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Poison Pixels
December 15, 2023

How can an artists protect their art from being scraped by AI models? By turning it into a 'poison' that will corrupt those systems if it ever is. Our conversation with Shawn Shan from the University of Chicago about "Nightshade," "Glaze," and a suite of

Talking Flipper Zero with The Talking Sasquatch
November 30, 2023

Scott bought a Flipper Zero and was too lazy to watch YouTube so we've got Youtuber The Talking Sasquatch (https://www.youtube.com/@TalkingSasquach) joining us today to talk through the hardware hacking device, its past and some of the ethical boundaries

The FTX Finale + A European Spyware Bombshell + Roblox Buys Cheating Company
November 16, 2023

A chat in which we discuss the end of the FTX trial, Amnesty International's newly released Predator Files, the Humane AI Pin, and what happens when a video game company decides to buy the people who were cracking their game. Learn more about your ad choi

Halloween with Darknet Diaries' Jack Rhysider
October 31, 2023

We celebrate the spooky season with Jack Rhysider, creator of the fantastic show Darknet Diaries. We discuss telling unsettling stories, how the way we use technology reveals stuff about us, and some of our favourite episodes of his show. Also! We have me

23andMe Exposed + AI Watermarks + Announcing Hotline Hacked
October 15, 2023

Visit hotlinehacked.com to share your strange technology tale and hear us discuss it on the show assuming this experiment works (and to see the least mobile-optimized website ever created). We discuss the recent leaked 23andMe data, the MoveIt Breach, and

Vegas Gets Hacked + So Does Sony + The Crypto Reality Show
October 02, 2023

On this chat episode we discuss the twin hacks of two of the biggest casino companies in the world, the recent claims of a new hack against Sony, another piece of stalkerware hacked, and a very entertaining looking bit of reality TV programming coming soo

How to Brute Force Music
September 15, 2023

The story of two guys who set out to put every musical melody in the world into the public domain, and the technology they hacked together to do it. Featuring Damien Riehl from AlltheMusic.info.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/a

FraudGPT + Chip Wars + Hacking Poker Machines + The Problem with Credit Bureaus
September 01, 2023

In this chat episode we discuss the new world of sketchy ChatGPT alternatives like WormGPT and FraudGPT, take a brief detour into the looming chip wars, before bringing it home with stories about a poker hacking scandal and a telegram bot where you can bu

Pondering the Worldcoin Orb + the Gang Who Cracked Outlook + Hacking Together Superconductors for Fun and Profit
August 16, 2023

In this chat episode we discuss Sam Altman's Worldcoin biometric ID / crypto project, the cybercrime syndicate that used a vulnerability in Microsoft to hack the US State Department, and a weird week on the internet for amateur scientist investigating LK9

Mission Critical
August 01, 2023

Jordan interviews TechCrunch Senior Writer Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai about a new chapter in crypto in the US; the first criminal charges for hacking a decentralized crypto exchange. Which is maybe the least interesting thing about the story these char