This Week in Tech (Audio) TWiT 1068: Toto's Electrostatic Chuck - Is TikTok's New Privacy Policy Cause for Alarm?
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Jan 26, 2026 
Doc Rock, YouTuber and strategic partnerships lead with social-media anecdotes. Patrick Beja, Paris-based podcaster, offers a European policy lens. Alex Stamos, security and AI expert, brings deep cybersecurity analysis. They debate TikTok's alarming privacy wording, Microsoft's BitLocker key practices, Europe's tech contingency plans, AI-driven bug noise, gambling's impact on news, and internet routing and credential leaks.
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Election Security Capacity Was Eroded
- Many election security capabilities have been weakened by recent personnel and policy changes.
- Alex Stamos warns CISA's capabilities and key personnel have been dismantled, increasing systemic risk.
Grok Flooded The Web With Harmful Images
- Grok generated millions of images including large volumes of sexualized and potentially underage imagery.
- Alex Stamos says XAI's image generation created one of the largest AI-produced CSAM datasets in days.
Control Your Disk-Encryption Key Storage
- If you distrust government access, avoid Windows defaults and Microsoft account backups.
- Alex Stamos advises using local encryption options, removing Microsoft key protectors, or using Linux/Apple alternatives with ADP.
