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Unraveling the DNA of the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week ending October 10th. 2023 from 2023-10-11T02:22:44

Episode 160. In this week’s IT Privacy and Security weekly update:
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We start this week with a pause of remembrance to all those innocents caught up in the wars raging across the world. Of...

Face it with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week ending October 3rd. 2023 from 2023-10-04T00:28:56

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...

You can do it. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week ending September 12th 2023 from 2023-09-13T01:23:59

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 ...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update fights for your right for the week ending September 5th., 2023 from 2023-09-06T02:33

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 ...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Low Earth Orbit update for the week ending August 29th., 2023 from 2023-08-30T01:42:18

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 in...

From Fido to France-oh! With the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week ending August 22nd., 2023 from 2023-08-23T00:36:38

​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 Can...

From Teens to Pharaohs with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week ending August 15th 2023 from 2023-08-16T00:35:16

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...

The Surprise of the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week ending August 8th. 2023 from 2023-08-09T00:29:06

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 Listen

The Habits of the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week ending August 1st 2023 from 2023-08-02T01:59:19

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 t...

Smiling with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending July 25th 2023 from 2023-07-26T00:56:59

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 wi...

The Kiss of the IT Privacy and Security weekly Update for the week ending July 18th 2023 from 2023-07-19T00:18:42

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 fro...

Primed for the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week ending July 11th, 2023 from 2023-07-12T00:49:37

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...

The Boom of the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for w/e July 4th 2023 from 2023-07-04T22:13:25

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 ...

Pictures of the IT Privacy and Security weekly Update for the week ending June 27th., 2023 from 2023-06-28T01:28:55

This week we start with a story that we’ve had to reread three times because it was just so unbelievable.

From there we move onto what you are doing with your phone that a small number of...

The IT Privacy and Security Update and a side of Julia for the week ending June 20th., 2023 from 2023-06-21T00:47:14

We start with some serious dissing and end up dishing.

Between the start and end state, we get served up by Julia and rerouted by the Benz.

We learn about a new voicebox that we ca...

School’s out for Summer with the IT Privacy and Security Update for the week ending June 13th., 2023 from 2023-06-14T01:14:34

From the cool waters of the backyard pool to the chilling depths of cylindrical holes in the ground, this week’s stories will elevate your temperature to get you in that summertime mood.

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Warming up to the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week ending June 6th., 2023 from 2023-06-07T00:22:39

This week’s exciting collection of stories takes us from the latest fashionable freeze to the warmth of a fuzzy paparazzo.

We have a “stand up, sit down, stand up” again revel...

The Weighty IT Privacy and Security Update for the week ending May 30th., 2023 from 2023-05-31T01:35:12

This week we go from excess baggage to a face that is not our own.

We have a new scheme to establish what is real in a world where more and more is artificial, by someone we e...

Flashing Colours in the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week ending May 23rd., 2023 from 2023-05-24T02:07:28

This week’s update starts with what some might see as a poke in the eye and could end with really poor enunciation.

We have Google intro’ing 8 new domains and getting caught in a .zip. Listen

Breathe deeply with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week ending May 16th, 2023 from 2023-05-17T01:29:27

Up North here, it’s Springtime so we start with a deep breath of DNA and finish out of ink, we think!

Between here and there we sneeze as we bump into a couple of projects, on...

Smart Start, Dumb ending with the IT Privacy and Security Update for the week ending May 9th, 2023 from 2023-05-10T01:01:59

This week we start smart and end dumb. Potentially somewhat contrary to our other updates.

In between we might ultimately have a dumb way to protect a car, a dumb executive wh...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update Gets in your head for the week ending May 2nd., 2023 from 2023-05-03T00:37:52

This week we get breached, we get in your head, we go all over the world and then we get a beat-down by the cat.

The world of brain scanning coupled with AI is already yielding some very ...

Follow the flags with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week ending April 25th., 2023 from 2023-04-26T00:13:41

This week starts with frustrated police in Sweden and finishes in the back pocket of a legal team.

We move onto the troubling story of the US National guardsman who, now it tr...

