Episode 314: Cyber Liability | TechSNAP 314

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Episode 314: Cyber Liability | TechSNAP 314

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Apr 12, 2017

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We cover some fascinating new research that can steal your phone’s PIN using just the on-board sensors. Then we cover how computer security is broken from top to bottom and Dan does another deep dive, this time on everyone’s favorite database, PostgresSQL.

Plus it’s your feedback, a huge roundup & so much more!

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Apr 12, 2017

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