• CISA's uncertain future remains quite worrisome. • Worrisome is Ireland's new "lawful" interception law. • The EU's Digital Rights organization pushes back. • Microsoft acknowledges it turns over user encryption keys. • Alex Neihaus on AI enterprise usage dangers. • Gavin confesses he put a database on the Internet. • Worries about a massive podcast rewinding backlog. • What does the emergence of AI-generated malware portend?