This Week in Tech (Audio) TWiT 1068: Toto's Electrostatic Chuck - Is TikTok's New Privacy Policy Cause for Alarm?
Jan 26, 2026
Doc Rock, a YouTuber and Ecamm partnerships director, drops cultural tech anecdotes. Patrick Beja, French tech podcaster in Paris, explains European contingency planning. Alex Stamos, cybersecurity and AI expert, parses security, elections, and AI safety. They tackle TikTok’s new privacy terms, Microsoft handing over BitLocker keys, Europe’s tech failover plans, and AI image and CSAM legal questions.
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LLM Providers May Lose Section 230 Shield
- XAI (Grok) may not receive Section 230 protections because it generates content, not just hosts it.
- Alex Stamos predicts extensive civil and criminal litigation and state AG actions against X and XAI.
Take Control Of Your Disk-Encryption Keys
- If you want exclusive control over full-disk encryption keys, avoid cloud-backed account defaults.
- Use tools (manage-bde or Linux LUKS) to remove cloud protectors and rotate keys yourself.
Phished By A Convincing SMS Scam
- Leo Laporte recounts being phished via a spoofed T-Mobile SMS and almost giving multiple credit cards.
- He caught it mid-flow and canceled cards before losing money.
