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episode 274: Hands off my biometrics, and a wormhole squirmish
Clearview AI receives something of a slap in the face, and who is wrestling over an internet wormhole?
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault.
And don't miss our featured interview with Artur Kane of GoodAccess.
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Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.
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Special Guest: Artur Kane.
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- Carl Sagan - Cosmos - Space Travel — YouTube.
- Wormhole.com
- 'Tired' Carl Sagan Fan Sells Wormhole.com to Crypto Giant Jump for $50K After Lawsuit — Decrypt.
- ACLU vs Clearview AI — American Civil Liberties Union.
- Clearview AI Offered Free Trials To Police Around The World — Buzzfeed News.
- US State Privacy Legislation Tracker — IAPP.
- The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It — The New York Times.
- In Big Win, Settlement Ensures Clearview AI Complies With Groundbreaking Illinois Biometric Privacy Law — American Civil Liberties Union
- OwlKitty — YouTube.
- Review: The Balldo Made Me Rethink Sex in the Most Absurd Way Possible — Wired.
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