Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 33

On this podcast, special guest David Emm joins David to talk data privacy, AI, and smart homes

In this week’s episode, David Emm joins David to discuss how smart homes are monitoring our every move and breath (or so it seems), how Facebook is using AI to sell advertisers info about the possible future purchasing decisions of its users, and why we need to bring ethics into data and AI.

Also, something about toilet seats.

Below are the links to the stories we discuss:

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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?