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The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update.

R. Prescott Stearns Jr.

Into year six for this award-winning, light-hearted, lightweight IT privacy and security podcast that spans the globe in terms of issues covered, with topics that draw in everyone from executive to newbie, to tech specialist. Your investment of between 15 and 20 minutes a week will bring you up to speed on half a dozen current IT privacy and security stories from around the world to help you improve the management of your own privacy and security.

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00:16:00

Bed Head with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2023/11/29

Episode 167 This week we start with the dollar bill ranking of the top US Universities for earnings potentialWe then throw some light on a global disappearing act, first the presenters and then a whole developer conference. This is one you have to hear to believe! From there, in our third story, it’s a thumbs down for the security that fingerprint reader on your laptop is delivering.In at four is a new agreement between the US, UK and a dozen countries pitched at making AI safer.From there it’s hot

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00:17:13

A Secret Identity and the IT Privacy and Security...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2023/11/22

Episode 166This week we have a revelation related to a world famous someone who has managed to avoid arrest through the careful application of privacy. We reveal how that may now be at an end. We share how a phone manufacturer who promised to bring Apple’s iMessage to Android ended up with “Nothing”From there a new revelation about how the US Government is using our phones to compromise our privacy (again) and then a really cool must see result from a dev who integrated his computer and camera into

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00:14:12

Herding Cats with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2023/11/15

Episode 165 This week we let the cat out of the bag with the FTCs probe into one databroker’s dealings.We follow with our second update that has a cat on a hot tin roof … of your car and just what the automobile manufacturers are collecting from you that is available to the police, but not you. For story three we swing the cat ‘round to the EU to find out a bit more about QWACs, while in Australia we put the cat among the pigeons of one telecom provider with an update and a request that had a judge

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00:14:11

Up all night with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2023/11/08

Episode 164 This week we let you know why you feel so great after staying up all night with us.For our second story, we move into one of the world’s most prestigious resorts only to get no sleep because of its leaks.Our third update covers the blackout of about 31% of the Australian mobile market.In at number four is the nightmare of just how easily a study found it to be to obtain Sensitive Personally Identifiable Information (SPII) on the US Military. At five news updates on Apple: malware,

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00:14:17

The Sixth Sense of the IT Privacy and Security Weekly...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2023/11/01

We start with the perils of sharing too much on social media and feeling like there's just no recovering from that last round of plastic surgery.Then we touch on a story of an unexpected right hook from the SEC that left one CISO seeing stars. We smell trouble with high numbers of shortened web addresses being delivered by email, text and message apps. for our third story.At four and five we find Ace hardware left with a bad taste in their mouths just as news of a ban on ransomware payments by

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00:19:09

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update gets Spooky...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2023/10/25

For our first story we put on our resting witch face and join the Mozilla Foundation as they reveal their new privacy creep-o-meter.We’re raising spirits in the art community with our second story of the “deadly” Nightshade that might kill off AI replicating your artwork. In story three witches be trippin’ over 23andMe data from another 4 million clients. What a nightmare!The star of our fourth story is the return of the Boo crew leaving Okta to create another batty blog post.The Colorado Supreme

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00:15:25

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update Plays Ball...

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2023/10/18

Episode 161. In this week’s IT Privacy and Security weekly update...On first base is an exciting new use case for AI that will leave you feeling great!On second is an update on the largest DDoS attack ever, what it is and what it could mean to you.Third at bat the US pitches a plan for other countries to adopt a policy of no payments for ransomware. Back at home plate we have the newest trend in malware; browser updates through infected websites. We tell you what to look out for so you don’t get

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00:18:18

Unraveling the DNA of the IT Privacy and Security...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2023/10/11

Episode 160. In this week’s IT Privacy and Security weekly update:We start this week with a pause of remembrance to all those innocents caught up in the wars raging across the world. Often the highest price is paid by the most innocent. October may be Cybersecurity month, but in the run-up to the holidays, we think it could also be “Call your grandparents month” too. Why? We have an eye opener from the FBI that may have you ringing your Grandmother as soon as you finish reading this.Our second

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00:20:26

Face it with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2023/10/04

This week we rip the lid off privacy starting with a story about a quiet plan in the UK to catch shoplifters that could end up stealing something critical from us all. From there we share a story from LA where popular food delivery robots are delivering much more than your order.Next on the slate is the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act lawsuit against some names more familiar to your phone than organized crime.Then we travel to Serbia where there is more evidence of an ingenious

