S7, E264 - Season Seven, New Threats

Send us Fan MailWe kick off season seven with a tour of the year’s early privacy & security news: neighborhood watchtowers from Ring, a rival-led hack of Breach Forums, a massive stitched leak in France, a heavy Microsoft patch drop, AI agents on the rise, and new state privacy laws. We share practical steps: self-host cameras, freeze your credit, harden identity portals, and keep humans in the loop when AI handles sensitive data.• CES unveils Ring’s neighborhood watchtower and its surveillance tradeoffs• Why self‑hosted DVR systems beat cloud video for privacy• Breach Forums doxxed by rivals and lessons in OPSEC• France’s 45 million record “combo” leak and re‑identification risks• Credit freezes, hard vs soft inquiries, and portal security• Microsoft’s 114 patches and sane patch management• AI agents escalating breach risk and human‑in‑the‑loop controls• New privacy laws in Indiana, Kentucky, and Rhode Island and actionable rightsPlease go to theproblemlounge.com and sign up for the newsletterIf you have guests or topics or anything, please reach out to us!Support the show