We found 10 episodes of Smashing Security with the tag “privacy”.
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281: Debug ransomware and win $1,000,000, period-tracking apps, and AI gets emotional
June 30th, 2022 | 59 mins 47 secs
abortion, ai, bug bounty, facial recognition, lockbit, period tracker, privacy, ransomware
A new version of the LockBit ransomware offers a bug bounty, women uninstall period-tracking apps in fear of how their data might be used against them, and Microsoft's facial recognition tech no longer wants to know how you're feeling.
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280: Hot tub hijinx, and a sentient AI
June 23rd, 2022 | 40 mins 19 secs
ai, data breach, google, hot tub, hot tub time machine, iot, jacuzzi, lamda, privacy, van gogh, vulnerability
Internet-connected jacuzzis find themselves in hot water, and a Google engineer claims that their AI has developed feelings.
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278: Tim Hortons, avoiding sanctions, and good faith security research
June 9th, 2022 | 40 mins 25 secs
hacking, lockbit, mandiant, privacy, ransomware, revil, sanctions, tim hortons, tracking, white hat
Trouble brews with the Tim Hortons app, Mandiant gets in a tussle with a Russian ransomware gang, and should good faith security researchers be at risk of prosecution?
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276: Webcam extortion, Michael Fish, and food foul-ups
May 26th, 2022 | 54 mins 30 secs
browser, food, hacking, michael fish, nude photos, privacy, screencastify, sextortion, supply chain, vulnerability, webcam
A browser extension bug let malicious websites spy on webcams, hackers threaten the global food supply chain, and Michael Fish (not that one...) hacked into his female classmates' online accounts, hunting for nude photos and videos.
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275: Jail for Bing, and mental health apps may not be good for you
May 19th, 2022 | 1 hr 5 mins
hacking, malware, mental health, privacy, ransomware, telegram, vulnerability
A man hacks his employer to prove its security sucks, Telegram provides a helping hand to the Eternity Project malware, and what the heck do mental health apps think they're up to?
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271: Crypto break-in, Google blurring, and mics not muting
April 21st, 2022 | 50 mins 46 secs
apple, cryptocurrency, google, icloud, metamask, microphone, privacy, russia, social engineering, ukraine, zoom
A man loses $650,000 from his cryptocurrency wallet after his Apple iCloud account is hacked, video conferencing apps may not be muting your mic quite the way you imagined, and Google has unblurred military bases in Russia... or has it?
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262: Macro progress, eyeball-tracking ads, and encryption backdoors
February 17th, 2022 | 57 mins 59 secs
concept, encryption, macro, malware, microsoft, microsoft word, moviepass, privacy
How does Microsoft hope to defeat the macro terror? How is the UK Government trying to influence the public's opinion on end-to-end encryption? And what is MoviePass hoping to do with your eyeballs?
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255: Revolting receipts, a Twitter fandango, and shopkeeper cyber tips
December 9th, 2021 | 53 mins 27 secs
antiwork, ecommerce, printer, privacy, small business, twitter, vulnerability
"Demonically" possessed devices print out antiwork propaganda, advice on how to secure your store, and is Twitter's new photo privacy policy practical?
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252: Hotel hacks, workplace spies, and the FBI
November 18th, 2021 | 1 hr 1 min
booking.com, data breach, email, fbi, hotel, middle east, privacy, spyware, surveillance, vinny troia, vulnerability
Booking.com got hacked five years ago, and didn't tell its customers... but now we know who might have been behind it. Bossware rears its ugly head again in the workplace, spying on employees. And did you receive a warning email from the FBI?
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251: PrawnHub, Tesla recall, and IoT luggage
November 11th, 2021 | 41 mins 59 secs
angling, dns, iot, pornhub, privacy, tesla, twitter, vulnerabilities
Fishing fanatics find themselves in deep water, Teslas go haywire after an update, and is there actually some good news about IoT?