Wordle - good or bad for the world? Whatever your opinion, at least someone wants to spoil players' fun. Meanwhile, we take a look at the threat mobile phones can pose to your mental health.

All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault.

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• Wordle - A daily word game.
• Friend of the show Mark Stockley bragging about his Wordle play — Twitter.
• Wordle Accessibility — Generates descriptive text for your Wordle result.
• Twitter suspends Wordle-ruining bot — The Verge.
• Screen Time: How to make peace with your devices and find your techquilibrium — Book by Becca Cady.
• 2022 Cell Phone Usage Statistics: How Obsessed Are We? — Reviews.org.
• Is Your Phone Affecting Your Mental Health? — Butler Hospital.
• The people deciding to ditch their smartphones — BBC News.
• No place is sacred: Addicted Americans use cell phones at weddings, funerals, on the toilet! — Study Finds.
• Is Your Mobile Phone Use Bad for Your Mental Health? — Mental Health.
• From low sense of control to problematic smartphone use severity during Covid-19 outbreak: The mediating role of fear of missing out and the moderating role of repetitive negative thinking — PLOS.
• Ten ways to take control of your smartphone — The Guardian.
• It's A Knockout 1973, Heat 4 - Ely Vs Hertford — YouTube.
• It's a Royal Knockout, 1987 — YouTube.
• The Grand Knockout Tournament — Wikipedia.
• Embarrassing 80's - Royal It's a Knockout — YouTube.
• 'Brand New Cherry Flavor' Review: Dark New Netflix Show Gets Gross — Variety.
• Brand New Cherry Flavor — Netflix.
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