 
Picture of the Week. 
LastPass Breached. 
The US Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against data broker Kochava. 
The US Federal Communications Commission launched an investigation into mobile carriers' geolocation data practices. 
California, here I come! 
A conversation with a Ransomware Attacker. 
DuckDuckGo's Privacy-Enhanced eMail Forwarding. 
Another IoT mess care of "Hikvision" 
SpinRite. 
Closing The Loop. 
Wacky Data Exfiltration. 
We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-886-Notes.pdf 
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte 
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SN 886: Wacky Data Exfiltration - LastPass breach, FTC Kochava lawsuit, Hikvision IoT mess

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Picture of the Week. 
Most to least common 4-digit pins. 
Enhanced LORAN. 
Passkeys. 
Microsoft's Head in the Clouds. 
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-974-Notes.pdf 
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte 
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SN 974: Microsoft's Head in the Clouds - 4-Digit Pins, Long Range Navigation, Microsoft

 
The vulnerability of GPS 
Is the sky falling on all VPN systems? 
Multi-user Passkeys, YubiKeys? 
The iCloud Keychain 
The UK and Google's Topics 
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-973-Notes.pdf 
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte 
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SN 973: Not So Fast - GPS Vulnerabilites, VPN Flaw

 
GCHQ: No more default passwords for consumer IoT devices! 
What happened with Chrome and 3rd-party cookies? 
Race conditions and multi-threading 
GM "accidentally" enrolled millions into "OnStar Smart Driver +" program 
Steve recommends Ryk Brown's "Frontiers Saga" 
SpinRite update 
Passkeys: A Shattered Dream? 
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-972-Notes.pdf 
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte 
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SN 972: Passkeys: A Shattered Dream? - IoT Default Passwords, Passkeys

 
What do you call "Stuxnet on steroids"?? 
Voyager 1 update 
Android 15 to quarantine apps 
Thunderbird & Microsoft Exchange 
China bans Western encrypted messaging apps 
Gentoo says "no" to AI 
Cars collecting diving data 
Freezing your credit 
Investopedia 
Computer Science Abstractions 
Lazy People vs. Secure Systems 
Actalis issues free S/MIME certificates 
PIN Encryption 
DRAM and GhostRace 
AT&T; Phishing Scam 
Race Conditions and Multi-core processors 
An Alternative to the Current Credit System 
SpinRite Updates 
Chat (out of) Control 
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-971-Notes.pdf 
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte 
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SN 971: Chat (out of) Control - Fuxnet, Android Quarantine, Gentoo

 
An update on the AT&T; data breach 
340,000 social security numbers leaked 
Cookie Notice Compliance 
The GDPR does enforce some transparency 
Physical router buttons 
Wifi enabled button pressers 
Netsecfish disclosure of Dlink NAS vulnerability 
Chrome bloat 
SpinRite update 
GhostRace 
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-970-Notes.pdf 
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte 
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SN 886: Wacky Data Exfiltration - LastPass breach, FTC Kochava lawsuit, Hikvision IoT mess

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