In our latest episode, Dr. Chris Pierson from BlackCloak shares why business executives, CISO and other high-profile individuals are prime targets for hackers, while sharing tips and insights on how we can all protect our digital lives.

Also: Have you ever used a pet's name as a password? As many as 1 in 6 of us have. Our furry friends may make terrible passwords, but they make for a great round of Play Your Password Right. 🐱 🧨 🎧

🏰  Watchtower Weekly

• A shameful security flaw could have let anyone access your Grindr account
• Grindr exposed its users’ HIV statuses to two other companies
• Grindr shares personal data with ad companies in violation of GDPR
• Contact-tracing data harvested from pubs and restaurants being sold on
• Experts warn of 'mass violation of rights' as contact-tracing data collected in pubs sold on

🎙 Guest Interview - Dr. Chris Pierson 

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• Follow @BlackCloakCyber on Twitter
• Visit: https://blackcloak.io/

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🚨  Play Your Passwords Right 

We show a password, then reveal how many times that has been in a breach. We then show another and guess higher or lower.

To play along visit: haveibeenpwned.com/passwords

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This week: Is behavioral advertising out of control? (Short answer: yes, but listen in to find out why.) Plus, our very own David Hogg joins us to reveal the fun and unique ways people use 1Password.

Finally, fingers meet buzzers for the customary chaos of Play Your Passwords Right, complete with giveaway results! Ready? Let's go… 🚨

🏰 Watchtower Weekly

• Ireland’s data watchdog slammed for letting adtech carry on ‘biggest breach of all time’
• Google 'formally' bans stalkerware apps from the Play Store
• 'I monitor my staff with software that takes screenshots'

🔐 This Week at 1Password

Back stage access to all things 1Password!

This week we discuss...

• 1Password Support: https://support.1password.com/
• 1Password Resources: https://1password.com/resources/
• 1Password Forum: https://1password.community/
• Contact Us

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🚨 Play Your Passwords Right 

We show a password, then reveal how many times that has been in a breach. We then show another and guess higher or lower.

To play along visit: haveibeenpwned.com/passwords

🏆 Giveaway Winner

Our winner is @danemachiela

A big thank you to everyone who entered. Listen out for more giveaways coming soon!

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Three words: Safer. Online. Payments. Bo Jiang of Privacy.com joins us to talk about our exciting new partnership that will let you create virtual payment cards in your browser and store them in 1Password. Find out more at: 
https://blog.1password.com/privacy-virtual-cards

Plus, your burning questions answered in this week's #Ask1Password, and Roo pops in for Play Your Passwords Right: Star Wars edition. I have a bad feeling about this…  ✨🚀

Watchtower Weekly

• Apple delays privacy feature that would let iPhone owners keep ad tracking at bay
• A Florida teen allegedly shut down remote school with a DDoS attack
• NSA surveillance exposed by Snowden ruled unlawful

🎙Guest Interview - Bo Jiang 

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• Follow @bolingj on Twitter
• Visit: privacy.com/1password

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🎁 It's Giveaway Time!

Suggest a theme for Play Your Passwords Right. Our favourite will win some swag, and the theme will appear on the show. Use the #Ask1Password hashtag or email us at [email protected]

Giveaway closes on September 29th. We will announce the winners on the next episode. 

🚨 Play Your Passwords Right 

We show a password, then reveal how many times that has been in a breach. We then show another and guess higher or lower.

To play along visit: haveibeenpwned.com/passwords

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This week, we sit down with Twitter royalty @hacks4pancakes (AKA Lesley Carhart) to find out her top rules for incident response, and what can be gained from the online security community.

We also take a regretful Uber ride through some Watchtower Weekly, and attempt to conclude the Harry Potter-themed edition of Play Your Passwords Right. Get your wands at the ready for "The Deathly Hallows: Part 2" 🧙🏾‍♂️

Watchtower Weekly

• North Korean hacking gang targets banks worldwide
• How a hacker's typo helped stop a billion dollar bank heist
• Facebook complains that iOS14 is too private
• Uber ex-security boss accused of covering up hack attack

🎙Guest Interview - Lesley Carhart

• Follow @hacks4pancakes on Twitter
• Follow @DragosInc on Twitter
• Lesley's blog: https://tisiphone.net/
• Visit dragos.com

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🚨 Play Your Passwords Right 

We show a password, then reveal how many times that has been in a breach. We then show another and guess higher or lower.

