Transatlantic Cable Podcast
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Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 153
July 29, 2020 08:18 - 27 minutes - 37.8 MBTo start episode 153 of the Transatlantic Cable podcast, Dave and Jeff look back on four years of the NoMoreRansom initiative – Kaspersky, which is one of the four founding members has helped millions from paying ransomware fees. From there, they look at how the recent Garmin ransomware hack has affected flying thanks to flyGarmin being knocked off-line during the attack. They also look at how the US government is trying (once again) to add back-doors into encrypted messages and traffic. ...
Transatlantic Cable - Episode 152
July 22, 2020 09:50 - 57 minutes - 79.6 MBTo start the 152nd episode of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable Podcast, Dave and I talk about a new threat to fast charging devices. The BadPower attack, sees firmware of fast charging devices altered in a manner that literally fries the devices using it. From there, we head into the legal end of the hacking of Ripoff Report. This also looks at the pending legal issues that the hacker faces in the States. The third story of the pod jumps into the cyber-world where China is proposing some ...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 151
July 15, 2020 08:00 - 27 minutes - 37.6 MBDave and I kick off this week’s edition of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable Podcast, we look into the conviction of the LinkedIn hacker. While we talk a lot on this podcast on data breaches and hacking, but this story was a bit of nostalgia. From there, we hit on a pair of stories on TikTok. The first story is the one that will make you go hmmm. Recently both the Republican and Democratic national committees have warned their members to delete TikTok from their devices or and to avoid usi...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - episode 150
July 09, 2020 08:14 - 22 minutes - 30.4 MBFor the 150th episode of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable Podcast, Dave and I start by looking at how EU authorities were able to crack into an encrypted communications platform used by criminals. This joint operation by multiple law enforcement organizations, saw over 700 arrests tied to criminal activities. From there, we head to India and the geopolitical tension between the country and China. In this instance, the collateral damage of this are influencers, more specifically those who ...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 149
June 30, 2020 12:07 - 18 minutes - 25.4 MBFor the 149th instalment of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast, Jeff and I look at how (and why) the Israeli government has saw fit to use fish to help fend off cyber-security attacks. We also tackle the thorny issue of TikTok privacy and how they were caught with their hand in the cookie-jar, again. From there we move to more interesting news as it seems in the near future, Google will pay for you to read pay-walled news. Also on the podcast this week is a more serious look at why ...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 148
June 24, 2020 13:25 - 29 minutes - 40 MBTo kick off the 148th edition of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast, Dave and I hop into a interesting topic. For those of you who have been on Instagram, Twitter or other social media sites, you have probably heard of OnlyFans. For those who are unaware, this is a site where users can pay a content producer for exclusive or private videos. Often these images or videos are of the adult nature. However, as with many subscription services there is often an illicit market, this one is ...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 147
June 17, 2020 15:19 - 27 minutes - 37.1 MBFor the 147th installment of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast, Dave and I have a fairly strong law and order feel. To kick things off, we look to the UK. Similar to our discussion on Singapore’s Covid-19 app, the NHS looks to have some working out to do on their app before rolling it out. We then hang onto another popular story of 2020 prior to the pandemic – US cities hit with ransomware. In this case, it was the city of Knoxville, Tennessee. For the third story of the week, we...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 146
June 10, 2020 09:38 - 33 minutes - 45.9 MBOn this week’s episode of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast, Dave and I jump across a wide array of stories and also end on a lighter note than usual. For our first story, we jump across the world to Japan and into the world of automobiles. Now, we aren’t talking smart cars or car hacking, but rather, classic infosec. It appears that Honda is currently under attack from Snake ransomware. After this, we hop over to the UK where we look at the state of IoT appliances and also what th...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 145
June 03, 2020 07:38 - 23 minutes - 42.7 MBDave and I kick off this week’s edition of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast, we discuss disinformation in the US in the wake of current events. With the focus on the news in the States, we highlight the need for those educating themselves to make sure that they are reading solid information from reputable sources. There is a lot of misinformation being produced and shared, so we kindly ask you to think before sharing. If something sounds a bit off, make sure that you are looking a...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 144
