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280: Hot tub hijinx, and a sentient AI
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.

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Hot tub hijinx, and a sentient AI
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

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Encrypted notes, and a deadly case of AirTag spying
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…

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Tim Hortons, avoiding sanctions, and good faith security research
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

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Bad bots, cheeky ransoms, and good deepfakes
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…

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Webcam extortion, Michael Fish, and food foul-ups
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…

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Jail for Bing, and mental health apps may not be good for you
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

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Hands off my biometrics, and a wormhole squirmish
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?

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3 years, 11 months ago

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Password blips, and who's calling the airport?
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.

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3 years, 11 months ago

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Going ape over the Kardashians, and the face of romance scams
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…

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