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The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update.

Into year five 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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every 3 days
Average duration
20 minutes
Episodes
311
Years Active
2020 - 2025
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We Are, We Are, The IT Privacy and Security Weekly update May 31st. 2022

We Are, We Are, The IT Privacy and Security Weekly update May 31st. 2022

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 children. Any way yo…

00:23:02  |   Wed 01 Jun 2022
Shoulda put 2FA on the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for May 24th., 2022

Shoulda put 2FA on the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for May 24th., 2022

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 dummo and U…

00:30:23  |   Wed 25 May 2022
The IT Privacy and Security Weekly “Fakes” Update for May 17th, 2022

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly “Fakes” Update for May 17th, 2022

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 with the da…

00:18:53  |   Wed 18 May 2022
Chillin’ with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for May 10th., 2022

Chillin’ with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for May 10th., 2022

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 satellite r…

00:21:04  |   Tue 10 May 2022
Serving up the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update with a Slice of Cake on May 6th., 2022

Serving up the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update with a Slice of Cake on May 6th., 2022

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 break into m…

00:23:52  |   Wed 04 May 2022
Twisting the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for April 26th., 2022

Twisting the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for April 26th., 2022

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 rage in M.I.T. …

00:21:55  |   Wed 27 Apr 2022
This is House Arrest with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for April 19th., 2022

This is House Arrest with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for April 19th., 2022

We start with another case of house arrest and end up where? Having our DNA broadcast to Martians (and we don’t mean those who have saved a hundred grand to fly with Elon).

In between, we have our mo…

00:27:48  |   Wed 20 Apr 2022
Trafficking the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for April 12th. 2022

Trafficking the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for April 12th. 2022

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 discover mo…

00:21:32  |   Wed 13 Apr 2022
Buzzing with the IT privacy and Security Weekly Update for April 5th 2022

Buzzing with the IT privacy and Security Weekly Update for April 5th 2022

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 have lawsuits, legal…

00:25:27  |   Wed 06 Apr 2022
Smiling with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for March 29th, 2022

Smiling with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for March 29th, 2022

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 are sold to H…

00:25:34  |   Wed 30 Mar 2022
Hackers gotta Hack. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for March 22nd. 2022

Hackers gotta Hack. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for March 22nd. 2022

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 amazing visuals…

00:24:17  |   Tue 22 Mar 2022
From your Face to Outer Space with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for March 15th., 2022

From your Face to Outer Space with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for March 15th., 2022

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 that helps us …

00:26:44  |   Wed 16 Mar 2022
Digging the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for March 8th., 2022

Digging the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for March 8th., 2022

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 for artifici…

00:23:42  |   Wed 09 Mar 2022
A moment’s reflection and the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for March 1st, 2022

A moment’s reflection and the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for March 1st, 2022

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 stamina of …

00:25:35  |   Wed 02 Mar 2022
“Drifting” through the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for February 22nd., 2022

“Drifting” through the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for February 22nd., 2022

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, we roll thro…

00:23:52  |   Wed 23 Feb 2022
Eileen Gu and the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for February 15th., 2022

Eileen Gu and the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for February 15th., 2022

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 Freeski through …

00:28:23  |   Wed 16 Feb 2022
From Missiles to Monk Seals with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for February 8th., 2022

From Missiles to Monk Seals with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for February 8th., 2022

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 crypto-mini…

00:24:42  |   Wed 09 Feb 2022
The High Winds of the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for February 1st, 2022

The High Winds of the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for February 1st, 2022

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 movin…

00:22:59  |   Wed 02 Feb 2022
From Sausage Rolls to the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for January 25th., 2022

From Sausage Rolls to the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for January 25th., 2022

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, schoolkids, high an…

00:18:27  |   Wed 26 Jan 2022
Bagpipes and the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for January 18th., 2022

Bagpipes and the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for January 18th., 2022

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 tables, and perh…

00:21:12  |   Wed 19 Jan 2022
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