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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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00:25:19

Putting all your eggs in one basket with the IT...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2023/02/22

This week we start in the “fresh produce” section and end up in an empty parking space. For Valentine’s day, we heard that if you really wanted to show your love, you’d forget the dozen roses and hit the supermarket for a dozen eggs. This week we learn what the supermarket got out of that show of affection. The Washington Post clears away some “myths” while Microsoft’s Bing offers up a new take on the world around it that’s most probably got Google breathing a sigh of relief. We have a bold

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00:26:16

Be our Valentine: The IT Privacy and Security Weekly...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2023/02/15

For this special Valentine’s day edition, we have a couple of golden heartfelt stories at opposite ends of the gift-giving spectrum. We have an update on a final breakup that seems to have dragged on and on. There is some insight into how North Korea funds its cyber attacks, and seemingly everything else going on in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. We have a couple of stories on the gathering and distributing of your personal data that might make you see red… And finally, a red roses poem,

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00:26:04

Psyched about the IT Privacy and Security Weekly...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2023/02/08

Lie down and relax. This week you might need the couch as our readings take you from therapy notes to privacy policies. We have Microsoft burrowing into your computer to find out what version of its software you might be running, and Google serving up addresses you want to avoid. We get a curious question about the Kremlin’s knowledge of what is passing through a “secure messaging system” and a bit of research that might have you reconsider the cheap Chinese phone with the great camera you had your

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00:20:05

Boxed with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update...

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2023/02/01

This is probably one of the most entertaining updates yet, so join us as we take you from the coolest ride to the hottest trend in outsmarting AI CCTV cameras. And then, apparently we have some bad news if you are Austrian, Italian, Dutch or Columbian. We go on to “reasons to be cheerful part 3” with a great LINUX distro that will take care of your updates for years! From the US Government another shameful shaming to after an investigation remoting into machines proves far too successful. We close

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00:27:40

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update don't give...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2023/01/25

This week we start with a chimp and end closer to doom. Between those two completely unrelated bookends, we get news from phone, security, and payments companies that they let a different animal out of the bag. There is some potentially good news with ransomware payments falling across the world and the Supreme court allowing the anonymous defense of section 230. We have updates from Google and Meta but then get booted out of the airport. This week’s update is faster-paced than an action movie … and

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00:29:47

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update gets...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2023/01/18

This week we start with phones and end up phishing... only to discover that neither are “F” words. We sweep from the Netherlands to Canada, China, the U.S., Iran, and Switzerland this week as we get the “up high” and “low down” on everything from Quantum computing to stupid passwords. We’ve got AI chatbots on the verge of harassment, and another breach involving a password manager. We get reminded again why it’s best not to try and reinvent the wheel and what Google thinks could potentially brick

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00:30:29

Just a whiff of the IT Privacy and Security Weekly...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2023/01/11

This week we exercise all your senses: from sound and vision to …smell. We have car stories worthy of serious rubbernecking with almost no brand of automobile left out. There’s the NYC school district where teachers have fallen behind the kids in educating themselves. We’re served an update on the quietest tech rollout the fast food industry has probably ever cooked up. And then we get a load of privacy stories that may have you wondering where the technology and privacy divergence will leave

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00:23:26

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly update Buzz for...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2023/01/04

Welcome to year 4 and The IT Privacy and Security Weekly update Buzz for the week ending January 3rd., 2023 This week we go from cookies and keys to bees. We have stories that fly from hardware to… hard-to-secure and even one for the… hard of hearing. Then there’s the latest hive of activity directed at a particular group of foreign exchange students, along with who’s been stung by more privacy fines. 2023 makes a beeline right out of the gate, and we don’t mean to wax lyrical but the stories flow

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00:32:33

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

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2022/12/27

This latest IT Privacy and Security update will keep you right in the heartof things… from airport travel to petrol scams. There’s a state-of-play update on TikTok, sad Twitter news for Elon, and even sadder Facebook news for the Zuck. We’ve got a couple of urgent updates for Linux and Windows users sprinkled in amidst new malware that has nothing to do with Al Pacino. We even have a touching holiday note from Eufy who will assure you that they are still collecting the facts, while the whole west

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00:23:45

Mince pies and the IT Privacy and Security Weekly...