May 27, 2020 14:00 - 28 minutes - 51.7 MBA lot of hype has generated around the Chinese vision of social ratings. People on both sides of the aisle have chimed in. However one thing that is often left off the table is that social ratings are around all of us whether we like it or not. For this edition of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast, Dave and I sit down with Marco Preuss to discuss some recent research from the company in regards to social ratings. During our extensive conversation, we discuss the current state of ...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 143
May 21, 2020 08:08 - 30 minutes - 69.8 MBWe kick off the 143rd edition of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast looking at a coronavirus driven scam to unemployment in the US. The US Secret Service has issued an alert that warns states that there are states currently seeing an increase in fraudulent activity on unemployment insurance claims. There is also an interesting look at how the money is laundered from there. Following that story, we hop into the film industry. A new study highlights that there is an increase of illega...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 142
May 14, 2020 07:59 - 39 minutes - 54.8 MBWelcome to the 142nd edition of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast, Dave and I tackle a number of pressing stories and have a conversation with one of the company’s regional managing directors. We start off the podcast by looking at a data breach at a dating site. Earlier in the week, the Shiny Hunters made over 70 million credentials available for sale on the Dark Web, including ones for dating site Zoosk. If you are a user of the site, be sure to change your password and if you ha...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 141
May 07, 2020 08:54 - 35 minutes - 48.4 MBWe kick off our conversation with Mr. Jacoby by looking into what he has been up to since we last spoke with him on this podcast. After that, we dive into his adaptation to what he is calling a covidcation before jumping into his two presentations at SAS at Home (an online version of our traditional Security Analyst Summit). While discussing that, we look at what hackers have changed and how humans are still lazy. For those regular listeners to the podcast, you may get some laughs out of D...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 140
April 30, 2020 08:14 - 31 minutes - 43 MBIn episode 140 of the Transatlantic Cable Podcast Jeff and Dave look at how the U.K government is looking to tackle terrorism and spying through the use of artificial intelligence. Dave and Jeff also look at Google’s fight against Covid-19 spam (hint: there’s a LOT of Covid-19 spam out there) In addition, they also look at recent Kaspersky research, which shows that fraudsters are looking to create legitimate looking phishing emails pretending to be news about recent online purchases. I...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 139
April 23, 2020 08:12 - 39 minutes - 54.3 MBFor the 139th edition of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast, Dave and I continue in our model of stories and adding in some practical tips from one of our experts. Our first story jumps back on a very popular topic of late, Zoom. This story takes a look at serious flaws reported by Dropbox and also dives into the bug bounty program that the company has for it’s vendors. From there, we hop into a look behind the curtain at Google. The company notes that they are blocking 18M scam e...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 138
April 15, 2020 15:45 - 9 minutes - 13.6 MBThere is no question that the global pandemic that is Covid-19 has disrupted the way that we work, school, educate and generally live and interact with our community, friends and families. Now, when it comes to our personal spaces, we all are pretty much used to this new “normal,” we wondered how this pandemic is impacting those owning and managing companies across the globe. Dave and I tapped into our networks and decided that the best route was to stay close to home. For the Kaspersky ...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 137
April 08, 2020 08:14 - 39 minutes - 53.7 MBFor the 137th edition of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast, Dave and I discuss a handful of stories and also sit down with Marco Preuss of our Global Research and Analysis team to discuss privacy and security on today’s Internet. For our first story, we jump into Zoom. The company has been in the news a lot lately, and not necessarily in a positive way. This story takes a look at the changes that the company is making after facing some recently disclosed security related issues. W...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 136
April 02, 2020 07:39 - 41 minutes - 57.5 MBFor this week’s edition of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast, Dave and I return to a bit of normalcy, while also adding in another interview with a member of our larger Kaspersky team. We kick of the session discussing with the UK removing broadband caps during the Covid-19 pandemic. From there, we jump onto the Zoom wagon, where we look at how the company has removed some data sharing with Facebook that had some users uneasy. Our third story takes a look at the latest scam on Yo...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 135
March 25, 2020 14:53 - 39 minutes - 91.3 MBHello everyone! Hopefully you are practicing social distancing and staying sane while working. For the 135th edition of this week’s Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable Podcast, Dave and I continue our quest to bring positive vibes to your remote workday. This week, we sit down with Kristina Branchugova of the brand team at Kaspersky. While she may work on the brand side of things, Kristina has a very interesting hobby outside of the office – gaming. During our chat, we discuss everything from ...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 134
