Podcast Episodes

A new type of "freedom," or, tracking children with AirTags, with Heather Kelly

Season 4 Episode 17

"Freedom" is a big word, and for many parents today, it's a word that includes location tracking. 

Across America, parents are snapping up Apple AirTags, the inexpensive location tracking devices that…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

How Apple fixed what Microsoft hasn't, with Thomas Reed

Season 4 Episode 16

Earlier this month, a group of hackers was spotted using a set of malicious tools—that originally gained popularity with online video game cheaters—to hide their Windows-based malware from being dete…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Spy vs. spy: Exploring the LetMeSpy hack, with maia arson crimew

Season 4 Episode 15

The language of a data breach, no matter what company gets hit, is largely the same. There's the stolen data—be it email addresses, credit card numbers, or even medical records. There are the users—u…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Of sharks, surveillance, and spied-on emails: This is Section 702, with Matthew Guariglia

Season 4 Episode 14

In the United States, when the police want to conduct a search on a suspected criminal, they must first obtain a search warrant. It is one of the foundational rights given to US persons under the Con…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Why businesses need a disinformation defense plan, with Lisa Kaplan: Lock and Code S04E13

Season 4 Episode 13

When you think about the word "cyberthreat," what first comes to mind? Is it ransomware? Is it spyware? Maybe it's any collection of the infamous viruses, worms, Trojans, and botnets that have crippl…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Trusting AI not to lie: The cost of truth

Season 4 Episode 12

In May, a lawyer who was defending their client in a lawsuit against Columbia's biggest airline, Avianca, submitted a legal filing before a court in Manhattan, New York, that listed several previous …

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

Identity crisis: How an anti-porn crusade could jam the Internet, featuring Alec Muffett

Season 4 Episode 11

On January 1, 2023, the Internet in Louisiana looked a little different than the Internet in Texas, Mississippi, and Arkansas—its next-door state neighbors. And on May 1, the Internet in Utah looked …

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

The rise of "Franken-ransomware," with Allan Liska

Season 4 Episode 10

Ransomware is becoming bespoke, and that could mean trouble for businesses and law enforcement investigators. 

It wasn't always like this. 

For a few years now, ransomware operators have congregated ar…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

Removing the human: When should AI be used in emotional crisis?

Season 4 Episode 9

In January, a mental health nonprofit admitted that it had used Artificial Intelligence to help talk to people in distress. 

Prompted first by a user's longing for personal improvement—and the difficu…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

How the cops buy a "God view" of your location data, with Bennett Cyphers

Season 4 Episode 8

The list of people and organizations that are hungry for your location data—collected so routinely and packaged so conveniently that it can easily reveal where you live, where you work, where you sho…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago