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079: Mugshots, mobile mania, and backend gurus
079: Mugshots, mobile mania, and backend gurus

A website which demands money if you want your police mugshot removed, could "sharenting" lead to a rise in fraud and identity theft, and how could t…

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078: Hounds hunt hackers, too-human Google AI, and ethnic recognition tech - WTF?
078: Hounds hunt hackers, too-human Google AI, and ethnic recognition tech - WTF?

Dogs are trained to sniff out hackers' hard drives, facial recognition takes an ugly turn, and do you trust Google to book your hair appointment?

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077: Why Paris Hilton doesn’t use iCloud, lottery hacking, and Facebook dating
077: Why Paris Hilton doesn’t use iCloud, lottery hacking, and Facebook dating

The tricky-to-pronounce Paytsar Bkhchadzhyan is jailed for hacking Paris Hilton, we hear the story of the man who hacked the lottery and almost got a…

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076: Spying phones, hacked ski lifts, and World Password Day
076: Spying phones, hacked ski lifts, and World Password Day

Cheap Android smartphones sold on Amazon have been sending customers' full text messages to a Chinese server, ski lifts are found to be the latest de…

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075: Quitting Facebook
075: Quitting Facebook

Should you quit Facebook? How do you delete your Facebook account? What do you need to consider before leaving Facebook for good? And what's the easi…

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074: Smashing Security isn't bullsh*t
074: Smashing Security isn't bullsh*t

Crime forums on Facebook, fraudsters pose as anti-fraud hotlines, and how big advertising companies are in bed with the rampant data collection of in…

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073: Rick Astley: Never gonna hack you up...
073: Rick Astley: Never gonna hack you up...

Episode 73

Politician admits to hacking a rival's website, T-Mobile Austria ends up in a Twitter security storm, and siren systems are hit by a Rick Astley atta…

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072: Why are firms so cr*p with our private data?
072: Why are firms so cr*p with our private data?

Grindr, MyFitnessPal, and Panera Bread. They've all had data breach scares of varying degrees this week. Some handled the security breaches well, som…

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071: Pony-tailed pundit ponders privacy problems - with Mikko Hyppönen
071: Pony-tailed pundit ponders privacy problems - with Mikko Hyppönen

Endangering your friends online, the fibs told by VPN vendors, developments from the world of cryptomining, and Carole shares an animated GIF with Mi…

8 years, 2 months ago

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070: Facebook and Cambridge Diabolica
070: Facebook and Cambridge Diabolica

It’s not fair to describe what happened at Facebook and Cambridge Analytica as a data breach - it’s much worse than that. An autonomous Uber vehicle…

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