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Heard the news? 📣 1Password is coming to Linux! Settle in, as Extensions Team Lead Mitch Cohen delivers the scoop on how 1Password for Linux came to be – and what you can expect from the release later this year. Plus there's a hilariously short-lived, Harry Potter-themed edition of Play Your Passwords Right. All this, plus all the security news your ears can handle, right here. Mischief managed 🧙‍♀️

🏰 Watchtower Weekly

• Boeing 747s still get critical updates via floppy disks
• Over a Billion Android Devices at Risk of Data Theft
• Tea at the Ritz soured by credit card scammers

🔐 This Week at 1Password

Back stage access to all things 1Password!

This week we discuss...

• 1Password for Linux development preview
• The longest forum post in our history
• 1Password for Open Source Projects
• Get Started: Get to know 1Password for Linux

🗣 #Ask1Password

Ask us anything! Please use the #Ask1Password hashtag or send us an email at: [email protected]

🚨 Play Your Passwords Right 

We show a password, then reveal how many times that has been in a breach. We then show another and guess higher or lower.

To play along visit: haveibeenpwned.com/passwords

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Chaos ensues as we attempt our first episode before a "live studio audience" (ahem) for this special 50th episode of Random But Memorable! 🎉

Buzzers at the ready as we introduce a brand new segment: Play Your Passwords Right! What could go wrong?

Plus we announce our lucky giveaway winners, and, as usual, hurtle through the latest security happenings like some runaway news-train in Watchtower Weekly.

Log out, tune in…

Watchtower Weekly

• Troy Hunt on recent data breaches
• More than 30 UK charities affected by Blackbaud cyber attack
• Promo.com announces data breach
• Avon Cosmetics leaks 7GB of data
• Dunzo suffers data breach
• Dave data breach affects 7.5 million users
• Hackers broke into real news sites to plant fake stories
• The new ultrasonic jamming device for Amazon Echo
• Garmin staggers back online after ransomware attack
• Garmin paid multi-million dollar ransom to criminals

🏆 Giveaway Winners 

Our winners are... 

• @DXZDB
• @JeffCutler
• Owen
• @ryanfeeley

A big thanks to everyone for entering. Listen out for more giveaways coming soon!

🚨 Play Your Passwords Right 

We show a password, then reveal how many times that has been in a breach. We then show another and guess higher or lower.

To play along visit: haveibeenpwned.com/passwords

🗣 #Ask1Password

Ask us anything! Please use the #Ask1Password hashtag or send us an email at: [email protected]

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Please get in touch using #Ask1Password and let us know what you think of the show, you can also leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Does the entire internet weigh the same as one large strawberry? 🍓Join us for the final episode of season four, as we wave goodbye to Real or Not Real.

Super-fan Matt, also sits down with Mike Pound, widely known for his appearances on the YouTube series Computerphile. Settle in, as we find out how he simplifies security concepts like encryption, password cracking, and much more. 

If you've loved the show this season, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. We would really appreciate it!

This episode was recorded on July 16th, more information has been made available since then on various news items discussed. Please find updated links below.

Watchtower Weekly

• A Twitter Hacking Spree Hits Elon Musk, Obama, Apple, and More
• Twitter addresses hacking fallout
• Years before big hack, Twitter contractors reportedly spied on celebs
• Twitter says hackers viewed 36 accounts' private messages
• Facebook Just Failed Its First Ever Civil Rights Audit
• The Great Hack - Netflix
• ad.watch - Political Ad Spend on Facebook & Instagram

Guest Interview - Mike Pound

• Follow @_mikepound on Twitter
• Follow @computer_phile on Twitter
• Subscribe to Computerphile on YouTube
• How Password Managers Work - Computerphile
• Secret Key Exchange (Diffie-Hellman) - Computerphile
• Password Cracking - Computerphile
• Feistel Cipher - Computerphile

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It's Giveaway Time!

