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We kick off season seven with a tour of the year’s early privacy & security news: neighborhood watchtowers from Ring, a rival-led hack of Breach Forums, a massive stitched leak in France, a heavy Microsoft patch drop, AI agents on the rise, and new state privacy laws. We share practical steps: self-host cameras, freeze your credit, harden identity portals, and keep humans in the loop when AI handles sensitive data.

• CES unveils Ring’s neighborhood watchtower and its surveillance tradeoffs
• Why self‑hosted DVR systems beat cloud video for privacy
• Breach Forums doxxed by rivals and lessons in OPSEC
• France’s 45 million record “combo” leak and re‑identification risks
• Credit freezes, hard vs soft inquiries, and portal security
• Microsoft’s 114 patches and sane patch management
• AI agents escalating breach risk and human‑in‑the‑loop controls
• New privacy laws in Indiana, Kentucky, and Rhode Island and actionable rights

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We look back at 2025’s privacy and security reality: useful AI where data was ready, repeating breach patterns, and infrastructure limits that slowed the hype. We call out backdoors, weak 2FA, and the shift toward passkeys, decentralization, and owning more of our stack.

• AI succeeds when data, process and governance are mature
• Power, chips and cost constraints limit AI growth
• SALT Typhoon shows backdoor risk and patching failures
• SMS 2FA remains weak while passkeys gain ground
• Data hoarding expands breach blast radius
• Streaming consolidation drives algorithm control and piracy’s return
• Decentralization and self‑hosting rebuild trust with users
• 2026 outlook: AI contraction, ML pragmatism, fewer but stronger tools

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It is Monday, December 15th, and the battle for Hollywood has officially gone nuclear.

What started as an $82 billion acquisition by Netflix has morphed into a $108 billion hostile takeover battle with Paramount Skydance. As of this morning, stocks are volatile, the government has frozen the deal, and a massive Class Action Lawsuit has just been filed to burn it all down.

In this Special Report from Privacy Please, we break down the chaos of the last 72 hours. We uncover the "National Security" weapon Netflix is using to kill the deal, the foreign money backing Paramount, and the leaked memos that reveal why executives are selling you out.

No matter who wins—the Algorithm or the Oligarchs—your privacy is the casualty.

Time Stamps / Key Moments:

0:00 - Monday Morning Chaos: Stocks Halted & The $108B Counter-Bid

2:15 - Future A vs. Future B: The Algorithm Era vs. The Oligarch Era

5:30 - BREAKING: The "National Security" Argument & Class Action Lawsuit

8:45 - Leaked Memos: The "Golden Parachute" Betrayal

11:20 - The Fallout: Why Streaming Prices Will Hit $35/Month

What you'll uncover in this deep dive:

The Weekend of Chaos: A complete timeline of how Netflix lost control of the deal over the weekend.

The "Foreign Money" Threat: Why Paramount's backing by sovereign wealth funds has regulators panicked.

Netflix's Hypocrisy: How the surveillance giant is weaponizing "privacy" to stop their competitors.

The Consumer Cost: Why the era of cheap streaming is officially dead.

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