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Not So Critical Update

863 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings

Peter, Jon, and Mike get angry about tech stories from the week. Three industry professionals with very different viewpoints, and very different backgrounds, discuss what's been happening and fight about who's won the latest bet.

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Digital ID Verification to Access Porn

February 23, 2024 15:00 - 9 minutes - 9.11 MB

Today we talk about: https://apnews.com/article/porn-websites-age-verification-digital-services-act-64584aae905cb344dd3e1bfb385c7c27 Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

GPT-4 is teh new l337 hax0r

February 22, 2024 15:00 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MB

Today we talk about: https://hackersbait.com/blog/openai-gpt-can-hack-your-website/ Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

Apple's Malicious Compliance with EU Law

February 21, 2024 15:00 - 5 minutes - 4.68 MB

Today we talk about: https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/15/apple-confirms-its-breaking-iphone-web-apps-in-the-eu-on-purpose/ Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

DoD Notifies 20K of Email Breach

February 20, 2024 15:00 - 7 minutes - 6.82 MB

Today we talk about: https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/14/department-defense-data-breach-microsoft-cloud-email/ Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

Universal Music Catalog Pulled from TIkTok

February 19, 2024 15:00 - 9 minutes - 8.48 MB

Today we talk about: https://apnews.com/article/porn-websites-age-verification-digital-services-act-64584aae905cb344dd3e1bfb385c7c27 Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

Is it Possible to Take VC Funding and Not Sell Out Your Principles?

February 16, 2024 15:00 - 9 minutes - 8.97 MB

Today we talk about an article going into the death of Ello, the social network that wanted to be different: https://waxy.org/2024/01/the-quiet-death-of-ellos-big-dreams/ Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

These Five Giant Companies RULE the Tech Industry

February 15, 2024 15:00 - 8 minutes - 8.03 MB

Today we talk about a paper on the five giants that rule the tech industry: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4713845 Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

The Taylor Swift and Elon Musk Private Jet Tracking Guy Is WILD! (Also: PALWORD sucks!)

February 14, 2024 15:00 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MB

Today we talk about Jack Sweeney, the guy who tracks Taylor Swift and Elon Musk's Private Jets: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68248168 Please don't cancel us Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

Does Zoom Really Rot Your Brain?

February 13, 2024 15:00 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MB

Today we talk about a paper submitted by iam-py-test on Discord about Zoom and its effects on the brain: https://neurosciencenews.com/zoom-conversations-social-neuroscience-24996/ Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

Deepfake Video Scammers Get $25M Out of Finance Exec... Or Not

February 12, 2024 15:00 - 10 minutes - 9.45 MB

Today we talk about a poor executive who got scammed... or did he? https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/04/asia/deepfake-cfo-scam-hong-kong-intl-hnk/index.html Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

Made Up Cyber Crime Stats You Must Know in 2024

February 09, 2024 15:00 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MB

Today we talk about: https://techreport.com/statistics/cybercrime-statistics/ Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

The Enhanced Games - Olympics with Banned Drugs? Also, Green Energy in China is WILD

February 08, 2024 15:00 - 10 minutes - 9.46 MB

Today we talk about: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-25/china-s-green-economy-drove-40-of-gdp-growth-in-2023-crea-says https://futurism.com/the-byte/peter-thiel-enhanced-games Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

Traitor Joe's Union Busting

February 07, 2024 15:00 - 9 minutes - 8.76 MB

Today we talk about: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-26/trader-joe-s-follows-spacex-in-arguing-nlrb-is-unconstitutional Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

The Lone Guardian of the Galaxy

February 06, 2024 15:00 - 9 minutes - 8.46 MB

Today we talk about: https://futurism.com/the-byte/space-force-finally-launching-employee-space Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

Cisco head of security predicts AI phishing nightmare

February 05, 2024 15:00 - 14 minutes - 13 MB

Today we talk about: https://www.aol.com/cisco-head-security-thinks-headed-132851583.html Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

The Mother of all Breaches Is HORRIFYING But Also... The New Normal?