Down to Chinatown with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week ending April 18th., 2023 from 2023-04-19T01:13:47

This update starts with the fortune cookie found in the back seat of what might just be the worlds top-selling car. Both have a surprise in store.

From there, we have a touchi...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly “Roadtrip” for the week ending April 11th., 2023 from 2023-04-11T16:23:10

This update starts in the middle of Interstate 84 and ends with a possible answer as to what’s happening with the ghost orders for bottled water.

We hit the road with some car updates...

Shake it with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week ending April 4th., 2023 from 2023-04-04T23:32:28

For this update we start off with our feet solidly on the ground, buried under U.S. tax returns, before shaking it and finishing in outer space.

We learn when people discover that you are...

Sowing the seeds of the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week ending March 28th., 2023 from 2023-03-28T23:38:50

This week we kick off in Canada and finish in Norway.

In between, we hear why the big push to ban TikTok from our phones may be less effective than we think.

We get the inside scoo...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update Cut it Up for the Week Ending March 21st., 2023 from 2023-03-22T01:28:49

This week we start in the hacked offices of the US Government and end up being launched off a drone in Africa with a little parachute on our back.

In one country we have a government turn...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update Gets Mooned for the week ending March 14th., 2023 from 2023-03-15T00:50:54

This week’s update zooms from the moon to your innermost thoughts.

We get an update on a shrinking Meta and our shrinking IQs.

From Washington DC we learn about probably the most p...

Chicken Soup and the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week ending March 7th., 2023 from 2023-03-08T02:05:10

This week we start on page 7 and finish in with the chickens.

We get a little bit of activity from Zoom and a TL;DR for US President Biden’s new National Cybersecurity Strategy.

We...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update goes Atomic for the week ending February 28th., 2023  from 2023-03-01T01:25:42

From Rosie the Robot to atomic restores… we’ve got you covered.

This week we walk out of the UK with Signal and break into our bank with something that’s not even ours.

We have goo...

Putting all your eggs in one basket with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week ending February 21st., 2023  from 2023-02-22T00:42:14

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 r...

Be our Valentine: The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week ending February 14th., 2023 from 2023-02-15T01:59:27

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 hav...

Psyched about the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week ending February 7th., 2023 from 2023-02-08T01:58:39

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 ver...

Boxed with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week ending January 31st., 2023 from 2023-02-01T02:11:59

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 hav...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update don't give a Monkey's for the week ending January 24th., 2023 from 2023-01-25T01:51:09

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...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update gets Bricked for the week ending January 17th., 2023 from 2023-01-18T01:47:58

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 wee...

Just a whiff of the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week ending January 10th., 2023 from 2023-01-11T01:27:26

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...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly update Buzz for the week ending January 3rd., 2023 from 2023-01-04T00:09:01

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 ...

The Heart of the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for the week ending December 27th., 2022 from 2022-12-27T18:21:34

This latest IT Privacy and Security update will keep you right in the heart  of things… from airport travel to petrol scams.

There’s a state-of-play update on TikTok, sad Twitte...

Mince pies and the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for the week ending December 20th., 2022 from 2022-12-21T02:04:58

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 f...

The Blinding Light of the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for the week ending December 13th., 2022 from 2022-12-14T03:33:37

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.

Trucking with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for the week ending December 6th., 2022  from 2022-12-07T02:18:56

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 unexpe...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly update Plumb the Dumb for the week ending November 29th., 2022 from 2022-11-30T01:50:28

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 co...

57 Channels and the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for the week ending November 22nd., 2022 from 2022-11-23T00:37:43

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 fewe...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update “Happy Birthday” Edition for the week ending November 15th., 2022 from 2022-11-16T01:25:28

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...

Forget the election with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for the week ending November 8th., 2022 from 2022-11-09T02:06:18

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 Inter...

Unravelling the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for the week ending November 1st., 2022 from 2022-11-02T00:45:34

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 ab...

Digital Witness of the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for the week ending October 25th, 2022 from 2022-10-25T23:56:20

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...

Flying high with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for October 11th. 2022  from 2022-10-19T01:11:16

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 y...

Lies, Spies and the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for October 11th. 2022 from 2022-10-12T00:43:03

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.<...

