4.4 • 221 Ratings
🗓️ 9 August 2019
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Key service providers kick the controversial message board, which has been used to celebrate mass shootings, off the mainstream internet. In what form might it resurface? Plus "warshipping" is one of the latest threats to corporate security presented at the annual Black Hat hackers' conference. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with BBC tech reporters Chris Fox and Dave Lee, and special guests Kate Bevan, editor of Which? Computing, and Poppy Gustafsson, co-CEO of Darktrace.
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0:49.1 | Hello and welcome to TechTent, your weekly guide to everything that's hot and happening in the |
0:53.7 | world of technology. I'm Rory Kathleen Jones, and this week we're focusing on the dark side of the web. |
0:59.7 | We'll look at attempts to shut down the notorious message board 8chan and debate whose responsibility |
1:05.2 | it should be to decide who's allowed on the web and who should be banned. We'll have all the latest |
1:10.6 | from the Black Hat |
1:11.6 | Cybersecurity Conference in Las Vegas. It's the week when anyone's sensible there, turns off |
1:15.9 | their laptop and hides under the bed as the world's top hackers gather to discuss the latest |
1:21.2 | exploits. And we've an amazing cast this week to discuss those stories. In Las Vegas and North |
1:26.7 | America technology reporter Dave Lee is at Black Hat. Dave, have you got out from under your bed? |
1:34.1 | I'm out from under it, but I may still be in it, but I'll live up to you to decide. |
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1:43.5 | Reporter Chris Fox. Hi, Chris. Hi, everyone. And we've got two very |
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