March 18, 2020 15:07 - 34 minutes - 47.3 MBFor the 134th edition of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable Podcast, Dave and I take a break from our regular schedule program. As everyone knows, Covid-19 has turned the world on its head. Now, many of you probably don’t know, but Dave and I are close to 100% remote when we work. On this episode, we discuss our setups as well as some best practices that we have worked out for our working lives whilst remote. As the workforce moves to being more remote for at least the foreseeable future,...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 133
March 12, 2020 08:49 - 32 minutes - 73.6 MBFor the 133rd edition of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable Podcast, we set clear boundaries of what Dave and I are not experts on. Spoiler: it is a pretty large list. To kick things off, we look at the digital impact of the Corona virus (AKA Covid-19). Like many major world events, cybercriminals are using this as a platform for illicit gains. Be careful what you click on friends. From there, we hop into a story about the tables being turned on a scam call center in India. Now, there is ...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 132
March 04, 2020 12:29 - 30 minutes - 69.6 MBTo kick off the 132nd edition of the Kaspersky Podcast, Dave and I discuss an IoT issue for pet owners. Owners of the Gen2 feeders, saw that there feeders stopped working, and in one case a guy’s pets not being fed for a week. So, questionable pet parenting aside, this begs the question of why they need to be online - as is our often IoT question. The second story takes us to the land down under where Facebook is being called upon to ban links to the Pirate Bay as they may contain malwar...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 131
February 26, 2020 07:49 - 27 minutes - 63.1 MBFor the 131st episode of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable Podcast, Dave and I are all about the idioms and lolz -kind of (spoiler - you’ll have to give a listen to see). To start things off, we take a look at a US natural gas company that is in the news for the wrong reasons. In this story, the company was closed for two days following a ransomware attack. While ransomware is nothing new to readers of this blog, the part that is interesting is that the government assessment notes that the...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 130
February 19, 2020 12:45 - 30 minutes - 70.6 MBWe open up the 139th edition of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable Podcast looking at a favourite topic of discussion… Facebook. Instead of the typical security-related incident, we start with the company speaking on regulation from governments. Yes friends, you read that correctly, Mark Zuckerberg is asking for governments to implement regulations as to what is and what is not kosher when it comes to fake news, disinformation or just bending the truth. After Facebook, we head to the Dark...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 129
February 12, 2020 09:34 - 30 minutes - 70.7 MBWelcome to the 129th episode of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable Podcast! In this episode, Dave and I cover a handful of stories that you may have missed, but should be aware of as well as taking you behind the scenes of the upcoming Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit, AKA #TheSAS2020 coming up in April. To kick things off, we discuss a story about a new warning from UK police. While you may think of warnings of not leaving valuables in cars, this one is a tad different. You see, the polic...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 128
February 05, 2020 14:18 - 26 minutes - 61.8 MBDave and I open up the latest episode of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable Podcast, looking at recent research from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). Dave and I open up looking at an interesting unsecured server. The research from the EFF goes under the hood in regards to privacy and the Ring. In this case, the privacy violation is data sharing with third parties. While on the topic of privacy, we then hop across the pond and look at GDPR. I know, everyone’s favorite topic. In th...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 127
January 29, 2020 13:26 - 24 minutes - 55.4 MBFor the 127th episode of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable Podcast Dave and I open up looking at an interesting unsecured server. Unlike many of the recent stories that mention insecure AWS or Azure servers of random companies being unsecured, this one comes from Microsoft’s support. While the server has since been secured, it is worth double-checking that you are really chatting with the company should you be looking for support. Following that story, we head over to looking at some vul...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 126
January 22, 2020 09:49 - 20 minutes - 46.8 MBDave and I open up the 126th episode of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable Podcast by following up with the Travelex story from last week. While not a resolution or mission accomplished moment, it is more of a warning of new phone-based scams targeting customers of the company. The second story heads to the adult industry and an unfortunate data breach. Unlike many breaches that have similar PII exposed, this breach exposes that and more including tattoos, scars and photos of passports....
