Episode 224

Loose Lips Sink Ships. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending January 7th 2025.

1/7/2025

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​Episode 224- click the pic to hear the podcast - In this week's update: Siri couldn't keep her ear shut, and then her loose lips cost Apple $95M as they learned the lesson: "Privacy isn’t optional."
Nothing says 'secure' like a password-free server holding 600,000 IDs, turning this gift card gaffe into MyGiftCardSupply's latest disaster.
Hackers taught Chrome extensions a new trick, making Chrome chaos all about stealing your data, now enhanced with AI flair.
Windows 10 users are hanging on tighter than your grandma's grip on her landline, epitomizing Windows woes as the OS refuses to fade.
When your DNA sequencer runs firmware older than your Spotify playlist, this medical equipment drama becomes more science fiction than science.
Chinese hackers aren’t just stealing blueprints—they’re blueprinting the future of cyberwarfare, potentially marking cyber as the next battleground.
Be kind to New Yorkers this week, they lose their 50 year old R46 subway cars, where love-seats met New York grit, and gain a congestion charge that is hitting them like a new variant of Covid.
Zuck says goodbye to fact-checking, ensuring Meta leaves the internet or at least their portion of it, bracing for chaos (again).
Siri can't hear us if we keep moving. Let's go!

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