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FAQs about Security, Spoken:How many episodes does Security, Spoken have?The podcast currently has 2,111 episodes available.
October 10, 2017How To Tell When Someone Else Tweets From @realDonaldTrumpLike so many other Fox News devotees in search of new voids to shout into, Donald Trump loves to tweet. He also, though, happily shares his account with at least one staffer. So how do we know when the most-mad-online president in human history is actually tapping out his own material? Fortunately for us, Trump is a creature of habit, and he's got some tells. In the early days, all it took to figure out whether a tweet came from Trump himself was to peek at the source device. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...more12minPlay
October 09, 2017Gun Control Tech Exists. But It Won't Stop Mass ShootingsIn the aftermath of mass shootings in the United States, like Sunday evening's Las Vegas tragedy that killed at least 58 people and wounded over 500, a debate often emerges about how to prevent such incidents from occurring again. Part of that heated and longstanding gun-control battle is the question of whether technology can make guns safer. And they can—but not in a way that can prevent many of the country's most high profile attacks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...more9minPlay
October 06, 2017The Disturbing Rise of Cyberattacks Against Abortion ClinicsFatimah Gifford was nervous the day she was scheduled to testify in front of Texas’ Health and Human Services committee. Gifford is the VP of Communications for Whole Woman’s Health, which operates five reproductive healthcare clinics across Texas. This wasn’t her first time testifying before the state legislature, but it was her first time testifying about abortion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...more18minPlay
October 05, 20176 Fresh Horrors From the Equifax CEO's Congressional HearingThe initial drama over Equifax's September data breach has mostly subsided, but the actual damage will play out for years. And indeed, there turns out to be plenty of spectacle and public controversy left. It was all on display at a Tuesday Congressional hearing, in which lawmakers questioned Equifax's former CEO Richard Smith in an attempt to make sense of how things went so wrong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...more11minPlay
October 04, 2017This "Ghost Gun" Machine Now Makes Untraceable Metal HandgunsFor the past five years, Cody Wilson has applied every possible advance in digital manufacturing technology to the mission of undermining government attempts at gun control. First he created the world's first 3-D printed gun, a deadly plastic weapon anyone could print at home with a download and a few clicks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...more13minPlay
October 03, 2017Inmates Need Social Media. Take It From a Former PrisonerThe country’s most famous inmate is free. O.J. Simpson's release highlights the challenges of leaving prison, saddled with multiple felony convictions.I would know. It’s hard to re-enter society, but it might be easier for those returning citizens, like Simpson, whose NFL pension and luxury homes, along with the prospect of the new iPhone, await him, compared with the likely transition for those who will return to poverty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...more14minPlay
October 02, 2017Signal Has a Fix for Apps' Contact-Leaking ProblemThe encrypted-communication app Signal has a sterling reputation within the security and crypto community, but its critics point to a nagging flaw: The app asks for access to your phone's contact list when you install it. Signal's creators, like the developers of so many other social apps, consider that contact-sharing request a necessary evil, designed to make the app as easy to use as your normal calling and texting features. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...more10minPlay
September 29, 2017Jared Kushner Voted As a Woman, According to His RegistrationSince moving into the White House months ago, Jared Kushner—senior advisor and son-in-law to the President, savior of the Middle East, and possible person of interest in a federal investigation—has amassed a rather extensive project portfolio. The issues under Kushner's purview include negotiating peace between Israel and Palestine, fixing the opioid crisis, updating technology across the entire federal government, and spearheading criminal justice reform, to name just a few. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...more8minPlay
September 28, 2017How One Syrian Fought to the Death for a Free InternetIn 2003, when Jon Phillips was 24, he met someone who changed everything about how he perceived the world. At the time, Phillips was a graduate student in computer science and visual art at the University of California, San Diego. Rather than work for a big tech company, as most of his friends were doing, he wanted to use his computing skills to “build society and community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...more29minPlay
September 27, 2017An Ambitious Plan to Stop DDoS for Good Has Its LimitsThe digital assaults known as distributed denial of service attacks occur constantly, whether you notice them or not. Corporations, internet infrastructure companies, and other large targets like universities and government agencies experience them frequently, or in some cases constantly. The only reason more of the internet doesn't exist in a constant state of DDoS-caused collapse? Third-party companies that offer protection services. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...more14minPlay
FAQs about Security, Spoken:How many episodes does Security, Spoken have?The podcast currently has 2,111 episodes available.