• In memoriam: Bill Atkinson
• Meta native apps & JavaScript collude for a localhost local mess.
• The EU rolls out its own DNS4EU filtered DNS service.
• Ukraine DDoS's Russia's Railway DNS ... and... so what?
• The Linux Foundation creates an alternative Wordpress package manager.
• Court tells OpenAI it must NOT delete ANYONE's chats. Period! :(
• A CVSS 10.0 in Erlang/OTP's SSH library.
• Can Russia intercept Telegram? Perhaps.
• Spain's ISPs mistakenly block Google sites.
• Reddit sues Anthropic.
• Twitter's new encrypted DM's are as lame as the old ones.
• The Login.gov site may not have any backups.
• Apple explores the question of recent Large Reasoning Models "thinking"

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1029-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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• Pwn2Own 2025, Berlin results.
• PayPal seeks a "newly registered domains" patent.
• An expert iOS jailbreak developer gives up.
• The rising abuse of SVG images, via JavaScript.
• Interesting feedback from our listeners.
• Four classic science fiction movies not to miss.
• How OpenAI's o3 model discovered a 0-day in the Linux kernel

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1028-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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• What the status of Encrypted Client Hello (ECH)?
• What radio technology would be best for remote inverter shutdown?
• Some DNS providers already block newly listed domains.
• Knowing when not to click a link can take true understanding.
• Why can losing a small portion of a power grid bring the rest down?
• Where are we in the "AI Hype Cycle" and is this the first?
• Speaking of hype: An AI system resorted to blackmail?
• Why are we so quick to imbue AI with awareness?
• ChatGPT's latest o3 model ignored the order to shutdown.
• Copilot may not be making Windows core code any better.
• Venice.AI is an unfiltered and unrestrained LLM

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1027-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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