The Wooly IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for October 4th. 2022 from 2022-10-04T23:47:12

Wooly Mammoth or Ferrari? One’s sprung a leak and the other could feature in the next chapter of a spy novel.

It’s not Ke$ha, but Tik Tok following us around these days, as Amazon hits th...

Gap Week and the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for September 27th. 2022 from 2022-09-22T14:34:54

This week we are practicing a security technique introduced to us years ago while working with Scotland Yard. “Air Gapping” You can’t get hacked if you are air gapped.

So while we are off...

Fines, Miracles, and the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week ending September 20th., 2022  from 2022-09-21T00:37:11

This week we start out fine but falter somewhat when we hear how many healthcare facilities have been breached in the first six months of 2022.

Spirits lift with an Uber joke and the reas...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week ending September 13th 2022 and Brad Pitt  from 2022-09-14T00:27:08

From Tweets to Whistles we’re here to make some noise.

You get the latest from Washington DC on “what it has, where it lives or where it came from” and why the U.S. Navy can’t say anythin...

Buzzing overhead with the IT Privacy and Security weekly Update for September 6th., 2022 from 2022-09-07T00:32:13

From the Depths of the Dark Web to the summit of Mount Everest, we have you covered.

In this update, we have a creative idea for what to do with the rellies for the holidays, where the co...

Spinning the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week ending August 30th, 2022 from 2022-08-31T01:53:02

From outer space to inner space and a few rotations in between, we spin you right round.

Space may be “Where No Man Has Gone Before”, but one woman has and will again.

We discover ...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly “It’s all here” Update for the Week ending August 23rd., 2022 from 2022-08-24T00:19:52

This week we start with a tweet and end with a rap.

In between those bookends, we have a sick kid, now healthy, a father who may never recover, a great site to see what the apps on your p...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update (and Crop Rotation) for the Week ending August 16th, 2022 from 2022-08-17T00:56:22

This week is at least our 100th show and to celebrate, we start in the underwear drawer and end up on the floor in one of the cutest stories about the effects of honey that we have ever seen. Listen

Getting Hatty in the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week ending August 9th, 2022 from 2022-08-10T00:27:33

From outer space to time travel: this week it’s “All systems go!”

We find ourselves in the cow flower and then get “compromised by” Twitter, Slack, and Twilio.

We find the legal de...

Camouflaged as the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week ending August 2nd, 2022 from 2022-08-03T00:03:20

Get out the passport because you’ll need it for a range of stories that circle the globe.

We start with an icon and end with an algorithm, and in between, we’ve got one of the best update...

Dumping the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week ending July 26th., 2022 from 2022-07-26T23:36:07

This week we share a pungent selection from the most excellent landfill of stories yet.

We start our noisome journey literally in the dump and end up staring at a set of salad tongs.

We Will We Will Track you. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for the week ending July 19th 2022 from 2022-07-19T23:57:50

This week we use all our senses as we move from our ears, with Mark Zuckerberg’s lilting voice and constant backing tracking, to talk of a frozen backside during one of the biggest heatwaves eve...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update from the Passenger Seat on July 12th., 2022 from 2022-07-13T00:43:05

We go drifting in the Honda this week with stories ranging from AI writing its own autobiography to why our Anom phone bill was so high.

In between we have lots of car stories: Some of th...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update served with a side of Broccoli for the week ending July 5th 2022  from 2022-07-06T00:22:04

This update moves IT Privacy and Security from your next meal to a trip around the salad bar at least a couple of times.

We work our way from an unlikely garden and a Raspberry Robin out ...

Overheating in the Hot Tub with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for June 28th. 2022 from 2022-06-29T00:07:43

For this update, we start with a bit of binge drinking and end up in hot water.

We jet from the NSA’s advice for Windows admins to T-Mobile’s new scheme to sell your data to advertisers.<...

The Foxy IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for June 21st. 2022 from 2022-06-22T01:26:39

This week we chase up stories from around the globe from inner to outer space. We surmise that if some countries’ plans to harvest solar energy are successful it might just induce your rellies t...

Paparazzi to Cookie jars in the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for June 14th 2022 from 2022-06-15T01:00:15

This week we go from Paparazzi to Cookie jars, with an ear to our phones, an eye on those supercomputers and plugs and bugs in our PCs.

