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Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons
@firewalldragons.bsky.social
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Podcast host, author, blogger, educator, advocate for computer #security & #privacy, software engineer (retired).

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Just FYI... I have a whole other podcast just for my patrons. It features bonus Q&A with my guests, more technical topics and special behind-the-scenes info. There are over 200 episodes so far!

There are lots of other patron perks, too...
www.patreon.com/FirewallsDon...
Get more from Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons on Patreon
creating Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons Podcast & More
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So much fun talking holiday gifts alongside @gigastacey.bsky.social and @jefflandale.bsky.social for Carey Parker's podcast, @firewalldragons.bsky.social. And Bailey makes a guest appearance! podcast.firewallsdontstopdragons.com/2025/11/24/b...
Best & Worst Gifts for 2025! - Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons Podcast
Holiday shopping season is here! And that must mean that it’s time again for my annual Best & Worst Gift Guide! But this time...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
firewalldragons.bsky.social
Security & privacy tech is tricky - and it changes constantly. It's led to a lot of myths and accepted wisdom that has become stale. Check out this new site from @boblord.bsky.social and endorsed by dozens of other pros that debunks the "hacklore"...

www.hacklore.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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boblord.bsky.social
📢 Announcing hacklore.org 📢

It’s time to retire outdated cyber advice! More than 80 cybersecurity veterans have signed an open letter urging a shift from folklore to guidance that actually helps people avoid the most common attacks. 🔐

Blog: medium.com/@boblord/let...

Site: www.hacklore.org
Stop Hacklore!
hacklore.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
firewalldragons.bsky.social
🎁 Holiday shopping season is upon us! 🎁

Today's podcast is chock full of top notch buying advice from THREE @ConsumerReports gurus: @yaelwrites, @gigastacey and @JeffLandale. (It also includes a $10 off coupon for CR! !🔥)

Listen and share!

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Best & Worst Gifts for 2025! - Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons Podcast
Holiday shopping season is here! And that must mean that it’s time again for my annual Best & Worst Gift Guide! But this time...
podcast.firewallsdontstopdragons.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
firewalldragons.bsky.social
Is there ANY online service now that's not opting you in for AI training automatically? If you have an eBay account, you might want to turn this off.

accountsettings.ebay.com/ai-preferences
Al development and training preferences
accountsettings.ebay.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
firewalldragons.bsky.social
This BS has to stop. It really should be illegal to opt you in for AI features without explicit, clear consent.

Here's another one you need to go and opt out of...

www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
firewalldragons.bsky.social
GAAHHHH!! Why does Big Tech have to ruin everything?? I'm sick and tired of this pattern...

www.molecularist.com/2025/11/did-...
Did Qualcomm kill Arduino for good? | Molecularist
The maker community worried Qualcomm would kill the Arduino ethos. New T&Cs confirm the community's worst fears. Here's what's at stake, what Qualcomm got wrong, and what might still be salvaged.
www.molecularist.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
firewalldragons.bsky.social
Don't miss Monday's amazing show: my annual Best & Worst Gift Guide! This year I collaborated with three amazing people from @consumerreports.org : @yaelwrites.com @gigastacey.bsky.social and @jefflandale.bsky.social

Subscribe here:
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Podcast - Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons
I have a weekly podcast called Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons. The show is a mix of cybersecurity news and interviews of prominent people in the industry. But like the book, the shows are targeted squar...
firewallsdontstopdragons.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
firewalldragons.bsky.social
Today I'll give you an easy option for deleting online data. Also: Meta AI to target ads; Google's AI shopper; OpenTable sharing your dining habits; Amazon sues Perplexity; automated AI hack; WI wants to ban VPNs; EU privacy rollbacks; more!

podcast.firewallsdontstopdragons.com/2025/11/17/e...
Erasing Your Online Data - Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons Podcast
Data brokers are amassing tons of our personal information, often from public sources. You can try to find all of these brokers and request...
podcast.firewallsdontstopdragons.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
firewalldragons.bsky.social
I'm frankly shocked it took this long. Buckle up, folks. There's more where this came from.

www.anthropic.com/news/disrupt...
Disrupting the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign
A report describing an a highly sophisticated AI-led cyberattack
www.anthropic.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
firewalldragons.bsky.social
Just FYI... I have a whole other podcast just for my patrons. It features bonus Q&A with my guests, more technical topics and special behind-the-scenes info. There are over 200 episodes so far!

There are lots of other patron perks, too...
www.patreon.com/FirewallsDon...
Get more from Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons on Patreon
creating Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons Podcast & More
www.patreon.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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matthewdgreen.bsky.social
One of the most interesting recent privacy developments is the deployment of big two-hop IP blinding VPNs by companies like Apple and Google. These systems are designed to ensure that even those companies can’t link web requests to IP addresses.
November 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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mrazeeq.bsky.social
Thanks to Carey for hosting us on @firewalldragons.bsky.social to talk about the #cyberresiliencecorps work to help critical orgs build #resilience!

