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New Exploit Affects 220 Million iPhones | This Week in Privacy #45 (Mar 20, 2026)
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The 'dark sword' exploit affects over 220 million iPhones running outdated iOS versions, the FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, a Tennessee grandmother was jailed after an AI facial recognition error linked her to fraud, and much more, join us for This Week In Privacy #45!
0:00 Intro
0:51 Start of the podcast
1:42 Hundreds of Millions of iPhones Can Be Hacked With a New Tool Found in the Wild
16:41 FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms
26:45 Site updates
31:54 Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified Android apps
56:47 Should Banksy Remain Anonymous?
1:06:22 Forum updates
1:33:47 Q&A
1:52:35 Outro