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When good-faith hacking gets people arrested, with Harley Geiger
Season 3 Episode 14
When Lock and Code host David Ruiz talks to hackers—especially good-faith hackers who want to dutifully report any vulnerabilities they uncover in th…
4 years, 3 months ago
Securing the software supply chain, with Kim Lewandowski
Season 3 Episode 13
At the start of the global coronavirus pandemic, nearly everyone was forced to learn about the "supply chain." Immediate stockpiling by an alarmed (a…
4 years, 3 months ago
Tor’s (security) role in the future of the Internet, with Alec Muffett
Season 3 Episode 12
Tor, which stands for "The Onion Router," has a storied reputation in the world of online privacy, but on today's episode of Lock and Code with host …
4 years, 4 months ago
Hunting down your data with Whitney Merrill
Season 3 Episode 11
Last year, Whitney Merrill wanted to know just how much information the company Clubhouse had on her, even though she wasn't a user. After many weeks…
4 years, 4 months ago
Recovering from romance scams with Cindy Liebes
Season 3 Episode 10
Earlier this year, a flashy documentary premiered on Netflix that shed light onto on often-ignored cybercrime—a romance scam. In this documentary, ca…
4 years, 4 months ago
Why software has so many vulnerabilities, with Tanya Janca
Season 3 Episode 9
Every few months, a basic but damaging flaw is revealed in a common piece of software, or a common tool used in many types of programs, and the publi…
4 years, 5 months ago
Why data protection and privacy are not the same, and why that matters
Season 3 Episode 8
Data protection, believe it or not, is not synonymous with privacy, or even data privacy. But around the world, countless members of the public often…
4 years, 5 months ago
Telling important stories securely, with Runa Sandvik
Season 3 Episode 7
In 2017, a former NSA contractor was arrested for allegedly leaking an internal report to the online news outlet The Intercept. To verify the report …
4 years, 6 months ago
De-Googling Carey Parker’s (and your) life
Season 3 Episode 6
Three years ago, a journalist for Gizmodo removed five of the biggest tech companies from her life—restricting her from using services and hardware d…
4 years, 6 months ago
How Crisis Text Line crossed the line in the public’s mind
Season 3 Episode 5
How would you feel if the words you wrote to someone while in a crisis—maybe you were suicidal, maybe you were newly homeless, maybe you were suffer…
4 years, 7 months ago