<p>The US is planning to ban all foreign-made or foreign-designed home WiFi routers&#8230; which is basically <em>all</em> routers. It&#8217;s true that many consumer routers are pretty crappy when it comes to security. TP-Link just fixed some bad vulnerabilities (which you need to patch ASAP). But what does this mean for anyone wanting to upgrade to a new router? I&#8217;ll try to explain.</p> <p>In other news: Walmart is buying TV-maker Vizio to gain access to user data and ads; a company is turning public Zoom meetings into AI podcasts for profit (without permission); a health company suffers a data breach exposing millions of clients&#8217; information; H&#38;R Block&#8217;s latest business tax prep software commits an egregious security mistake; AI companies are rolling out dangerous automation features; macOS 26.4 appears to block ClickFix-style attacks; and Facebook and Google lose in a landmark legal case.</p> <h1 class="wp-block-heading">Article Links</h1> <ol class="wp-block-list"> <li>Walmart buying TV-brand Vizio for its ad-fueling customer data:<a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/walmart-buying-tv-brand-vizio-for-its-ad-fueling-customer-data"> https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/walmart-buying-tv-brand-vizio-for-its-ad-fueling-customer-data</a></li> <li>This Company Is Secretly Turning Your Zoom Meetings into AI Podcasts:<a href="https://www.404media.co/this-company-is-secretly-turning-your-zoom-calls-into-ai-podcasts"> https://www.404media.co/this-company-is-secretly-turning-your-zoom-calls-into-ai-podcasts</a></li> <li>This Massive Data Breach Leaked 2.7 Million Social Security Numbers:<a href="https://lifehacker.com/tech/navia-data-breach-social-security-numbers"> https://lifehacker.com/tech/navia-data-breach-social-security-numbers</a></li> <li>These critical exploits just exposed a bigger problem with TP-Link routers:<a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tp-link-critical-exploits-expose-bigger-security-concerns"> https://www.makeuseof.com/tp-link-critical-exploits-expose-bigger-security-concerns</a></li> <li>H&#38;R Block’s Tax Prep Blunder: What You Must Know About the 2025 Certificate Vulnerability:<a href="https://twit.tv/posts/tech/hr-blocks-tax-prep-blunder-what-you-must-know-about-2025-certificate-vulnerability"> https://twit.tv/posts/tech/hr-blocks-tax-prep-blunder-what-you-must-know-about-2025-certificate-vulnerability</a></li> <li>This New Claude Feature Can Automate Basically Everything on Your Mac, but It’s a Huge Security Risk:<a href="https://lifehacker.com/tech/claude-computer-use-impressions"> https://lifehacker.com/tech/claude-computer-use-impressions</a></li> <li>The United States router ban, explained:<a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/899906/fcc-router-ban-march-2026-explainer"> https://www.theverge.com/tech/899906/fcc-router-ban-march-2026-explainer</a></li> <li>macOS 26.4 warning about potentially malicious Terminal commands:<a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/03/26/macos-264-warning-about-potentially-malicious-terminal-commands"> https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/03/26/macos-264-warning-about-potentially-malicious-terminal-commands</a></li> <li>Meta, Google lose US case over social media harm to kids:<a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/jury-reaches-verdict-meta-google-trial-social-media-addiction-2026-03-25"> https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/jury-reaches-verdict-meta-google-trial-social-media-addiction-2026-03-25</a></li> </ol> <h1 class="wp-block-heading">Further Info</h1> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Freeze Your Credit: <a href="https://firewallsdontstopdragons.com/credit-freeze-now-is-the-time/">https://firewallsdontstopdragons.com/credit-freeze-now-is-the-time/</a>&#160;</li> <li>Security Now on H&#38;R Block fiasco: <a href="https://youtu.be/JebKuiHu5mg?si=EuXRT9PeKLl1l3oT&#38;t=701">https://youtu.be/JebKuiHu5mg?si=EuXRT9PeKLl1l3oT&#38;t=701</a>&#160;</li> <li>My book: <a href="https://fdsd.me/book">https://fdsd.me/book</a>&#160;</li> <li>My newsletter: <a href="https://fdsd.me/newsletter">https://fdsd.me/newsletter</a>&#160;</li> <li>Support our mission! <a href="https://fdsd.me/support">https://fdsd.me/support</a>&#160;</li> <li>Give the gift of privacy and security: <a href="https://fdsd.me/coupons">https://fdsd.me/coupons</a>&#160;</li> <li>Get your Firewalls Don’t Stop Dragons Merch! <a href="https://fdsd.me/merch">https://fdsd.me/merch</a>&#160;</li> </ul> <h1 class="wp-block-heading">Table of Contents</h1> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>0:00:07: Intro</li> <li>0:01:03: News rundown</li> <li>0:03:17: Walmart buys Vizio for ads, data</li> <li>0:08:57: Public Zoom calls secretly turned into podcasts</li> <li>0:17:24: Navia leaks millions of SSNs</li> <li>0:20:28: TP-Link router vulnerabilities</li> <li>0:36:25: H&#38;R Block&#8217;s horrific tax software</li> <li>0:45:41: New Claude Mac feature is too dangerous</li> <li>0:48:22: macOS 24 blocks ClickFix?</li> <li>0:50:44: Facebook, Google lose huge lawsuit</li> <li>0:54:22: Patron podcast preview</li> <li>0:54:58: Looking ahead</li> </ul>