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 125
January 16, 2020 09:37 - 22 minutes - 50.9 MBWelcome to the 125th edition of the Transatlantic Cable Podcast! Dave and I open up the episode deep in the heart of Texas. In this story, a school system lost millions of dollars by transferring funds to cybercriminals after falling victim to a phishing campaign. From there, we head further West to Las Vegas. The city was recently hit with a cyber incident. The third story takes us back to the topic of Facebook. Instead of our common discussion points, this story looks at encryption and...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 124
January 08, 2020 15:51 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBAfter a couple week hiatus, Dave and I return for the 124th edition of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable Podcast Hopefully you had a great holiday and New Year. To kick off the episode, we head to one of the topics that we closed out the decade with: Amazon’s Ring. Earlier this week, the company announced that they had rolled out a new and improved privacy dashboard that was met with, well critics. From Amazon, we move to Arkansas, where ransomware may have played a bit of the Grinch for...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 123
December 18, 2019 13:54 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBWelcome to the final edition of the Kaspersky podcast for 2019. Dave and I kick off episode 123 by looking at a story in the city of New Orleans. Last week, the home of the famous Mardi Gras festivities, was hit with a series of cyber attacks including phishing and ransomware. To avoid the spread of the attack, the city pulled their computers offline and asked their employees to resort to using classic era tactics like radios and pens and paper. Following that story, we take a look at th...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 122
December 11, 2019 10:48 - 16 minutes - 14.7 MBWelcome to the 122nd edition of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast. This week, Dave and I take a look at what’s doing the rounds this week in the infosec world. To start, we take a look at how Evil Corp, a loose coalition of hackers has managed to steal over $100 million from victims – but now the FBI is offering a $5 million reward. From there, we take a look at how the Which? Consumer group, based in the UK is warning parents about a ‘hackable’ Bluetooth walkie-talkie. We then ...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 121
December 04, 2019 15:03 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBWelcome to the 121st edition of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable Podcast. This week, Dave and I hit on some topics that were missed in the Black Friday and Cyber Monday hoopla. We start off the podcast looking at smart TVs. Government entities in both the US and Russia have made some moves that are worth keeping an eye on. In the US, it was the FBI talking tape and in Russia, it is on adding software to the devices before purchase. From there, Dave and I stay on the topic of smart devic...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 120
November 28, 2019 10:16 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBWhere did the year go? One minute, we were talking about predictions for the coming year and now… well, we have entered the most wonderful time of the year. You know, the time with fat guys and red suits and burning credit cards... To kick off the 120th installment, we head to the blog of AV Test, however, we will not be talking about the ratings of AV products. Instead, we take a look at their IoT research into the insecurity of a smart watch made for children. For our second topic, we...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 119
November 20, 2019 10:41 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBWelcome to the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable Podcast. To kick off the 119th edition of the podcast, Dave and I take a look at reported bug in Facebook’s iOS app. Now the question is, is this over-hyped or something that you should be concerned with? Our second story takes a look at the current issues with 5G and the security concerns. From there, we head into the world of DDoS attacks and look at an “attack” on the Labour Party in the UK as well as statistics from our research team for the...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 118
November 13, 2019 13:40 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MBAs we take on the 118th edition of the Kaspersky podcast, Dave and I take a look to the future. The first story takes a look at Ring. Now we all know about what Ring can do now, but as we are seeing their relationships with law enforcement grow, are we ready for what the future holds? After that, we stay in the realm of Amazon and the future of Alexa. Now how would you feel if your virtual assistant had eyes and walked? From the home space, we move to the air. This story is not “new” new...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 117
November 06, 2019 14:55 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBFor the 117th episode of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable Podcast, Dave and I take change things up a bit. Instead of a 20-minute episode, we go a bit longer with a talk with one of the researchers from the Kaspersky Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT). Our first story heads to the United States and the energy sector. The issue in the story is tied to an energy company that suffered a cyberattack to their firewalls. From Arizona, we head across the Atlantic to Eurasia. In this...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 116
October 25, 2019 14:05 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBFor the 166th edition of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable Podcast, Dave and I take a look at a number of stories that tie back to the police theme. To kick off the week’s episode, we take a look at a story within the automotive space. There the author puts on his cyber sleuthing hat to realize that the license plates of cars they had used in photos would show up in Google search results. The second story jumps into more of a political piece where we take a look at the conversation s...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 115
October 23, 2019 13:54 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBThe 115th installment of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable Podcast takes a look at a wide range of stories from phishing devices in your home to the US military. To kick things off, we look at some new research tied to Google Home and Amazon Alexa devices. This one is more of a proof of concept on malicious apps phishing from a smart device already in homes. From there, we stay on the topic of Google and move from smart home devices to smart devices. This time the new Pixel has some issu...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 114
October 17, 2019 09:26 - 26 minutes - 24 MBAfter a two-week hiatus from the podcast, Dave returns for the 114th installment of the Transatlantic Cable Podcast. We open the episode looking at the latest news on the Facebook front. Unlike most of our podcasts, the focus won’t be on privacy snafus, instead, we will look at the latest news with Facebook’s Libra. Following up on that, we head across California to Google. In this week’s story, the focus is on the privacy surrounding smart speakers and whether or not owners should ...
Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 113
October 09, 2019 12:23 - 11 minutes - 20.4 MBFor the 113th episode of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast, I fly solo as Dave is still on holiday. We will return to our regularly scheduled programing in next week’s edition. To kick off the episode, I discuss the latest snafu from Twitter where verification numbers and emails may have been added to the company’s Tailored Audience program. While Twitter is still short on details, is definitely a story worth keeping an eye on. The second story looks at the latest round of Gove...
Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 112
October 02, 2019 12:41 - 22 minutes - 40.9 MBFor the 112th edition of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast, I head to Moscow to discuss privacy with four of my corporate communications colleagues. During the 20+ minute talk with Julia, Kate, Oksana and Anya, the discussion ranges from how we share online to what privacy is, what it is not and who should be regulating privacy on the Internet. If you enjoy the podcast, consider subscribing and sharing with your friends who need more regular updates on security. For more tips o...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 111
September 24, 2019 09:01 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MBOn this week’s edition of the Kaspersky Podcast, Dave and I cross both the Atlantic and Pacific while discussing the week’s story. Episode 111 kicks off with a story that is looking at how Facebook has suspended tens of thousands of apps in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. From there, we look at how TikTok has become the latest social media site that is being targeted by dating scams. We then move along to Google announcing that they have changed some policies tied to reduc...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 110
September 17, 2019 10:35 - 22 minutes - 30.6 MBOn this week’s edition of the Kaspersky Podcast, Dave and I stay Stateside for the majority of the stories this week. The first story on episode 110 has us looking at YouTube for the second week in a row. This week, we look at a tale from the BBC where major advertisers are seeing their ads landing next to fake cancer cure videos. Following that story, we take a look at the latest hoops that Equifax is making the victims of the breach jump through to gain their $125. After that, we l...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 109
September 11, 2019 10:27 - 18 minutes - 16.5 MBWelcome to the 109th edition of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable Podcast, on this week’s edition, Dave and I take a look at some of the security stories you may have missed over the past week. To kick things off, we take a look at the $107 million fine for YouTube after violated child privacy laws. After that, we stay in the States and discuss a recent outage at Tesla’s app that left some unable to start their cars – because with apps, who needs keys? In an interesting bucking of tren...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 108
September 05, 2019 09:23 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBOur first story lands us in the browser world. Instead of talking on ways you are tracked or bad things, we take a look at the good things in the latest edition of Firefox. From there, we jump back to the physical world. Our stories take us to Germany and an interesting case of banking customers having chip and pin cards cloned and €1.2 million racked up in charges. The third story takes us across the Atlantic where hundreds of dental offices have been hit with ransomware. To close things ...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 107
August 27, 2019 12:36 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBFor the latest Kaspersky Daily podcast, Dave and I dive into some of the biggest security stories that may have passed your radar this week. To kick off episode 107, we head to Kazakhstan. A while back, the government asked its citizens to install a certificate so they could track all traffic. Now Google, Apple and Mozilla have blocked that tracking on their browsers. We then head over to the twisting saga of Valve and their bug bounty program and a researcher dropping two zero days. ...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 106
August 21, 2019 15:06 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBFor the 106th edition of the Kaspersky podcast, Dave and I dive into some of the hottest cybersecurity news of the week. To start things off, we take a look at the new ransomware targeting players of Fortnite. If you have kids playing the game or play it yourself, be on the lookout for some sketchy cheats. Following that story, we examine a story from the UK that discusses how Mercedes is using sensors in leased vehicles to help repo men take back cars from those who have went arears wi...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 105
August 14, 2019 12:21 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MBWelcome to the 105th instalment of the Kaspersky podcast, Dave and I take a look at some important stories that you may have missed this week. To kick things off, we look at recent news on robocall-blocking apps. While they may look to curb the volume of these phantom calls, there is more than meets the eye. Some of these apps are actually sharing data with third-parties. After that story, we head to the latest big business to be caught listening in on “private” recordings. This time it ...
Transatlantic Cable Podcast - Episode 104
August 07, 2019 10:43 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBTo start things off, we head to a meeting of the Five Eyes nations. While there, the government representatives pushed for more backdoors in encryption – because criminals. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Following that story, we head to the US where a law is being proposed to congress to ban addictive properties of social networks. We keep on the law topic and look at the challenges from privacy groups about Amazon’s Ring doorbell and its role in surveillance by law enforcement....