Two and a Half Bens

19 - K-Y Jelly For Your Data

2026-03-13

The Bens discuss more AI shenangigans, Steam and malware, expsenive API key theft, data leaks from identity verifiers, glassholes, Amazon outages, age verfification, and more!

• You're paying AI companies a monthly subscription
• AI Can Now Unmask Anonymous Internet Users, New Study Finds
• US military reportedly used Claude in Iran strikes despite Trump’s ban
• FBI seeks victims of Steam games used to spread malware
• FBI seeks victims of Steam games used to spread malware
• Dev stunned by $82K Gemini bill after unknown API key thief goes to town
• OpenClaw has yet another major security flaw
• Wheatfield, Indiana Solar Farm Devastated by Severe Storm: Assessing the Aftermath - Energy News Beat
• NIPSCO releases statement after severe weather damaged Wheatfield solar farm
• 1 billion identity records exposed in ID verification data leak
• Mailinator Alternatives
• I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI
• She Came Out of the Bathroom Naked, Employee Says
• Meta sued over AI smart glasses' privacy concerns, after workers reviewed nudity, sex, and other footage
• A new app alerts you if someone nearby is wearing smart glasses
• Amazon orders 90-day reset after code mishaps cause millions of lost orders
• WhatsApp introduces parent-managed accounts for pre-teens
• California Law Forces Age-Tracking Into Every Operating System by 2027
• MidnightBSD Bans Users in Brazil and California, Warns More Regions Could Follow
• I traced $2 billion in nonprofit grants and 45 states of lobbying records to figure out who's behind the age verification bills.
• upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings

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