Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 35

Jeff and Dave discuss a Facebook dating app, Twitter selling data to Cambridge Analytica, and more.

During this week’s installment of the Transatlantic Cable podcast, Dave and I discuss Facebook rolling out a dating app, Twitter selling data to Cambridge Analytica, WhatsApp’s founder leaving Facebook, and more. As always, we keep the conversation to 20 minutes or less to fit into your busy day. If you want to read more on the stories, you can click on the links below:

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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?