Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, January 17, 2026
Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness. Five highlights from this week: Are we ready for ChatGPT Health?; Home of Washington Post reporter searched by the FBI and devices seized; Apple’s Gemini Deal Keeps Your Siri Data Out of Google’s Hands; Google pulls AI overviews for some medical searches; and How hackers fight back against ICE surveillance tech.