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280: Hot tub hijinx, and a sentient AI
Internet-connected jacuzzis find themselves in hot water, and a Google engineer claims that their AI has developed feelings.
All this and more is dis…
3 years, 9 months ago
Hot tub hijinx, and a sentient AI
Episode 280
Internet-connected jacuzzis find themselves in hot water, and a Google engineer claims that their AI has developed feelings.
All this and more is disc…
3 years, 9 months ago
Encrypted notes, and a deadly case of AirTag spying
Episode 279
How did a saxophonist sneak sensitive information in and out of the Soviet Union? How might an Apple AirTag have led to murder? And isn't the world…
3 years, 9 months ago
Tim Hortons, avoiding sanctions, and good faith security research
Episode 278
Trouble brews with the Tim Hortons app, Mandiant gets in a tussle with a Russian ransomware gang, and should good faith security researchers be at ri…
3 years, 10 months ago
Bad bots, cheeky ransoms, and good deepfakes
Episode 277
Ransom acts of kindness are top of our mind, as we also explore how bad bots are hogging more and more of the internet's activity, and look at how de…
3 years, 10 months ago
Webcam extortion, Michael Fish, and food foul-ups
Episode 276
A browser extension bug let malicious websites spy on webcams, hackers threaten the global food supply chain, and Michael Fish (not that one...) hack…
3 years, 10 months ago
Jail for Bing, and mental health apps may not be good for you
Episode 275
A man hacks his employer to prove its security sucks, Telegram provides a helping hand to the Eternity Project malware, and what the heck do mental h…
3 years, 10 months ago
Hands off my biometrics, and a wormhole squirmish
Episode 274
Clearview AI receives something of a slap in the face, and who is wrestling over an internet wormhole?
All this and more is discussed in the latest ed…
3 years, 11 months ago
Password blips, and who's calling the airport?
Episode 273
We find out why calls to Dublin airport's noise complaints line have soared, and Carole quizzes Graham to celebrate World Password Day.
All this and m…
3 years, 11 months ago
Going ape over the Kardashians, and the face of romance scams
Episode 272
Members of The Bored Ape Yacht Club get that sinking feeling, a face unwittingly launches hundreds of romance scams, and is an as-yet unseen Kim Kard…
3 years, 11 months ago