February 02, 2024 15:00 - 9 minutes - 8.8 MB

Today we talk about a huge dataset that was made available with 26 billion (BILLION!) records from various other data breaches. It's absolutely terrible, but can anyone really summon up the energy to be surprised anymore? Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

The NSA is BUYING DATA on American Citizens! ... And It Gets Worse

February 01, 2024 15:00 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MB

Today we talk about, well I mean we kind of talk about, governments and data purchasing and loopholes and all sorts of awful things. Mike's away, we get a bit distracted. Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

The Xbox Layoffs at Microsoft Suck

January 31, 2024 15:00 - 6 minutes - 6.23 MB

Today we talk about the recent layoffs at Microsoft after the merger with Activision-Blizzard King. Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

Palworld? MORE LIKE SCAMWORLD

January 30, 2024 15:00 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MB

Leaving the preliminary title in there that Jon wrote, because - it's just too good. Today we talk about Palworld. Like everyone else on the planet. Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

What the Future of Ad Blocking Will Be

January 29, 2024 15:00 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MB

Today we talk about what we think might happen in the future for ad blocking. Will the cat and mouse game ever be over? No - no it won't. Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

Conspiracy Theories That Will Make Your Brain Hurt

January 26, 2024 15:00 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MB

Today we talk about more conspiracy theorists, and can't quite figure out if they're taking themselves seriously or not. Because wow they're all nonsense. Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

Quick Privacy Tips to Protect You Online

January 25, 2024 15:00 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MB

Today we talk about some TikTok videos that Mike found, which surprisingly sometimes turn out to contain helpful advice. Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

There's a Long Way to Go for AI

January 24, 2024 15:00 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MB

Today we talk about CES and other recent trade shows, and how AI is still in its "geocities phase". Watch one neat wrapup from CES by @Fireship here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHzoTLwx01E Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

Elon Musk Hates Workers Unions

January 23, 2024 15:00 - 13 minutes - 12.8 MB

Today we talk about: Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

The Number of Companies Tracking You Online is INSANE

January 22, 2024 15:00 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MB

Today we talk about a new report from Consumer Reports / The Markup, investigating the incredible number of companies (186,000!) which are passing data back and forth about you. Check it out: https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics/privacy/each-facebook-user-is-monitored-by-thousands-of-companies-a5824207467/ And the study here: https://innovation.consumerreports.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CR_Who-Shares-Your-Information-With-Facebook.pdf Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord ...

NSCU Live Recording Session for January 21st

January 22, 2024 10:20 - 1 hour - 91.3 MB

Today we talk about: EVERYTHING. We're DOING IT LIVE. Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

Tech Experts React to IT Support Horror Stories

January 19, 2024 15:00 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MB

Today we talk about: WARNING: USE TIKTOK AT YOUR OWN RISK! Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

The Internet of AI Dogshit

January 18, 2024 15:00 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MB

Today we talk about: https://aftermath.site/the-internet-is-full-of-ai-dogshit Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

AI Companions for the Elderly

January 17, 2024 15:00 - 8 minutes - 8.26 MB

Today we talk about: https://www.wired.com/story/parents-dementia-robots-warm-technology/ Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

Living in a Digital Tracking Free World - Is it possible?

January 16, 2024 15:00 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MB

Today we talk about: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67838384 Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

Is Feature Throttling Good Business?

January 15, 2024 15:00 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MB

Today we talk about: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-67911517 Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

NSCU Live Recording Session for January 14th

January 15, 2024 11:12 - 1 hour - 88 MB

Today we talk about: EVERYTHING. We're DOING IT LIVE. Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

Conspiracy Theorists Aren't ALL Totally Crazy...

January 12, 2024 15:00 - 22 minutes - 21.1 MB

Wait, no, yes all conspiracies ARE crazy, at least all of the ones we look at. So - today we talk about more conspiracies, TikTok, and conspiracies on TikTok. Part 3! Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

Social Media HACKS - Why Are They So Rare?

January 11, 2024 15:00 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MB

Today we talk about social media platforms and data breaches. And the real reason? We HAVE had breaches, we just don't hear about them much. Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

This Alpha / Sigma Male Clips Are UNBELIEVABLE

January 10, 2024 15:00 - 24 minutes - 23 MB

Today we talk about some research PETER did this time, into the weird world of Alpha Males (and Sigma Males)... buckle in. Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

Do You Want a New Key On Your Keyboard... For AI?

January 09, 2024 15:00 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MB

Today we talk about some AI stories from the week, including news that Microsoft want to add a new key to the keyboard, the COPILOT KEY. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67881373 Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

Massive iPhone Back Door Has Existed for FOUR YEARS!

January 08, 2024 15:00 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MB

Today we talk about a crazy set of vulnerabilities that have apparently been in iOS for for years - discovered because researchers at @Kaspersky found it on their own phones! We talk about this and other potential conspiracies. Read more about it here: https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/12/exploit-used-in-mass-iphone-infection-campaign-targeted-secret-hardware-feature/ Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter....

