Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchIt’s a Trap!
Enterprising scammers have found some very clever ways to trick you into believing your computer needs fixing, when in reality it’s just fine. Using …
5 years, 4 months ago
Firefox Privacy (Part 2)
Did you know that Google’s search can track you on a non-Chrome browser, even if you block third party cookies? And did you also know that there’s a …
5 years, 4 months ago
Firefox Privacy (Part 1)
If you really care about online privacy, you can’t use Google’s Chrome browser. Google is an advertising company. Everything else they do is in suppo…
5 years, 4 months ago
Apple’s Epic Battle
Epic – the maker of the massively popular game Fortnite – has thrown down the proverbial gauntlet. It has decided that it no longer wishes to cut App…
5 years, 4 months ago
This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things (part 2)
Can Facebook or Google really promise to keep your data private in this era of mass surveillance by the likes of the NSA and GCHQ? Max Schrems doesn’…
5 years, 5 months ago
This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things (part 1)
What good are privacy laws when we all know that intelligence agencies don’t play by the rules? How can any company promise to keep our data safe whe…
5 years, 5 months ago
The Pros & Cons of Antivirus Software
When most people think of protecting their computers, they think of antivirus software. Viruses are a real problem, of course, but how well do antivi…
5 years, 5 months ago
The Great Twitter Hack
Last week, Twitter was massively hacked – apparently just to launch a Bitcoin scam (though that story is still developing). Famous people’s accounts …
5 years, 5 months ago
Your Money or Your Data (part 2)
In the second part of my interview with Renee Dudley from ProPublica, we delve into the cyber insurance and ransomware incident response industries, …
5 years, 6 months ago
Your Money or Your Data (part 1)
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that ransomware is one of the most common and most lucrative cybersecurity rackets today. But despit…
5 years, 6 months ago