Episode 52 - Opsec Fail - Epstein Files - Why Decentralized Systems Are a Threat to Power Networks

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Apple rolls out age-verification tools worldwide to comply with growing web of child safety laws https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/24/apple-rolls-out-age-verification-tools-worldwide-to-comply-with-growing-web-of-child-safety-laws/ iOS 26.3—Update Now Warning Issued To All iPhone Users https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2026/02/13/ios-263-update-now-warning-issued-to-all-iphone-users/ Using the vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20700, an attacker could execute arbitrary code. “Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been exploited in an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals on versions of iOS before iOS 26,” Apple said on its support page.

iOS 26.4 Beta - End-To-End RCS Encryption For Messages https://www.macrumors.com/guide/ios-26-4-beta-features/#:~:text=End%2Dto%2DEnd%20RCS%20Encryption%20for%20Messages

Popular password managers fall short of “zero-knowledge” claims https://cyberinsider.com/popular-password-managers-fall-short-of-zero-knowledge-claims/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLJ_sLr72-g

Watch Out: Your Friends Might Be Sharing Your Number With ChatGPT https://www.pcmag.com/news/watch-out-your-friends-might-be-sharing-your-number-with-chatgpt?test_uuid=04IpBmWGZleS0I0J3epvMrC&test_variant=A

BitLocker, the FBI, and the Illusion of Control https://cryptomator.org/blog/2026/02/15/bitlocker-fbi-and-the-illusion-of-control/ Google patches first Chrome zero-day exploited in attacks this year https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-patches-first-chrome-zero-day-exploited-in-attacks-this-year/

the watchers: how openai, the US government, and persona built an identity surveillance machine that files reports on you to the feds https://vmfunc.re/blog/persona TL;DR: discord's KYC provider (persona) is very naked, very poorly secured federal intelligence outfit, and also a siphon for openai data for them and their partners like worldcoin The most interesting part (for me) is that it legit crosschecks a discord ID check (actually involves checking your face, IP, device signature, etc....) against chainanlysis dossiers for any partial matches to devices/people/accounts/names involved with tracked crypto addresses. So, if chainalysis gets a device signature, and then you verify your discord on the same device (yielding