We have cool new functionality in Chrome and Firefo...

Viva the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for June 7th., 2022 from 2022-06-08T01:44:08

This week is all about food, travel, and adventure, where we start abandoned at the altar and end with bizarrely overweight baggage.

In between those carefully seasoned toasted sesame see...

We Are, We Are, The IT Privacy and Security Weekly update May 31st. 2022 from 2022-06-01T01:51:02

With a backing track that is probably the worst cover version we have ever heard, we learn what just flew past that  bedroom window.

In the US this week the focus has been on our chi...

Shoulda put 2FA on the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for May 24th., 2022 from 2022-05-25T00:12:39

This week we learn why modern romantics sing: “If you like it, then you shoulda put 2FA on it”

Yeah, and we go from Bridal veils to white hats and mistaken nails. From Crypto to klepto to...

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly “Fakes” Update for May 17th, 2022  from 2022-05-18T00:49:38

This week in our smash and grab we go from phones to fake followers and end up with a blog writer in tears.

We gain a little insight into just how relaxed some US Government officials are...

Chillin’ with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for May 10th., 2022 from 2022-05-10T23:56:33

From the blustery cold volcanic slopes of Iceland to the Freeze you put on Equifax, this week’s update may drop local temps. by several degrees.

We apply the heat by moving through downed...

Serving up the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update with a Slice of Cake on May 6th., 2022 from 2022-05-04T00:31:55

This week we start with flying bananas(?), before traveling through Spain, China, Russia, Nigeria, and Austria to get a visual carbohydrate count.

We consider the secure tweet, break and ...

Twisting the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for April 26th., 2022 from 2022-04-27T00:48:54

You may gain a couple of kilos in this week’s IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update, but we promise it’s got some of the tastiest content yet!

We start with what may become the latest rag...

This is House Arrest with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for April 19th., 2022  from 2022-04-20T00:00:24

We start with another case of house arrest and end up where? Having our DNA broadcast to Martians (and we don’t mean ...

Trafficking the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for April 12th. 2022 from 2022-04-13T02:02:27

This week we start in traffic and end in traffic. Most is ground-bound but we have been known to flit into low Earth Orbit when our speeds are high enough.

From between those bollards, we...

Buzzing with the IT privacy and Security Weekly Update for April 5th 2022 from 2022-04-06T00:52:07

This week we fly from an apiary to a cuddly puppy.

But all is not as it seems: We triple peak before a bout of melancholy and find an unwelcome foe back after a “short break”.

We h...

Smiling with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for March 29th, 2022 from 2022-03-30T00:32:22

Ooh… this week we start with rich creamy chocolate and end with a little smile.

In between those pleasurable bookends, we get an update on the Lapsus$ soap opera before the movie rights a...

Hackers gotta Hack. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for March 22nd. 2022 from 2022-03-22T23:43:29

This week we dance from Taylor Swift to Arkady Volozh or probably more correctly, from New York to Moscow.

We learn about over-reactions at NPM, Facebook, and Microsoft. We share some ama...

From your Face to Outer Space with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for March 15th., 2022  from 2022-03-16T01:46:32

This week we zoom from your face to space, dodging flying objects as we go.

We learn a bit more about Putin’s pre-war prep and its effect on Google and Apple. We discover a new website th...

Digging the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for March 8th., 2022  from 2022-03-09T01:52:12

We start by tipping our hats in respect to all those valiantly fighting for democracy in Ukraine.

Then we go on an adventure. This one’s going to get our feet dirty. First with a new use ...

A moment’s reflection and the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for March 1st, 2022 from 2022-03-02T01:53:01

Before we start this week’s update it’s important to acknowledge what is going on in the world around us. There is a physical war involving the attack on Ukraine where the courage and the stamin...

“Drifting” through the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for February 22nd., 2022  from 2022-02-23T01:55:57

This week we discover 15 boxes, a number one app., and end up at the back end of the car.

With high compression pistons and rack and pinion steering stabilizing our high adhesion slicks, ...