Suggest a segment to replace Real or Not Real for the next season of Random but Memorable. Our favourite will win some swag, and the segment could appear on the show. Use the #Ask1Password hashtag or email us at [email protected]

Giveaway closes on July 31st. We will announce the winners on the 50th episode. 

Real or Not Real?

The entire internet weighs about the same as one large strawberry.

Read more here.

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Troy Hunt is back for another Random but Memorable! 🎉 Fresh off their mini scooters, Matt and Troy discuss everything from data breaches, to the obscure personal information a cat forum needs to know. We also announce the release of 1Password's latest feature: domain breach report.

Plus, Roo takes charge of the penultimate Real or Not Real and we reveal our latest giveaway. Don't say we never spoil you.

Watchtower Weekly

• Sony announces its bug bounty program
• Google Will Delete Your Data by Default — in 18 Months
• Apple Catches TikTok Secretly Spying On Millions Of iPhone Users

Guest Interview - Troy Hunt

• Follow @troyhunt on Twitter
• Follow @haveibeenpwned on Twitter
• Visit troyhunt.com
• Visit haveibeenpwned.com
• 1Password blog: Guard against external data breaches with domain breach reports

#Ask1Password

Ask us anything! Please use the #Ask1Password hashtag or send us an email at: [email protected].

It's Giveaway Time!

Suggest a segment to replace Real or Not Real for the next season of Random but Memorable. Our favourite will win some swag, and the segment could appear on the show. Use the #Ask1Password hashtag or email us at [email protected]

Giveaway closes on July 31st. We will announce the winners on the 50th episode. 

Real or Not Real?

Mystery Flavor Dum Dums are made when the factory switches from one flavor production run to another and are the result of combining the end of one flavor’s mix with the start of the next flavor’s mix.

Read more here.

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This week, we lift the lid on a whole host of crazy stuff in Watchtower Weekly. From a scary case of eBay fronted cyber-stalking, to some woefully lax security at the CIA. We also announce Watchtower notifications – coming to 1Password! 🏰🚨Join the gang, as we unveil this new feature and much more.

And if all that wasn't enough, we host a fun-packed interview with Jake Moore. Jake is Cybersecurity Specialist and Spokesperson for ESET. We're just going to drop that right in here.

Watchtower Weekly

• Zoom does 180 on encryption plans
• Former eBay executives charged with cyber-stalking
• CIA cyber weapons stolen in historic breach due to 'woefully lax security'
• Want to know the CIA's password for its top-secret hacking tools? 123ABCdef
• Amazon 'thwarts largest ever DDoS cyber-attack'

Guest Interview - Jake Moore

• Follow @Jake_MooreUK on Twitter
• Follow @ESETUK on Twitter
• Visit ESET
• ESET UK Job Vacancies

#Ask1Password

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Real or Not Real?

Goldfish have a 3 second memory. Read more here.

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Are you heading to a protest? This week we offer some advice on how to keep yourself secure. Join us for Watchtower Weekly, as we attempt to unravel the ongoing encryption debate and more.

Stay tuned for a very special Matt edition of Real or Not Real, that stuns Anna & Roo to silence. 

Watchtower Weekly

• UK Ad Campaign Seeks to Deter Cybercrime
• Mark Zuckerberg promised default end-to-end encryption throughout Facebook's platforms
• Zoom says free users won’t get end-to-end encryption so FBI and police can access calls
• Glastonbury Town Council has resolved to adopt recommendations of their ‘5G Advisory Committee'
• How Do I Prepare My Phone for a Protest? - The Markup
• How to Protest Safely: What to Bring, What to Do, and What to Avoid - Wired

Black Lives Matter - Donations 

Below are just a few of the many charities and organisations open to donations.

• NAACP
• NUCF
• Equal Justice Initiative

#Ask1Password

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Real or Not Real?

Your feet are older than your head. Read more here.

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