Shocking new research reveals how anyone with $750 can intercept unencrypted satellite data, exposing everything from government secrets to in-flight Wi-Fi traffic. Find out why decades-old vulnerabilities are still open and who actually wants it that way. • Study: The World’s Satellite Data Is Massively Vulnerable To Snooping • You Only Need $750 of Equipment to Pilfer Data From Satellites, Researchers Say • Hackers Dox Hundreds of DHS, ICE, FBI, and DOJ Officials • DHS says Chinese criminal gangs made $1B from US text scams • cr.yp.to: 2025.10.04: NSA and IETF • Why Signal’s post-quantum makeover is an amazing engineering achievement • Court reduces damages Meta will get from spyware maker NSO Group but bans it from WhatsApp • How I Almost Got Hacked By A 'Job Interview' • New California law requires AI to tell you it’s AI • The European Union issued its first fines under the AI Act, penalizing a French facial recognition startup €12 million for deploying unverified algorithms in public security contracts • Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors • Texas hit with a pair of lawsuits for its app store age verification requirements • Australia shares tips to wean teens off social media ahead of ban. Will it work? • California enacts age-gate law for app stores • Meta is asking Facebook users to give its AI access to their entire camera roll • Meta poached Andrew Tulloch, co-founder of Thinking Machines Lab, with a compensation package rumored to reach $1.5 billion over six years • Even top generals are looking to AI chatbots for answers • Roku’s AI-upgraded voice assistant can answer questions about what you’re watching • Tesla debuts a steering wheel-less taxi for two • Waymo and DoorDash Are Teaming Up to Deliver Your Food via Robotaxi Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Jacob Ward, Harper Reed, and Abrar Al-Heeti This Week in Tech episode 1054 More Info: https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1054 Sponsors: • Melissa.com/twit • ZipRecruiter.com/twit • deel.com/twit • zscaler.com/security • zapier.com/twit Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Products we recommend: https://www.amazon.com/shop/twitnetcastnetwork TWiT may earn commissions on certain products. Follow us: Website: https://twit.tv/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twit.tv Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@TWiT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TWiTNetwork Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twit.tv/ X (Twitter): https://x.com/TWiT TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@twittok LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/twit-llc #security #ai #socialmedia About us: TWiT.tv is a technology podcasting network located in the San Francisco Bay Area with the #1 ranked technology podcast This Week in Tech hosted by Leo Laporte. Every week we produce dozens of hours of content on a variety of programs including Tech News Weekly, MacBreak Weekly, Windows Weekly, Security Now, Intelligent Machines, and more.