Digital Citizen: Phase 2

As part of my celebration of the upcoming 500th podcast, I’m launching Phase 2 of my “cyber neighbor” campaign to both help as many people be more secure and private as possible, but to also learn from this experience so I can improve these campaigns in the future. In particular, as I write the 6th edition of my book, I’m funneling this feedback into improving those Tips, as well.

In the news: Flock considered utilizing ride share and delivery vehicles to expand their ALPR network; judge rules ‘tower dump’ warrants unconstitutional; BMW’s show Spider-Man ads; hackers reuse expired domains for scams and malware; US warns of more PLC attacks; US proposal would allow private companies to launch cyber attacks on foreign groups; terabytes of credentials stolen in supply chain attack; customer downloads his 515-page McDonald’s dossier; AI agent hacks gym site to book a class; town claims Flock reactivated cameras without notice; and Chrome trials new device-bound session credentials.

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News Briefs

1. Flock wanted to put license plate cameras on 350,000 Uber and Lyft dashcams: https://www.techspot.com/news/113407-flock-wanted-put-license-plate-cameras-350000-uber.html
2. ‘Tower dump’ warrants ruled unconstitutional: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/6013559-mississippi-judge-declares-towers-dumps-unconstitutional
3. BMWs are showing a commercial at startup: https://boingboing.net/2026/08/06/bmws-are-showing-a-spider-man-movie-ad-at-startup.html
4. Hackers Spend Nearly $7 Million on Expired Domains to Redirect Traffic to Scams and Malware: https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/hackers-spend-nearly-7-million-on.html

Full Stories

1. US warns of AI-powered attacks on Siemens PLCs in critical infrastructure: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-warns-of-ai-powered-attacks-on-siemens-plcs-in-critical-infrastructure
2. In a first, US will allow some private firms to carry out cyberattacks: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/13/in-a-first-us-will-allow-some-private-firms-to-carry-out-cyberattacks
3. Terabytes of credentials leaked in massive supply-chain attack: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/08/terabytes-of-credentials-leaked-in-massive-supply-chain-attack
4. McDonald’s Built a 515-Page Dossier on Me. It Says I’ll Never Stop Eating There: https://www.wired.com/story/mcdonalds-built-a-515-page-dossier-on-me-it-says-ill-never-leave
5. Told to book a gym class, an AI agent hacked the site instead to move its user up the waitlist: https://the-decoder.com/told-to-book-a-gym-class-an-ai-agent-hacked-the-site-instead-to-move-its-user-up-the-waitlist
6. Littleton claims Flock reactivated its cameras without notifying the town: https://www.lowellsun.com/2026/07/31/littleton-claims-flock-reactivated-its-cameras-without-notifying-the-town
7. Chrome adopts what may be the best protection yet against account takeovers: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/08/chrome-adopts-what-may-be-the-best-protection-yet-against-account-takeovers
8. Tip of the Week: https://firewallsdontstopdragons.com/digital-citizen-phase-2/

Further Info

• Phase 2: https://fdsd.me/phase2
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Table of Contents

• 0:00:07: Intro
• 0:00:26: Public service announcements
• 0:03:20: News rundown
• 0:05:25: Flock in Uber, Lyft, delivery vehicles
• 0:07:13: Tower dump warrants ruled unconstitutional
• 0:08:33: Some BMW’s show Spider-Man ad
• 0:10:49: Hackers use expired domains for scams
• 0:13:24: US warns of AI attacked on PLCs
• 0:18:05: US authorizes private cyber attacks
• 0:24:53: Terabytes of credentials leaked in supply chain attack
• 0:32:13: McDonald’s customer dossier
• 0:39:44: AI agent hacks gym site
• 0:45:22: Town claims Flock reactivated its cameras
• 0:49:39: Google trialing device-bound session cookies
• 0:57:00: Tip of the Week
• 1:04:31: Wrap-up
• 1:05:22: Patron podcast preview
• 1:05:45: Looking ahead