Friday Squid Blogging: Jumbo Flying Squid in the South Pacific

2026-03-21T19:23:40Z73b1f6e9e868eef381477fca4229bb0e1b709f77e269f20cfd024651378df1a4
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What happened

Collection of Bruce Schneier blog posts (March 2026) summarizing multiple security and privacy stories: Proton Mail reportedly provided subscriber/payment metadata to Swiss authorities which was shared with the FBI; an insecure DJI Romo robot vacuum vulnerability allowed an attacker to remotely control ~7,000 devices (IoT mass compromise via MQTT); South Korean authorities accidentally published the mnemonic seed phrase for a seized Ledger cold wallet, enabling theft of roughly $4.4M in crypto; Meta’s new AI smart glasses raise substantial privacy and surveillance concerns (with an app to help

Why it matters

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2026-03-21T19:23:40Z
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