Eileen Gu and the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for February 15th., 2022  from 2022-02-16T00:17:35

This week we start and end with Gu in an unabashed attempt to have this update returned in at least fifteen million search queries.

In between the Gu at the beginning and the end, we Free...

From Missiles to Monk Seals with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for February 8th., 2022  from 2022-02-09T01:18:36

This week we discover where stolen crypto and discarded fishing nets end up and we’re pretty sure you will be surprised by both.

We then swim from vigilantes, newspapers, washed NFTs, and...

The High Winds of the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for February 1st, 2022  from 2022-02-02T00:58:18

In the week that Neil Young took both Spotify and Joe Rogan to task for spreading Covid misinformation, we start with the hurricane of an army wife scorned and end in the aftermath of Elon Musk ...

From Sausage Rolls to the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for January 25th., 2022  from 2022-01-26T01:52:21

We start this week’s update in Wyoming and end in the empty arms of the lovelorn.

As we go rolling about between those two endpoints we chance upon gammy QR codes, supercomputers, schoolk...

Bagpipes and the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for January 18th., 2022  from 2022-01-19T00:56:03

In this week’s adventure, we go from Open Source to Open Dish and the perils each face.

In between those open ends, we have Kiteworks, bagpipes, Teslas, cakeism, the new Spoof league tabl...

Making Waves with Moxie and the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for January 11th., 2022 from 2022-01-12T01:54:49

In this week’s update, we take you from lockdown to the end of civilization with the notice that “a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor”.

We move “shipshape and Bristol fashion”, throu...

Free Running across the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for January 4th 2022  from 2022-01-05T01:05:52

In true year-end, year-start style we wall-run over some of the top hacks of 2021 before turn-vaulting with a 2022 resolution to get fit that has no security or privacy involved except that the ...

Hang up the Phone with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for December 28th 2021  from 2021-12-29T02:34:17

We start with exactly what happened to your 2022 fridge calendar and end in wet cat food.

In between, we get frauded, threatened, discharged, breached, dropped, and schooled.

Befor...

Celebrating the Holidays with my Adidas and the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for December 21st. 2021 from 2021-12-22T01:41:42

Looking for great gifts? We’ve got one person on the team who’s happy to sport the finest in athletic shoewear and would probably happily back them up with a wallet full of corresponding NFTs…. ...

Let it Snow with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for December 14th 2021 from 2021-12-15T05:03:22

In a year when holiday parties are giving more than anyone bargained for in the form of new covid variants, colds, flu, and a whole range of bacterium that we had deftly sidestepped for the bett...

Same as it Ever Was with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for December 7th 2021 from 2021-12-08T02:11:08

As we come to the end of another tough year with… how many new Covid variants? It’s important to remind ourselves that the holidays are peak feeding season for the hack, crack and malware miscre...

The Unthinkable and the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for November 30th 2021 from 2021-12-01T03:14:40

This week we start with that face in the mirror and end in an SUV.

In between we have hacks, tracks, and attacks on printers and boom boxes, we get a couple of serious cloud plays, and a ...

Asteroids, dwarf planets, and the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for November 23rd., 2021  from 2021-11-24T01:42:19

For this IT Privacy and Security adventure, and this must surely be the best one yet, we start at the Costco checkout and end up in space.

In between the check-out and the way-out we get ...

Thunderstruck with the Jetsons and the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for November 16th., 2021  from 2021-11-17T00:58:22

We start this week tunefully with a story we missed out of the Pwn2Own challenge that will have you headbanging in the aisles before fulfilling a request for more oil for r2D2.

In between...

From Air to Sea with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for November 9th 2021. from 2021-11-10T19:44:26

This is the best IT Privacy and Security weekly update yet!

We start up in the warm breezes over Texas and Georgia and finish in the cool Pacific waters off the coast of California.

Watching the detectives and the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for November 2nd., 2021  from 2021-11-03T00:47:47

This is the most “detective” update ever!

Inside this week’s update, we inspect over-communication in Chinese manufactured telecoms equipment., and under communication from an info system...

The “Beautiful Game” of the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for October 26th 2021  from 2021-10-27T00:58:43

Like watching Lionel Messi score his 100th goal, some of the stories we cover here seem almost un-be-lieva-ble!