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2022/12/21

In perhaps our juiciest update yet we sink our taste buds into this week’s Holiday cornucopia of flavors. From the North Pole to the South, but mostly in the US, we have a great new way for Santa to check on the condition of his elves, lots of coal to deliver, and one city that might not even make the delivery logistics planning list this year. In the US the Feds are regaling hackers with copious quantities of gifts this year, while the UK goes full Green, Grinching on those nice people who share

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00:25:57

The Blinding Light of the IT Privacy and Security...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2022/12/14

In perhaps our brightest update yet, we leap from the uninvited into bright, radiant light. We travel from a somewhat naughty confederation to a blazing anonymous number migration. We receive creative illumination for making deepfakes the “right way” from a group we didn’t even realize was in the film production business. We’ve got Microsoft aglow in a buying spree and then illuminate you with so many glaring phone tales that you could be forgiven for lighting up your next call to your mother on a

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00:28:13

Trucking with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2022/12/07

Heavens to Betsey! This week we start with liars and end in a Pepsi Cola loading bay. We discover stuff under our desks, new ways to get into pictures at the airport, and something unexpected flying over our heads. We discover the extent of Telegram’s much-touted privacy even as we give up our own for the sake of a sharper picture and a few more channels. Tim Cook’s team share how an iPhone can save you lugging around a heavy tape measure and then we glean some insight on the balancing act of one

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00:22:44

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly update Plumb the...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2022/11/30

This week you might be forgiven for laughing at some of the coverage until you realize how close it hits to home. We start with an issue reported back in 2020 that got no response, but could be set to beat the third-largest fine issued so far under GDPR (both to the same company), and end with something done in the name of security so curious, you’ll have to decide what to call it. From there we pull the covers off a TikTok-related scam that gets its hands on something more tangible than

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00:23:46

57 Channels and the IT Privacy and Security Weekly...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2022/11/23

This week we hand you the remote so you can explore the latest in what you need to know about IT privacy and security. We start with an unexpected success story and end possibly with fewer Euros in our pockets. We have some incredible updates on China’s creative use of the Internet, the weaponization of a familiar app., and a well-known red teaming tool to test company security that’s probably the worst thing you could ever do to improve security. There are some surprising new finds from the Apple

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00:20:45

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update “Happy...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2022/11/16

Presenting a special birthday round-up for you today. From a new law in Italia that will ban facial recognition until the rules surrounding it catch up, to the birth of a new baby who just might grow up to be president! We have some great spy thriller/forensic analysis stories for you this week that will be either reassuring or …verydisconcerting in their discoveries! We move “down under” to get a better understanding as to why you don’t push around our Australian friends and then hit the northern

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00:26:58

Forget the election with the IT Privacy and Security...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2022/11/09

This week we have a refreshing break for anyone in the US who has been bludgeoned with non-stop Political ads for the last two weeks. (These ads are everywhere, TV, the sides of buses, the Internet, radio, and even people’s front lawns.) For our fresh “forget the election” update we start with a “You could not make this up” story again about TikTok, now changing their EU privacy policy to let all in the EU know that their data is actually going to China. We move on to a story about plagiarism by AI,

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00:19:08

Unravelling the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2022/11/02

This week we start down the road of your data collection and discover ways and places it’s being shared that you might never have suspected. Next, we learn who’s included in the hubbub about ransomware and what the ransomware baddies are doing to build greater efficiencies into their exploits. From there we move on to companies with more leaks than a wicker canoe, a submarine screendoor, or a porcupine’s raincoat. We have a great story about how one company has finally made it to the top, and how

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00:27:13

Digital Witness of the IT Privacy and Security Weekly...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2022/10/25

For this update, it’s all digits to hand. We go from Japan and Iran to Prime deliveries from a van. Allegations of TikTok’s Chinese monitor, e-mail proof that Parler shares monikers while France fines an unrepentant photograph chronicler. We have programming language standings, new Australian fines landing and the malware that Qatar is demanding. And if that bad rap came through clear, we promise it only gets better from here. Find the full transcript of this podcast at Discuss.daml.com --- Send

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00:24:43

Flying high with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2022/10/19

This week we start in the air and end in the air, with not a care while we are there. We get an update on “Baby Al Capone” who got done for hacking a phone, how your drone might give up your home, a new Turkish law that gets basted, and a card shark who’s wasted. We have Shein getting the boot, hackers for hire facing a suit, a duck update for your next reboot and new AI that identifies a woodland hoot. So put away that squirrel suit, don’t head for the roof, you’re safe with this update, and here

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00:17:50

Lies, Spies and the IT Privacy and Security Weekly...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update. ·

2022/10/12

James Bond, Mata Hari, and Papa John? This week we look into what today’s liars and spies are up to; from fishing to card sharks, wiretaps to deauthers, stolen keys to firewall upgrades. And in the face of that, we are presented with an Operating System that is bundling higher security and application updates and … supporting it all for 10 years. Publicity stunt? Maybe, but it got our attention! Finally if clutching your wallet and your phone as you hit that last 76-meter drop on Tarragona Spain’s

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