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Will deepfake disguises hit a video conference near you, can Coronavirus-tracing apps be trusted, and should Facebook shut down anti-quarantine events?

All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Maria Varmazis.

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Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.

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Special Guest: Maria Varmazis.

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• Iain Thomson in fancy dress on Zoom. — Twitter.
• Smashing Security 134: Sextortion, silicone face masks, and a DDoS doofus.
• Avatarify: Avatars for Zoom and Skype — GitHub.
• "Elon Musk joined our Zoom call" — YouTube.
• Avatarify demo — YouTube.
• This Open-Source Program Deepfakes You During Zoom Meetings, in Real Time — Vice.
• Trailer for Zardoz (1974) — YouTube.
• Coronavirus: Governors ask Trump to call off lockdown protests — BBC News.
• Facebook sort-of blocks anti-quarantine events – how many folks are actually behind these 'massive' protests online? — The Register.
• COVID-19 apps — Wikipedia.
• Would You Give Up Health or Location Data to Return to Work? — The New York Times.
• European scientists and researchers raise privacy concerns over coronavirus contact tracing apps — VentureBeat.
• European experts ready smartphone technology to help stop coronavirus — Reuters.
• 2 billion phones cannot use Google and Apple contact-tracing tech — Ars Technica.
• Contact Tracing in the Real World — Light Blue Touchpaper.
• Tracking the Global Response to COVID-19 — Privacy International.
• Apple and Google Respond to Covid-19 Contact Tracing Concerns — Wired.
• Sketchplanations - A weekly explanation in a sketch.
• Make These Projects to Fight COVID-19 Right Now — Make.
• 3D Print This Simple Tool Now, To Help Local Sewists Make More Masks for Covid-19 — Make.
• Fix The Mask.
• Turn a T-shirt into a face mask — Ronit Bose Roy on Twitter.
• Educational Documentaries on Netflix — YouTube.
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