Honey in hot water, and reset your devices
Smashing Security
Graham Cluley
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Ever wonder how those "free" browser extensions that promise to save you money actually work? We dive deep into the controversial world of Honey, the coupon-finding tool owned by PayPal, and uncover a scheme that might be leaving you with less savings and your favorite YouTubers with empty pockets.
Plus, we take a look at Kagi, the search engine you pay not to show you adverts, and discuss what you should do with your old, no-longer-wanted technology.
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault.
Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.
Episode links:
- Exposing the Honey Influencer Scam - MegaLag on YouTube.
- The Honey Scam: Explained - Marques Brownlee on YouTube.
- 14 million people don’t know how to erase their data from an old device - ICO.
- Electronics hoarding habit among Brits and Americans - SellCell.
- Practical advice for online and electronic devices - ICO.
- How to factory reset your Google Pixel phone - Google.
- How to factory reset your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple.
- Reset your Android device to factory settings - Google.
- Erase your Mac and reset it to factory settings - Apple.
- Reset your PC - Microsoft.
- How do I perform a factory reset on my Samsung mobile device? - Samsung.
- Kagi search engine.
- Battery Heated Clothing - Fieldsheer.
- Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)
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| 0:00.0 | You know what? This happens in restaurants a lot. Like you have a waiter. Yes. And you're working with that waiter. Yes. And the waiter's being amazing to you. And then when the bill comes, some guy you've never seen before wearing a waiter's outfit comes along. Someone from another table disguised as the waiter. |
| 0:37.8 | Smashing Security, episode 399, honey in hot water, and reset your devices with Carol Terrio and Graham Cluley. |
| 0:42.7 | Hello, hello and welcome to Smash Insecurity Episode 399. My name's Graham Cluley. |
| 0:49.6 | And I'm Carol Terrio. Happy New Year to you, Carol. Happy New Year to our listeners and happy new year to our special guest who hasn't actually shown up this week because he's ill. |
| 0:56.5 | Well, we send him our best. |
| 0:59.0 | We do. |
| 0:59.5 | But we definitely have a desk for next week because next week is episode 400. |
| 1:04.3 | Oh, we're going to have to bring on someone very special for that, aren't we? |
| 1:08.2 | Yes, very special. |
| 1:10.4 | You'll have to wait and see, listeners. |
| 1:12.6 | Yes. |
| 1:13.3 | And if the very special person drops out, then we won't tell you. |
| 1:17.2 | You'll just have to assume the person we're getting as a backup is the very special person. |
| 1:22.5 | Yes. |
| 1:23.1 | Okay. |
| 1:23.8 | You'll never know. |
| 1:24.4 | How about we kick this show off? |
| 1:26.3 | But first, let's thank this week's |
| 1:27.7 | wonderful sponsors, one password and big ID. It's their support that help us give you this show |
| 1:34.1 | for free. Now, coming up on today's show, Graham, what do you got? I'm going to be talking all about |
| 1:39.7 | a honey trap. And I'm going to find out just what's lurking in your drawers. All this and much more coming up on |
| 1:48.8 | this episode of Smashing Security. Now, chums, chums, I'm not sure if you're aware, but buying |
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