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Episode 122: Major Garrett Reveals the Ties that Bond Spies and Hackers Nov 14, 2023

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On this week’s episode a veteran journalist helps us explore our usual beat from a new point of view. CBS Washington Correspondent Major Garrett is the host of “Agent of Betrayal: The Double Life of Robert Hanssen” and an absolutely stellar guide as we parse the similarities and differences between spies and hackers.

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Episode 121: Jen Caltrider Makes Us Want to Walk to the Book Store Nov 07, 2023

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Want to keep your car out of your sex life? Jen Caltrider created Mozilla’s “*Privacy Not Included” to help consumers make informed choices about popular products and services we all use—like pervert car companies and data-grabbing toys.

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Episode 120: Emily Flitter Introduces Us to the High-Net-Worth Piñata Oct 31, 2023

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We talked to New York Times reporter Emily Flitter about criminals who use deepfakes to rob high-net-worth individuals. Spoiler alert: It’s a lot easier than you might think!

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Episode 119: Angelo Carusone Isn’t Sure the Media is Ready to Rumble Oct 24, 2023

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More interested in news than partisan views? Sadly, there’s no app for that. The post-Musk media apocalypse has arrived, and it’s super misinformation-friendly. Media Matters CEO Angelo Carusone joins us to discuss how legit media can add some friction to the fictions that go viral when the world is on fire.

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Episode 118: Kashmir Hill’s Book on Facial Recognition Will Terrify You Oct 17, 2023

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Facial recognition is powered by a special sauce that few people really understand, but one thing is clear: It renders privacy a thing of the past. In her new book Your Face Belongs to Us, New York Times journalist Kashmir Hill explores the ramifications of the human face in cyberspace, and what it means for the future findability of humanity.

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Episode 117: Theresa Payton Kept the White House Safe (So Listen) Oct 10, 2023

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Ever wonder why Too-Big-To-Fail banks get hacked along with a host of other high-visibility targets get compromised, but the White House has never been breached? We did too, which is why we invited Former White House CIO and current founder and CEO of Fortalice Theresa Payton to tell us how to be safer online.

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Episode 116: Kathy Waters Is Every Catphisher’s Worst Nightmare Oct 03, 2023

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Kathy Waters is the person you always wondered about: She created one of those days; specifically, World Romance Scam Prevention Day. (Try saying that three times fast.) But seriously, we have covered a lot of love-based bogosity and yet can’t wrap our heads around how it works. Now we know, and you can too if you listen to this week’s episode.

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Episode 115: Al Franken Holds a Mock Senate Hearing on Privacy with Siri and Alexa Sep 26, 2023

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No deep fake here. This week, Al Franken does his own impersonations of Bernie Sanders, Mitch McConnell, Chuck Grassley, Sherrod Brown and Susan Collins in this mock Senate Hearing featuring Siri (played by the actual voice-over talent Susan Bennett) and Al’s fellow SNL alum Laraine Newman playing the part of Alexa.

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Episode 114: John DeMay Lost His Son to a Sextortion Scam Sep 19, 2023

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John DeMay’s son was a normal teenager, which is exactly what a sextortion ring based in Nigeria was counting on when they targeted him. This week’s episode features a conversation about the fatal outcome of a sextortion scam and an important takeaway.

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Episode 113: Ian Cohen Drops a Dime on the Myriad Trackers Stalking You Sep 12, 2023

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We all know that the Internets watch you and use what they see to haunt you with doo-dads and tee shirts, but what you may not know is that what you see is just the tip of an evil cyber iceberg (nothing against those endangered geological entities). Lokker CEO Ian Cohen fills us in on just how bad it is “out there.”

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