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00:13:06

You can do it. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2023/09/13

We’d like to start by letting you know that we are taking our first pod-break in over 3 years. We’ll be heading up to the highlands to ruminate before returning on the 3rd. of October.It’s a perfect time to catch up on some of our previous podsThank you for joining in for the last 157 episodes and we look forward to serving up many more!In this week’s IT Privacy and Security weekly update, episode 158 we have some really uncomfortable news about your new ride. You may want to sit down for this

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00:21:05

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update fights for...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2023/09/06

This week it's all about the party and the recovery.We start with the NYPD flying into your party. And end with something that may make all sorts of survellience tech obsolete, for good or for bad.We move onto a blinding new revelation from the UK government and an unexpected verdict out of Texas. From there we go phishing with GoDaddy and discover that some high costs to Germany turn out to be trending downwardWe have more noise from Russia and what sounds like a very clever way to turn the

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00:23:11

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Low Earth Orbit...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2023/08/30

This week we have a terrific collection of stories for you along with some friendly reminders.As we navigate the heavens we touch on 2FA, Social Media and Rust.We get some interesting insight on the U.S. College Board that all high school students would mark as a “fail”.We discover the perils of a familiar piece of conferencing software and a new initiative from the Taliban that has more than one Hijab tied in knots.From there we learn about a new bot dispensing information that the credit

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00:22:24

From Fido to France-oh! With the IT Privacy and...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2023/08/23

Get your passport ready, because this week we ignore the Amalfi coast and head straight for the real action!Out of Zurich we have news of Google and a new FIDO2, before heading off to Canada and a wild assertion for a bank there about targeting children's parents.We present the QR code you knew would come, Tesla's insider dealing and how China leveraged Japan's porosity.We bounce back to New York for the Time's latest headline story, and then discover what AI will really mean

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00:22:55

From Teens to Pharaohs with the IT Privacy and...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2023/08/16

This update quite literally “flies” from one end of the globe to the other.We’ve got great updates for your teens out of Boston and Las Vegas, a great primer on finding out what is in some of the privacy policies you are signing off on and a sneaky bit of data collection coming from chip-maker Intel.We have the looming threat of what the UK’s demand for unencrypted encrypted communications might mean for the population and the new dance that Zoom is doing in regard to AI.From there we go to

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00:19:28

The Surprise of the IT Privacy and Security Weekly...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2023/08/09

This week surprisingly starts with a couple of building maintenance callouts: one for a flashing X on the roof and the other for a rat in the kitchen.We then feel the jolt of new, shorter breach reporting requirements and solve the mystery of what happened to your air miles.Google confounds us with a little more control over everything it is collecting on us, while White Castle may be considering racing lanes for its drive-through with its latest AI announcement.We have every spy across the

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00:19:08

The Habits of the IT Privacy and Security Weekly...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2023/08/02

This week we suggest new habits to improve your security and lengthen your life.We have a friendly update on what that Nigerian Prince who wanted to give you money a few years back is up to now, and what he might be up to shortly if he gets his hands on the latest batch of PHI to go missing.The US and EU are both keeping an eye on a curious new appetite from one party for old chips, a new coin under the magnifying glass, and one whole country back in the viewfinder.We have an update on why

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00:20:37

Smiling with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2023/07/26

This week we are smiling at some of the greatest stories to grace the headlines. We literally go from a launch to a cover up, but in between we have all lovely gooey sticky filling that will keep you coming back to the cookie jar.There's an update from Google on your Gmail, that just might be worth the privacy tradeoff (come on, they read all your mail anyway), Now they additionally want to parse the sites you visit to see if they are safe.... And while that is going on Apple slams the UK

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00:12:42

The Kiss of the IT Privacy and Security weekly Update...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2023/07/19

In this week’s update, we start and end on TikTok, but the bookends could not be more different.We have one of the most important updates on how you can protect your family and friends from the latest AI scam that's already gone global.Then we dance between more revelations from who’s viewing who, to one presenter who lost more than her TikTok audience.There’s a brazen story covering one law firm's efforts to stop Google from hoovering up every piece of our data and presumably make some

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00:19:48

Primed for the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2023/07/12

This week we have a prime serving of updates for you, we start with artificial intelligences' decline and end, frankly a little loopy, but you are sure to find a story in our global round up that makes a difference to your life, even if it is only to keep you from tripping.We start with a mother's photo of her son and the upsetting news that he might have been created with AI. From there we move to the Philippines where a little too much about the police has gone publicWe have a big win for

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00:23:37

The Boom of the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2023/07/04

In this week’s update, we flutter from “ almost everything” to the butterfly effect. In between those extremes, we find a little tit-for-tat going on between the US and China that could impact everything from your cloud compute to your phone. We have facial recognition software being rejected by performers and embraced by you local shops. From there the sad story of the CISO first attacked by a nation-state and then by the US government. And finally, we have a story about some phone hacking

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