SN 1003: A Light-Day Away - Digital Epileptic Seizures, Tor Needs You, Zello Password Panic, Wireguard's Open Port Debate

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Leo Laporte

Cyber Crime, Malware, Technology, Encryption, Steve Gibson, Security, Hacking, Twit, Spyware, Leo Laporte

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2024

⏱️ 138 minutes

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Summary

Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte discuss Microsoft's clarification about AI training data usage, a fascinating breakthrough in understanding autonomous vehicle vulnerabilities, and an urgent call for help from the Tor Network. The show culminates in an in-depth exploration of NASA's incredible Voyager 1 mission, which continues to communicate with Earth from nearly a light-day away despite increasing technical challenges.

• Microsoft clarifies they are NOT using customer data from Office apps to train AI models
• "Digital epileptic seizures" caused by flashing emergency vehicle lights can confuse automated driving systems, posing crash risks
• Tor Network issues urgent call for volunteers to run new WebTunnel bridges to circumvent censorship in Russia
• Zello asks its 140 million users to change passwords as a precautionary measure, hinting at a possible data breach
• FTC opens broad antitrust investigation into Microsoft's business practices across software, cloud, cybersecurity, and AI
• New Android scareware tactic simulates a seriously cracked and malfunctioning smartphone screen
• Steve argues it's likely safe to leave Wireguard VPN ports open, but he prefers not to out of an abundance of caution
• Research shows AI training on AI-generated content can lead to homogeneity and loss of diversity in outputs
• Australia passes world-first law banning children under 16 from social media, with hefty fines for non-compliant platforms
• NASA's Voyager 1 probe, nearly a light-day from Earth, resumes operations after a communications scare but faces mounting technical challenges as it nears the end of its life

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1003-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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0:00.0	It's time for security now. Steve Gibson is here. We're going to respond, or at least get Microsoft's response to Steve's episode last week.
0:09.1	They say, no, we don't use your data to train AI. What is a digital epileptic seizure? And why does your self-driving vehicle have fits when it approaches an emergency vehicle. Do you use Zello?
0:23.5	Time to change the password. And then we're going to talk a little more about our favorite friend,
0:28.8	the farthest object humanity has ever put in space. Voyager 1, now nearly a light day away.
0:38.9	It's going to be another great security episode coming up next.
0:45.2	Podcasts you love.
0:47.0	From people you trust.
0:49.5	This is Twitter.
0:55.0	This is Security Now with Steve Gibson, episode 1003, recorded Tuesday, December 3rd, 24.
1:02.9	A light day away.
1:06.2	It's time for security now.
1:08.8	The show we cover your security, your privacy, online, how things work.
1:13.9	What's a great book to read when you're trying to get some sleep and you don't want to?
1:18.0	And I don't know, all sorts of stuff.
1:19.6	What's a good show to watch?
1:21.2	What's a good vitamin to take?
1:22.5	Steve Gibson is a polymath.
1:25.5	He knows everything and tells all on the show. Hello, Steve.
1:28.8	Great to be with you again for episode 103. Yikes. And it's still, I look at these four
1:35.5	digits and I think, wow, okay. We're getting used to it now, though. It really does feel like
1:40.7	somehow a lot more than just three digits, which of course, it was a cliffhanger
1:45.3	there for a while, but we made it over the cliff and we're still flapping. We've got a bunch of
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