June 29, 2026

We Can Do This

1 hour 4 minutes

With the 500th podcast and America’s 250th anniversary approaching, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about how we can be better digital neighbors and digital citizens. We’re all in this together. Your security and privacy overlaps the security and privacy of many others. It’s important to improve our own situation, but we need to also realize that failing to do so can put others at risk who may be more vulnerable and have more to lose that we do.

In the news: massive Fortinet breach; feds recover activists’ Signal messages; Visa partners with ChatGPT for agentic purchases; Anthropic models banned for export; US shortens cyber fix window to 3 days; EPIC endorses two new privacy bills; Canada’s spy agency hacks devices to clean out botnet; nearly half of LG smart TVs apps contain proxy SDKs; EFF calls out Amazon for shady Android devices containing proxies.

Article Links

Massive breach spills credentials for thousands of sensitive networks: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/06/massive-breach-spills-credentials-for-thousands-of-sensitive-networks

How Did the Feds Get Into Anti-ICE Activists’ Signal Messages?: https://theintercept.com/2026/06/17/signal-messages-minneapolis-ice-protests

Visa plugs its payment network into ChatGPT, letting AI agents shop and pay for users: https://apnews.com/article/visa-chatgpt-openai-shopping-mastercard-d769dec86344cb4977c98789e8ec492f

The Fable 5 Export Controls Harm US Cyber Defense: https://www.lutasecurity.com/post/the-fable-5-export-controls-harm-us-cyber-defense

US shortens cyber fix window to three days as AI threats rise: https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-shortens-cyber-fix-window-three-days-ai-threats-rise-2026-06-10

EPIC Endorses Federal Bills Barring Worker Surveillance, Automated Workplace Decisions: https://epic.org/epic-endorses-federal-bills-barring-worker-surveillance-automated-workplace-decisions

Canada’s Spy Agency Used First-of-Its-Kind Warrant to Clean Botnet-Infected Devices: https://thehackernews.com/2026/06/canadas-spy-agency-used-first-of-its.html

Nearly Half of LG Smart TV Apps Contain Residential Proxy SDKs: https://spur.us/blog/smart-tv-apps-residential-proxy-sdks

Primed for Malware: Stop Selling Compromised Android Devices: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/primed-malware-stop-selling-compromised-android-devices

Tip of the Week: https://firewallsdontstopdragons.com/we-can-do-this/

Further Info

Loupe app (Mysk): https://apps.apple.com/us/app/loupe-what-apps-can-see/id6766152470

Loupe app overview (Techlore): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n_SpEWtqog

Free Fable petition: https://freefable.org/

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Table of Contents

0:00:07: Intro

0:00:23: Quick news bits

0:02:46: News rundown

0:05:01: Massive Fortinet breach

0:12:27: Signal data security limits

0:17:58: Visa integrates with ChatGPT

0:23:01: Free Fable

0:30:35: US shortens cyber fix window

0:32:25: New federal privacy bills

0:35:18: Canada spy agency cleans up botnet

0:40:34: Shady Samsung TV apps

0:50:10: EFF on Android proxy devices

0:55:57: Tip of the Week

1:03:02: Patron podcast preview

1:03:27: Looking ahead

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