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OpenAI disclosed an unusual AI security incident involving a frontier model evaluation and Hugging Face, but the episode cuts through the hype: was this true autonomous intent, an agent following bad scope boundaries, or a warning about giving AI systems real tools and permissions? Tom, Scott, and …

You plug in a new monitor. Windows detects the hardware, pulls down a vendor companion app, and the first thing you see is… a McAfee ad. That’s the story that kicks off this episode, but the bigger issue is not just one annoying popup. Hardware setup has become a software delivery channel. Drivers,…

Scott Wright joins Shared Security to discuss his Digital Legacy Tree framework and upcoming book, The Digital Legacy Tree. We talk about what happens to your accounts, passwords, devices, files, money, cloud storage, crypto, and online identity if you die, become incapacitated, or are suddenly una…

A federal case involving a GrapheneOS phone wipe during an airport search raises a bigger question for privacy-minded users: can using strong mobile security features be treated as evidence of criminal intent? Tom and Scott break down what happened, why border searches are different, and what this …