We found 10 episodes of Smashing Security with the tag “google”.
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154: A buttock of biometrics
November 14th, 2019 | 50 mins 2 secs
apple, credit card, ddos, fitness, google, health data, labour, monopoly
The UK's Labour Party kicks off its election campaign with claims that it has suffered a sophisticated cyber-attack, Apple's credit card is accused of being sexist, and what is Google up to with Project Nightingale?
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151: Frankly, sometimes paying the ransom is a good idea
October 24th, 2019 | 55 mins 49 secs
alexa, amazon, backups, baltimore, digital assistants, google, google home, passwords, phishing, privacy, ransomware, smart speakers
Remember how the City of Baltimore was badly hit by ransomware earlier this year? Turns out that wasn't the end of their problems. Also, Carole takes a look at how smart speakers can be hacked to trick you into giving criminals your passwords or even credit card details. And we discuss the findings of the LastPass global password security report.
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145: Apple and Google willy wave while home assistants spy - DoH!
September 12th, 2019 | 44 mins 21 secs
alexa, android, apple, dns, doh, google, home assistant, https, ios, malware, nintendo wii, siri
Apple is furious with Google over iPhone hacking attacks against Uyghur Muslims in China, DNS-over-HTTPS is good for privacy but makes ISPs angry, and concern over digital assistants listening to our private moments continues to rise.
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144: Google helps the FBI, Twitter Jack’s hijack, and car data woes
September 5th, 2019 | 51 mins 34 secs
android, car, doctor who, fbi, google, jack dorsey, location services, privacy, terrance dicks, twitter
Should Google really be helping the FBI with a bank robbery? What's the story behind the Twitter CEO claiming there's a bomb in their offices? And how much does your car really know about you?
And we mourn the loss of Doctor Who legend Terrance Dicks...
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130: Doctored videos, Bcc blunders, and a diva
May 30th, 2019 | 48 mins 10 secs
data breach, deepfakes, email, facebook, fake news, gdpr, google, malware, privacy, samantha-antoinette smith, twitter, video
You won't believe who had to report themselves to the data protection agency for a breach, or who has been sharing doctored videos of political rivals, or how much money you can make selling a laptop infected with malware... and how Carole gets her diva on.
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129: Too Long; Didn't Listen
May 23rd, 2019 | 51 mins 34 secs
2fa, china, google, hackers, phishing, scam, social media
Don't hire a hacker, they might scam you! What works and what doesn't when it comes to protecting your email account? And China's controversial social credit system comes under the microscope.
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115: Love, Nests, and is 2FA destroying the world?
February 14th, 2019 | 38 mins 52 secs
2fa, apple, catfishing, google, iphone, nest
Is two factor authentication such a pain in the rear end that it's costing the economy millions? Do you feel safe having a Google Nest in your home? And don't get caught by a catfisher this Valentine's Day.
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112: Payroll scams, gold coin heists, web giants spanked
January 24th, 2019 | 43 mins 7 secs
boars, business email compromise, coin, facebook, gdpr, google, payroll, privacy, the office quest
Business email compromise evolves to target your company's payroll, how the world's largest gold coin was stolen from a Berlin museum, and are internet giants feeling the heat yet over data security?
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109: Grinches target Amazon and Reddit, stealing Christmas from the poor
December 20th, 2018 | 46 mins 58 secs
amazon, bigfoot, christmas, google, grinch, hacking, paul mccartney, pewdiepie, printer, reddit, ringo starr, t-series, womble, youtube
Join us for our special Christmas episode as we tell tales of printer hacking, website defacement, Grinches, and how Google is snooping on your private YouTube videos.
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094: Rogue browser extensions, Twitter presence, and how to cheat in exams
September 6th, 2018 | 52 mins
browser, cheating, chrome, examinations, extension, google, mega, privacy, proctoru, twitter
What's the danger when browser extensions go bad? Is Twitter sharing your online status a boon for stalkers? And which of the show's hosts is going to admit to cheating in their exams?