The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update.

If you missed getting that special someone that special gift, we have more solid ideas for you this week: A concept jet engine and the source code for Grand Theft Auto 5 as possible suggestions.
We ge…

Episode 170​
Our first few stories present some unique gifting ideas. Who needs another Rolex when you can give “large”?

We get new breach reporting requirements from the US’ SEC and China’s MIIT. Wai…

Episode 169
This week we hang up the phone with a couple of definitive stories, the first coming from a huge US phone company and the last a Dutch phone company that is ripping the title of “The phone…

Episode 168
It seemed excessive, but you agreed on the rent and even though it’s “way more” than you wanted to pay, you manage, until you read our first story.
Facebook published their quarterly advers…

Episode 167

This week we start with the dollar bill ranking of the top US Universities for earnings potential
We then throw some light on a global disappearing act, first the presenters and then a who…

Episode 166
This week we have a revelation related to a world famous someone who has managed to avoid arrest through the careful application of privacy. We reveal how that may now be at an end.

We sh…

Episode 165

This week we let the cat out of the bag with the FTCs probe into one databroker’s dealings.
We follow with our second update that has a cat on a hot tin roof … of your car and just what th…

Episode 164

This week we let you know why you feel so great after staying up all night with us.
For our second story, we move into one of the world’s most prestigious resorts only to get no sleep beca…

​We start with the perils of sharing too much on social media and feeling like there's just no recovering from that last round of plastic surgery.
Then we touch on a story of an unexpected right hook …

For our first story we put on our resting witch face and join the Mozilla Foundation as they reveal their new privacy creep-o-meter.
We’re raising spirits in the art community with our second story of…

Episode 161. In this week’s IT Privacy and Security weekly update...
On first base is an exciting new use case for AI that will leave you feeling great!
On second is an update on the largest DDoS attac…

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. Often the highe…

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 a story fro…

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 a perfect…

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 insight on the …

​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 Canada and a…

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 of the p…

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 jolt of new, shorter breach rep…

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 to now, an…