Think your online alias keeps you safe? This episode reveals how advanced language models are making it trivial to de-anonymize users at scale, challenging everything we thought we knew about internet privacy.

Anthropic & Mozilla improve Firefox's security.
Apple & Google begin testing cross-platform RCS encryption.
Ubuntu's SUDO starts echoing asterisks.
Inviting a web proxy into your home.
Apple devices cleared by Germany for NATO's use.
A serious remote takeover of OpenClaw.
TokTok won't encrypt messaging for visibility.
Microsoft bans the term "Microslop" on Discord.
Lot's of great listener feedback.
LLMs could make Orwell's 1984 seem optimistic.

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1069-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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SN 1069: You can't hide from LLMs - Was Your Smart TV a Stealth Proxy?

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