Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 307

This episode of the Kaspersky podcast looks at news around social media and end-to-end encryption concerns as well as the snoopers charter.

This episode of the Kaspersky podcast looks at news around social media and end-to-end encryption concerns as well as the snoopers charter.

The latest edition of the Transatlantic Cable Podcast begins with news that a judge has ruled that the United States government must limit its contact with social media networks. From there discussion moves to news that the U.K government is trying to push through new legislation to enable it to essentially break end-to-end encryption – privacy groups are, as you’d expect, concerned.

The last two stories look at news around the ‘snooper’s charter in France and should parents hide their kids faces on social media – Mark Zuckerberg thinks so.

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Cracked in under a minute: (nearly) every other password

We’ve revisited our study on the crackability of real-world passwords leaked on the dark web — originally conducted two years ago. The findings are sobering: nearly every other password can be cracked in under a minute, and three out of five take less than an hour. How can we move away from insecure passwords?

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