some key takeaways about what we can learn from this incident and lessen the impacts that future cloud provider outages can have on our daily lives. We are covering all of this and more on this episode of The Dark Assassins Podcast.

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AWS Timeline of events

AWS Outage Summary

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Apple just held their September keynote, “Awe Dropping,” and it was filled with some very impressive updates and some head scratchers. In this episode, we’ll break it all down. We are covering all of this and more on this episode of The Dark Assassins Podcast.

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In this rollercoaster of an episode, we go from the lows of a 1990’s and 2000’s technology legend finally going the way of the dodo and Cisco being unable to help themselves by having another 10/10 CVE, to the highs of Apple gearing up to launch new iPhones. With a minor rant about AI in the automotive industry thrown in there for good measure. We are covering all of this and more on this episode of The Dark Assassins Podcast.

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https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/cisco-warns-of-cvss-100-fmc-radius-flaw.html

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Living/aol-set-pull-plug-iconic-dial-internet-service/story?id=124539332

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/08/26/apple-september-2025-event/

https://www.synopsys.com/blogs/chip-design/autonomous-driving-levels.html

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Having scheduled downtime to perform routine maintenance, software updates, and hardware checks can be the difference between 99.999% uptime and a headline about how your service went down. In this episode, we discuss why it’s important, what is done during it, and how it can prevent otherwise preventable issues from occurring. We are covering all of this and more on this episode of The Dark Assassins Podcast.

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Age verification laws are less about protecting minors and more about creating comprehensive surveillance infrastructure that threatens everyone's digital privacy. They are often marketed with the stereotypical “think of the children” argument to goad people into believing that there aren’t any ulterior motives to their request. In this episode, we look at exactly why age verification laws for websites are a bad idea and are just asking for large-scale cybersecurity incidents and highly sensitive data leaks to happen. We are covering all of this and more on this episode of The Dark Assassins Podcast.

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https://www.theverge.com/analysis/715767/online-age-verification-not-ready 

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