We jump into the game in Argentina and finish in South Korea. Scoring heavi...

From Behind the X-Ray Specs,Welcome to the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for October 19th 2021  from 2021-10-19T23:59:34

From new and innovative ways to introduce facial recognition, to looking through walls, we have you covered, (or perhaps uncovered)!

We start our journey in subterranean Moscow, move on t...

IT’s most Fashionably Private and Secure Weekly Update for October 12th 2021 from 2021-10-13T00:07:34

October is Cyber awareness month; coincidentally it is also the one month in twelve that has the highest number of reported cyber attacks. So how do we acknowledge that? By irreverently engaging...

The Lost and Found of the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for October 5th., 2021  from 2021-10-06T01:03:15

In this week’s IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update, we journey from the bottle to your heart.

We start with the loss of identity, ethics, freedom, dollars, Bitcoin, and Etherium before ...

The Full Spectrum of the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for September 28th. 2021 from 2021-09-28T13:40:24

From audio to visual we keep the full spectrum of IT Privacy and Security covered in our best update yet!

We start with almost nothing at all and move on to blocks, breaches, bots, and sm...

One Year On and the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for September 21 2021 Goes to the Dogs  from 2021-09-21T23:04:27

This week we start our podcasts’ one-year anniversary edition with the sweet sound of violins lilting across the Tuscan hillsides and end in New Jersey to the sounds of barking dogs.

Ah, ...

The IT Privacy and Security Wearable Update for September 14th. 2021 from 2021-09-14T23:19:16

This week it’s all about wearables. Be they on your nose, wrist, ring finger, back pocket, or further south they are collecting just about all the …er … data you can generate.

We start th...

Leaving on a Jet Plane with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for September 7th 2021 from 2021-09-08T00:09:23

We start this week’s journey at the site of the Twin towers in New York before moving to Russia, and then to Germany and then, a little bit late, to the airport before boarding our flight for Au...

Childishness and the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for August 31st 2021 from 2021-09-01T00:05:09

In our most childish update, we bring you the up high, low down, and all the topics shaking around us.

We start with one of the most entertaining helicopter chases we have ever heard, mov...

The IT Privacy & Security Weekly Update for August 24th 2021 from 2021-08-25T00:50:04

This is the Jailbreak edition. We start with an example of the quickest way to end up in prison, a story of an inmate made good and of course, we end up right back in the clink in what must be o...

Picturing the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for August 17th 2021 from 2021-08-17T23:56:19

If the single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it and the “camera is a license to explore” then let’s hit the motor drive because we’ve got a lot of scenery to co...

Off the Wall with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for August 10th 2021  from 2021-08-10T23:08:13

We start with an aerobic workout that may have you leaning on a wall … and end with a wag as to why your dog may be propped up against a wall.

In between, there are rooms of fantastic sto...

The Starman and the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for August 3rd 2021 from 2021-08-03T23:05:52

We are firing all rockets, starting down-under with a report on a pocket calculator that may inspire a whole generation (to write secure code). From there we orbit to Italia where you might need...

The Tipping Point for the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update July 27th., 2021  from 2021-07-27T21:15:42

As we put this update together there is a haze outside our New York Windows from the raging fires burning 2400 miles (about 4000 kilometers) to the west.

Yet we start in a lighthearted mo...

Dining out with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for the week of July 20th., 2021 from 2021-07-21T00:40:05

This week it’s all about food. Well, some of it is, anyway.

We start with too many cooks in the kitchen and end with positive prospects for cheeseburgers on Mars.

Moving through th...

Giddy Up with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for July 13th., 2021 from 2021-07-13T23:31:29

This episode has us quaking in our wellies. We’ve got the US president advising Russia that they need to fix their ransomware use, while he advises that you should be able to fix your own phone ...

Racing to Win with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for July 6th., 2021  from 2021-07-07T01:57:28

We start this week as a dot on a race track and end as a dot on the horizon as we go from privacy to no privacy at all, but … we think you will forgive us.

In between the start and finish...

The Smiling face of IT Privacy and Security for the week ending June 29th., 2021  from 2021-06-29T23:17:38

This week we take you from an employer that won’t even let you in the building if you are not smiling, to your best friend when there is just … one… CCTV too many.