Listen here: podcast.firewallsdontstopdragons.com/2025/11/10/b...

Get involved: www.cybervolunteers.us/en

#cybercivildefense #communitydefense
US Cyber Resilience Corps
Connecting community organizations with cybersecurity volunteer groups to strengthen America's cyber resilience.
www.cybervolunteers.us
November 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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joshcorman.bsky.social
Fantastic group of public good leaders… I feel lucky to know/team w/ them & others across the #CyberResilienceCorps CRC
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
firewalldragons.bsky.social
Much of our critical infrastructure and vital services are run by organizations with no cybersecurity staff. They're vulnerable and under attack. The #cyberresiliencecorps is here to help. Today we'll learn what they're doing and how we can help.

podcast.firewallsdontstopdragons.com/2025/11/10/b...
Becoming Cyber Resilient - Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons Podcast
In the US alone, there are tens of thousands of small organizations that are responsible for critical infrastructure and vital community services. Most of...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
firewalldragons.bsky.social
Tip for web designers: If you interrupt my reading of your article to shove a subscription form in my face, you have guaranteed that I will never subscribe. It's obnoxious and I refuse to reward that behavior.
November 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
firewalldragons.bsky.social
Tune in Monday for a wonderful panel discussion on the need for making our critical infrastructure more resilient to cyber attacks - and how we can help.

#cyberresiliencecorps #cyberpeaceinstitute #cyberpeacebuilders #cybercivildefense

Subscribe here:
firewallsdontstopdragons.com/podcast/
Podcast - Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons
I have a weekly podcast called Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons. The show is a mix of cybersecurity news and interviews of prominent people in the industry. But like the book, the shows are targeted squar...
firewallsdontstopdragons.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
firewalldragons.bsky.social
Excellent explainer from @yaelwrites.com and @consumerreports.org on the new kick-butt iPhone #security feature. Let's hope Android adopts it, too. This is progress.

innovation.consumerreports.org/apples-new-i...
Apple’s New iPhone Memory Protections Safeguards Devices Against Sophisticated Attacks - Innovation at Consumer Reports
Apple’s new Memory Integrity Enforcement aligns hardware and software to block memory safety exploits before they start, raising the bar for phone security
innovation.consumerreports.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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yaelwrites.com
I wrote about Apple’s new iPhone security feature. innovation.consumerreports.org/apples-new-i...
Apple’s New iPhone Memory Protections Safeguards Devices Against Sophisticated Attacks - Innovation at Consumer Reports
Apple’s new Memory Integrity Enforcement aligns hardware and software to block memory safety exploits before they start, raising the bar for phone security
innovation.consumerreports.org
November 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
firewalldragons.bsky.social
ATTN: @eff.org

"She’s considering suing."

denverite.com/2025/10/27/b...
Police used Flock cameras to accuse a Denver woman of package theft. She had her own evidence
"Like I said, nothing gets in or out of the town without us knowing."
denverite.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
firewalldragons.bsky.social
Important security updates... grab iOS/iPadOS 26.1

9to5mac.com/2025/11/03/i...
iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1 bring multiple critical security fixes - 9to5Mac
Apple has published the full release notes for the security updates included in iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1. Here are the details.
9to5mac.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:58 AM
firewalldragons.bsky.social
Minority Report is becoming reality. Remember when Tom's character was walking around, having his biometrics scanned and shown targeted ads in realtime? But it won't just be sports tickets... these hyper-targeted ads will be for drugs, politicians, etc.

www.404media.co/the-future-o...
The Future of Advertising Is AI Generated Ads That Are Directly Personalized to You
"Advertisers are increasingly just going to be able to give us a business objective and give us a credit card or bank account, and have the AI system basically figure out everything else."
www.404media.co
November 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
firewalldragons.bsky.social
We've found our old accounts - do we keep them? Also: AI models ranked for privacy; LinkedIn training on your data; Atlas AI browser; Flock surveillance expanding; robo-vacuum shared data; 50% of sat data unencrypted; LastPass death scam; more!

podcast.firewallsdontstopdragons.com/2025/11/03/r...
Removing Old Accounts - Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons Podcast
Today we’ll wrap up my series of tips for enumerating all your old online accounts and deciding whether to delete them or just dumb...
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November 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
firewalldragons.bsky.social
Reminder: Turn this off by Nov 3rd or LinkedIn will use your posts to train their AI. You can also formally object to this practice, as well.

And note to @Microsoft: opting people in, by default, for AI training is wrong.

proton.me/blog/linkedi...
LinkedIn will use your data to train AI – how to opt out | Proton
LinkedIn will share your public data with Microsoft to train AI. Find what this means for your privacy and how to opt out.
proton.me
October 31, 2025 at 2:13 PM
firewalldragons.bsky.social
I want the right to not be advertised to. I'm fine if that means paying money for things. But ads are showing up EVERYWHERE. Most are overt, but many are subtle and devious. This includes algorithmic feeds. I want the right to say no - ideally with a universal opt out signal.
October 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM