So a few years ago, I bought a brand new garage door.

But it turned out I could open anyone's garage.

I bet you never thought of that.

You see, when you first start connecting your home to the internet, the automation seems

amazing.

It's great.

Unbelievable.

Well, today's guest is here to share a ton of vulnerabilities you

invite in when you connect things like your garage door to the internet. The problem comes down to

something called APIs. It's a little three-letter acronym that has a huge impact on our lives.

APIs can make our daily tasks convenient, but also unsafe. Let me give an example of what an API is.

All right, so we're all accustomed to ordering food online since the pandemic.

Just think of Postmates.

Well, if the order's wrong, or maybe the driver misses the delivery, or they just don't show up,

rather than calling somebody, you can just talk to a chatbot. You can tell it about all your

problems and it can give you a refund without you actually having to speak to anyone. It's pretty neat.

You can get a lot done this way. It's super easy and it's convenient. But the downside is, is that

there's also a lot of security problems. In reality, that chatbot can be a gateway to some

serious danger. So today, we're speaking with a former hacker who used to run straight to the chatbots

whenever he targeted people. Why? Well, because the chatbot is a robot, and it's a great

point of entry for cybercr cyber criminals. Someone who wants to

break into your devices can do a lot once they've infiltrated a chatbot. So they could create a fake

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