Don't hire a hacker, they might scam you! What works and what doesn't when it comes to protecting your email account? And China's controversial social credit system comes under the microscope.

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

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Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.

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Special Guest: Maria Varmazis.

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• New research: How effective is basic account hygiene at preventing hijacking — Google Online Security Blog.
• The complicated truth about China's social credit system — Wired.
• China bans 23m from buying travel tickets as part of 'social credit' system — The Guardian.
• Is China’s social credit system as Orwellian as it sounds? — MIT Technology Review.
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