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Lock and Code

Lock and Code


Lock and Code

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Length:
107 episodes
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

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Lock and Code tells the human stories within cybersecurity, privacy, and technology. Rogue robot vacuums, hacked farm tractors, and catastrophic software vulnerabilities—it’s all here.
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

Episodes1 - 10 of 107 episodes

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Tracing what went wrong in 2012 for today’s teens, with Dr. Jean Twenge

You’ve likely felt it: The dull pull downwards of a smartphone scroll. The “five more m...

45 minutes
May 05, 2024

Picking fights and gaining rights, with Justin Brookman

Our Lock and Code host, David Ruiz, has a bit of an apology to make:“Sorry for all the ...

46 minutes
Apr 21, 2024

Porn panic imperils privacy online, with Alec Muffett (re-air)

A digital form of protest could become the go-to response for the world’s largest porn ...

47 minutes
Apr 07, 2024

Securing your home network is long, tiresome, and entirely worth it, with Carey Parker

Few words apply as broadly to the public—yet mean as little—as “home network security.”...

45 minutes
Mar 24, 2024

Going viral shouldn't lead to bomb threats, with Leigh Honeywell

A disappointing meal at a restaurant. An ugly breakup between two partners. A popular T...

42 minutes
Mar 10, 2024

How to make a fake ID online, with Joseph Cox

For decades, fake IDs had roughly three purposes: Buying booze before legally allowed, ...

36 minutes
Feb 25, 2024

If only you had to worry about malware, with Jason Haddix

If your IT and security teams think malware is bad, wait until they learn about everyth...

40 minutes
Feb 11, 2024

Bruce Schneier predicts a future of AI-powered mass spying

If the internet helped create the era of mass surveillance, then artificial intelligenc...

26 minutes
Jan 28, 2024

A true tale of virtual kidnapping

On Thursday, December 28, at 8:30 pm in the Utah town of Riverdale, the city police beg...

18 minutes
Jan 14, 2024

DNA data deserves better, with Suzanne Bernstein

Hackers want to know everything about you: Your credit card number, your ID and passpor...

37 minutes
Dec 31, 2023