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(Almost) everything you always wanted to know about cybersecurity, but were too afraid to ask, with Tjitske de Vries
Season 5 Episode 13
🎶 Ready to know what Malwarebytes knows?
Ask us your questions and get some answers.
What is a passphrase and what makes it—what’s the word?
Strong? 🎶
Ev…
2 years, 3 months ago
800 arrests, 40 tons of drugs, and one backdoor, or what a phone startup gave the FBI, with Joseph Cox
Season 5 Episode 12
This is a story about how the FBI got everything it wanted.
For decades, law enforcement and intelligence agencies across the world have lamented the …
2 years, 4 months ago
Your vacation, reservations, and online dates, now chosen by AI
Season 5 Episode 11
The irrigation of the internet is coming.
For decades, we’ve accessed the internet much like how we, so long ago, accessed water—by traveling to it. W…
2 years, 4 months ago
"No social media 'til 16," and other fixes for a teen mental health crisis, with Dr. Jean Twenge
Season 5 Episode 10
You’ve likely felt it: The dull pull downwards of a smartphone scroll. The “five more minutes” just before bed. The sleep still there after waking. T…
2 years, 5 months ago
Picking fights and gaining rights, with Justin Brookman
Season 5 Episode 9
Our Lock and Code host, David Ruiz, has a bit of an apology to make:
“Sorry for all the depressing episodes.”
When the Lock and Code podcast explored o…
2 years, 5 months ago
Porn panic imperils privacy online, with Alec Muffett (re-air)
Season 5 Episode 8
A digital form of protest could become the go-to response for the world’s largest porn website as it faces increased regulations: Not letting people …
2 years, 5 months ago
Securing your home network is long, tiresome, and entirely worth it, with Carey Parker
Season 5 Episode 7
Few words apply as broadly to the public—yet mean as little—as “home network security.”
For many, a “home network” is an amorphous thing. It exists so…
2 years, 6 months ago
Going viral shouldn't lead to bomb threats, with Leigh Honeywell
Season 5 Episode 6
A disappointing meal at a restaurant. An ugly breakup between two partners. A popular TV show that kills off a beloved, main character.
In a perfect w…
2 years, 6 months ago
How to make a fake ID online, with Joseph Cox
Season 5 Episode 5
For decades, fake IDs had roughly three purposes: Buying booze before legally allowed, getting into age-restricted clubs, and, we can only assume, co…
2 years, 7 months ago
If only you had to worry about malware, with Jason Haddix
Season 5 Episode 4
If your IT and security teams think malware is bad, wait until they learn about everything else.
In 2024, the modern cyberattack is a segmented, prolo…
2 years, 7 months ago