Fingerprints. The AI, Privacy, and Security Weekly Update for the week ending August 18th. , 2026.

EP 305.

In this week's update:

Anthropic is adding invisible watermarks to everything Claude writes-and you won't know it's there until someone looks for it.

China is racing to the Moon by 2030, and the real competition isn't about flags; it's about water.

Meta's AI glasses are so good at recording people without their knowledge that Germany is treating them like a crime.

Your WiFi router can identify who you are without a camera, a sensor, or your phone-just by watching the signals bounce around your apartment.

The Royal Navy's drones were quietly sending heartbeat signals to an IP address…

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