In between, we get a lo...

The Wild Swings in Temperature of the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for June 22nd. 2021 from 2021-06-23T00:57:05

From splashing in cold waters to baking in hot homes we cover the whole temperature range.

After a good headcount of our critical drinking water infrastructure, we give you the lowdown on...

The Unfencing of the IT Privacy and Security weekly update for June 15th 2021  from 2021-06-16T00:35:41

“There’s only one thing I never did and wish I had done: climbed over a fence.” Mary of Teck

This week we start in El Salvador and end in mid-air.

In between those fence posts, we ...

Greetings “citizens of the world” and Welcome to the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for June 8th., 2021  from 2021-06-08T23:02:56

This week we start with the Danish spying on the Germans. The Germans hacking .PDFs. The Cook keeping things private. The Tag"ee" smashing things with hammers.
..and you… now with 8.5 billi...

Time for a Checkup with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for June 1st. 2021  from 2021-06-01T23:14:45

We prescribe an update that’s just chock full of news that could very well help you see more clearly or leave you blind, wondering why you just bought those really dear headphones.

We sta...

A Moment of Silence before the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for May 25th., 2021 from 2021-05-25T23:04:44

On the first anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, we’d like to take a moment to pause and reflect. Changing social bias is an evolution, just as realizing and changing our own. But with co...

The Refactored IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for May 18th 2021  from 2021-05-18T21:45:40

This week we take apart the various elements of ransomware so you know what the stats are upfront. Costs, protective steps, and tooling so that if the unthinkable ever were to happen you would k...

On Fire with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for May Eleventh 2021  from 2021-05-12T00:11:13

Through the acrid smell of trouser fires we bring you an incredibly varied line up of stories.

We start with a zero day that burned the world’s most popular .PDF reader, the dirt around t...

“Sandwiched” in the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for May the Fourth 2021 from 2021-05-04T23:14:55

We start with the true story of May the fourth, and end up with a suggestion that might just prevent injury.

In between those lovely layers of freshly baked updates are...

Moving through the Reverb with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for April 27th 2021  from 2021-04-28T00:45:20

This week we start with a uniquely Canadian turn of events that has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with privacy or security but was essential nonetheless, and end up chasing the cat around ...

We won’t get fooled again. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for April 20th 2021  from 2021-04-20T21:45:24

We confess we wrote this intro with the Apple product announcement running in the background. We saw the new iPad, iMac, tags, TVs, and M1 features, and “Oh my word” nothing about the privacy up...

The IT Privacy and Security Slice for April 13th. 2021 from 2021-04-13T21:36:06

The best IT Privacy and Security Update … served with perhaps the most questionable intro and outtro music ever!

And he’s right. We follow the food theme again this week and go from Apple...

From Peking… to Duck: The IT Privacy and Security Update for April 6th., 2021  from 2021-04-06T22:04:57

This week we go from Peking to Duck (literally), and we are sure you’re going to find the tastiest treats anywhere.

We take you crashing down a staircase with a wireless data communicatio...

The moment, you own it, you better never let it go. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for March 30th 2021 from 2021-03-31T01:04:05

We start this week’s adventure with a tribute to women’s safety as we come to the end of National Women’s History Month in the US.

We move on, not to home building, but cybersecurity, wit...

Hanging on the phone for the IT Privacy and Security weekly update for March 23rd 2021 from 2021-03-23T23:35

This week we invite you to join us as we make a bunch of long-distance calls, starting with India, moving across the world, and finally ending up in Egypt.

During our phone dialing journe...

"Right through the very heart of it" the IT Privacy & Security weekly update for March 16th 2021 from 2021-03-16T22:35:51

Welcome to the update that never sleeps… “king of the hill”, “top of the heap”.

This week we get non-fungible with our fungibles … and … just look at the results. We save you the FOM...

Fresh from the auction block: The IT Privacy and Security weekly update for March 9th. 2021 from 2021-03-09T23:53:22

We have a galloping great IT Privacy and Security Update for you this week! We help the Mac users come to terms with why it seems like they have been getting more updates than their Windows ...