Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons Podcast
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Hacking Your Honda
The "rolling code" technology used to remotely open and lock your car is supposed to prevent hacking. Unfortunately, Honda has a pretty serious vulnerability in their cars that apparently allows anyon
Crowdsourcing Network Security
We take that little box that connects our home to the internet for granted. But in reality, it's often the only thing hiding our computers and vulnerable IoT devices from automated, remote attacks. Th
The Data Dam is Breaking
This week we'll talk about three significant new data breaches. Each of these data leaks are important in different ways, but the trend is clear: data wants to be free. First of all, we need to stop c
Necessary Chaos
While many of us prefer order in our lives, at least most of the time, we sometimes need a little chaos. Specifically, we need a source of true randomness in order to properly drive many of our crypto
Total Cookie Protection
Firefox officially rolled out its Total Cookie Protection feature last week, which is a clever and elegant solution for blocking tracking using third party cookies. Unfortunately... it doesn't seem to
Moving Beyond Passwords
Everyone hates dealing with passwords, and yet they've been the de facto standard of computer authentication for decades. But there's light at the end of this long tunnel. There is a passwordless futu
Peppering Your Passwords
I preach about using password managers constantly - because they really are a fantastic tool for increasing your security. Humans suck at creating memorable passwords that are not also easy to guess.
Cryptocurrency 101
Everyone has heard of Bitcoin, but almost no one understands what the heck is actually is. Today I'm interviewing Seth from Seth for Privacy who knows cryptocurrency backwards and forwards. Seth is al
Emergency Mode
Modern smartphones have a potentially life-saving feature called "SOS" or "Emergency" mode that can give first responders critical medical information and automatically dial your country's emergency p
Tomatoes & Telegraphs
There's a lot we can glean from history but sometimes it's not as obvious as you might think. For example, did you know that until the mid-1800's, most of Americans hated tomatoes and that ketchup was





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