For the 346th episode of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable Podcast, Jag and I dive right into a handful of tales that tie again to disinformation, privateness, individuals persisting, earlier than ending with the WTF story of the week (and maybe 12 months).
We kick issues off discussing WhatsApp and encryption, however extra importantly how the app’s boss understands that it’s getting used – even in nations the place there are bans on the favored messenger app. From there, we soar into the story from final week that impacts customers of DropBox. After masking what it’s, we talk about some security measures that can be utilized by individuals utilizing the service.
For our third story, we dive into the world of TikTok. Whereas the US ban could also be high of thoughts, we are literally crossing the world to debate a current phenomenon on the app that ties again to North Korea. It isn’t a hack, however relatively an odd case of a propaganda track from the nation going viral on the favored platform. Who would have thought that disinformation may go viral? However hey, I assume the beat slaps (as the youngsters say).
After that little bit of head scratching, we head again to the US the place current analysis has proven that phishing websites impersonating the USPS are getting nearly as a lot visitors as the actual web site. To shut issues out, we dive into AI and porn. Extra particularly, a brand new app being marketed on PornHub that enables anybody with the app to see any individual neked, with the assistance of AI and with out consent.
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