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The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for November 4th., 2025 and the Purported Porch Pirate
EP 265
Ahoy Matey! In this week’s update:
A Rivian owner in Colorado turns the tables on police with dashcam evidence, exposing the dangers of overreliance on automated surveillance.
In a rare lighthearted moment, President Xi Jinping jokes about backdoors while gifting Xiaomi phones to South Korea’s leader amid tense U.S.-China trade talks.
Oslo’s transit authority disables internet on 850 Chinese electric buses after discovering hidden remote shutdown capabilities.
OpenAI’s Atlas browser promises smarter browsing but raises alarms that users are the product, feeding vast new datasets to AI…
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