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SN 1044: The EU's Online Age Verification - Consumer Reports vs. Microsoft

Security Now (Audio)

Leo Laporte

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

4.62.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 181 minutes

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Summary

  • Consumer Reports on Windows 10 updates.
  • Waste (not fraud or abuse) within DoD Cyberoperations.
  • China's DeepSeek produces deliberately flawed code.
  • WebAssembly v3.0 officially released.
  • Firefox v143 updates and new features.
  • Firefox for Android now offers DoH.
  • A nearly terminal flaw in Microsoft's Entra ID.
  • Chrome hits its 6th 0-day this year. Emergency update.
  • DRAM (now DDR5) still vulnerable to RowHammer.
  • SAMSUNG kitchen refrigerators begin showing ads.
  • China says no to NVIDIA.
  • 300 more (new) NPM maliciouspackages found and removed.
  • The EU is already testing proper online age verification.

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1044-Notes.pdf

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0:00.0

It's time for security now. Steve Gibson is here. We're going to take a look at a Spanish proposal for age verification that Steve says is privacy protecting and really might just work. We'll also find out why DDR5 is still vulnerable to cyber attacks. Why Consumer Reports says Microsoft, you ought to let us keep Windows 10 for a little bit longer.

0:26.2

And Deep Seek, does it produce deliberately flawed code for groups?

0:31.6

The Chinese government doesn't like all that more.

0:33.6

Coming up next on Security Now.

0:44.3

Podcasts you love. from people you trust this is twit this is security now with steve gipson episode one thousand forty four recorded t, September 23rd, 2025, the EU's online age verification.

1:00.8

It's time for security now, the show you wait for all week long. I know I do. Every Tuesday,

1:06.0

we get to hear from this man right here, Steve Gibson, about the latest privacy, security, how technology

1:11.6

works, and we all get the Vulcan salute. Hello, Steve. That's right, or the shot to the temple.

1:18.9

No, don't do that. No, no, no, no, no. I'm working, by the way, because I practice my piano,

1:24.6

and I do the Leshitsky method, which seriously is a thing you do with piano,

1:30.8

I can now...

1:31.6

Leschitsky?

1:33.1

Yeah, so he invented a method for strengthening the fingers for piano players.

1:38.9

I did not used to be able to do this with my left hand.

1:40.9

I could do it with my reinhand.

1:41.8

Well, Leo Progress takes all different forms look at

1:45.8

that i think you could also do shadow puppets when you're next i can now a uh uh a slide presentation

1:54.2

for your guests uh of your most recent trip we are we are we should mention for those listening

1:59.8

only on audio we are doing the live

2:01.7

long and prosper vulcan salute and no one knows why do you think we're supposed to do that with

2:06.8

the left hand i think that was somebody tell me because you do it with your left i do that i'm

2:11.6

i'm left handed and i got a microphone over here so it gets really confusing i'm left handed and it's not

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