Conspiracy Theories That COULD BE TRUE! (Part 2)

January 05, 2024 15:00 - 22 minutes - 21.2 MB

They're not true. Today we react to more "research" Mike has done into the underbelly of TikTok, where he took far too much pleasure in finding people who have some... let's say interesting claims about the way the world works. Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

Cory Doctorow's Talk from DEF CON 31 Had Some Issues

January 04, 2024 15:00 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MB

Today we react to a talk by Cory Doctorow at DEF CON 31, who makes some good points about corporate monocultures, walled gardens, and other things. Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rimtaSgGz_4 Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

We Struggled To Find GOOD NEWS From 2023

January 04, 2024 00:39 - 9 minutes - 9.21 MB

Today we talk about GOOD NEWS from last year! But actually, it's mostly Peter moaning about how his spirit has finally been truly crushed to tiny bits of despair. (And guess who makes the thumbnails...) Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

2024 Is Going to SUCK

January 02, 2024 15:00 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MB

Today we go over our predictions from last year for 2023, and make a few for the year ahead. Well, most of us do, Peter mostly just despairs. Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

New Year's Day Live Recording Session - January 1st, 2024!!!

January 02, 2024 10:23 - 1 hour - 96.4 MB

HAPPY NEW YEAR! We're kicking off 2024 with a LIVE STREAM because apparently not learning from your mistakes is how we want this year to go. Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

AI Content Farms Are the WORST!

December 29, 2023 15:00 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MB

Today we talk about AI generated content, the Dead Internet Theory, why it's so weird, and the general downfall of our beloved worldwide community. Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

YouTube Comments from The Cult of Elon Musk Will NEVER Stop

December 28, 2023 15:00 - 14 minutes - 13.8 MB

Today we talk about why trolls and fanatics happen, with examples from our very own channel. Subscribe for daily episodes, especially if you want to keep telling us about the 5 minutes you'll never get back. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

Fake Tech Product Demos Are So Weird

December 27, 2023 15:00 - 14 minutes - 13.8 MB

Today we talk a staple of the tech world, the fake product demo. Ranging from Steve Job's first ever (fake) demo of the iPhone, through Google's recent faked Gemini demo, all the way up to Elizabeth Holme's continued fraudulent demos of Theranos - tech companies seem to do this as a matter of course, so we give our armchair opinions as to what's really going on. Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • ...

TikTok Conspiracy Videos Are 100% Cringe

December 22, 2023 15:00 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MB

Today we talk about... wait, no, we don't talk about much, we REACT! Yes, folks, we've done another reaction video. After much hard work in the trenches, Mike uncovered some conspiracy theory TikToks that... well, take a look. Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

Zuckerberg's Secret Compound in Hawaii is Crazy

December 21, 2023 15:00 - 10 minutes - 9.41 MB

Today we talk about a report from WIRED about Mark Zuckerberg's new secret lair in Hawaii. Well, we start talking about that, but we end up fascinated by Mike's announcement that he's RUNNING FOR OFFICE! Read the WIRED article here if you're still curious: https://www.wired.com/story/mark-zuckerberg-inside-hawaii-compound/ Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mi...

Supercomputer Capable of Simulating the Human Brain Coming in 2024

December 20, 2023 15:00 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MB

Today we talk about some clickbait headlines from New Scientist about a new computer that has the same processing power as the human brain. The same PROCESSING POWER guys. That's it. Read their article here: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2408015-supercomputer-that-simulates-entire-human-brain-will-switch-on-in-2024/ Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mi...

Marketers Really Are Listening in on Your Phone

December 19, 2023 15:00 - 13 minutes - 12.8 MB

Today we talk about claims by a marketing company that they can target audiences for ads, based on their conversations. Check this out for more info: https://therecord.media/ftc-complaint-against-kochava-unsealed Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

Musk Has Dropped the Fig Leaf

December 18, 2023 15:00 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MB

Today we talk about Elon Musk inviting Alex Jones, Andrew Tate, and others, back to Twitter - and hosting a Twitter Spaces event for them all to have a good old chat. Check out more here: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67673623 Subscribe for daily episodes. Join Discord to chat! https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc SOCIAL: • Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl • Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec • Mike: Find me on Discord (link above) • Privacy and security news: https://twitter.com/p...

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