Deep Dive. Pushback. The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update EP 313

<p>In this deep dive:</p><ul><li><p>A college in Illinois covering Flock surveillance cameras to prevent immigration agents from tracking students</p></li><li><p>Flock’s attempt to remove the coverings and the standoff until the contract expired</p></li><li><p>Over 15,000 Americans discovering they were recruited into a money-laundering scheme and reporting it</p></li><li><p>The scheme’s mastermind pleading guilty and facing up to 50 years in prison</p></li><li><p>A French supermarket chain hacked, with freezers altered and products destroyed</p></li><li><p>The supermarket’s use of AI to restore its network and expose attacker infrastructure</p></li><li><p>A Texas city charging $2.3 million for public records related to its Flock surveillance system</p></li><li><p>Criticism of the fee as “surveillance by secrecy” and public pushback</p></li><li><p>FBI contractors withholding critical security patches, leaving federal systems exposed</p></li><li><p>The FBI removing those contractors and making patching mandatory</p></li><li><p>Widespread vehicle tracking through Flock cameras and location databases</p></li><li><p>Advice to identify local Flock camera use and alter routes to reduce tracking</p></li><li><p>Ledger hardware wallets sold through a Southeast Asian reseller containing spy chips</p></li><li><p>Crypto wallet theft and the need to buy through official channels and verify authenticity</p></li><li><p>Drone attacks on Yandex data centers in Russia and customer loss of file access</p></li><li><p>The risk of relying on a single provider or location as a point of failure</p></li><li><p>Chinese government-linked hacking operations targeting global critical infrastructure</p></li><li><p>Theft of files, passwords, and sensitive data from organizations with unpatched software</p></li><li><p>A broader theme of public and organizational pushback against surveillance, negligence, and state-sponsored hacking</p></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Lastly...We&#39;ve released an &quot;Updated Family Identity Theft Protection Guide&quot; that walks you through the practical steps to take after a data breach, how to freeze credit for yourself and your children, how to set up strong authentication, and how to create a recovery plan if identity theft does happen.</p><p>The guide covers:</p><p>    • Updating and securing your everyday devices (phone, computer, TV, router, smartwatch, car)</p><p>    • Temporarily disabling AI agents on your computer (Muse, OpenClaw, Hermes) until you