Security Now - 16k MP3

SN962: The Internet Dodged a Bullet


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What's the worst mistake that the provider of remotely accessible residential webcams could possibly make? What surprises did last week's Patch Tuesday bring? Why would any website put an upper limit on password length? And for that matter, what's up with no use of special characters? Will Canada's ban on importing the Flipper-Zero hacking gadgets reduce car theft? Exactly why didn't the Internet build-in security from the start? How could they miss that? Doesn't Facebook's notice of a previous password leak information? Why isn't TOTP just another password that's unknown to an attacker? Can exposing SNMP be dangerous? Why doesn't eMail's general lack of encryption and other security make eMail-only login very insecure? And, finally, what major cataclysm did the Internet just successfully dodge? And is it even possible to have a "minor cataclysm"? Today, we'll be taking a number of deep dives after we examine a potential solution to global warming and energy production as shown in our terrific picture of the week. Some things are so obvious in retrospect.
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