SN 922: Detecting Unwanted Location Trackers - Google Passkeys, Chrome lock icon, AI news sites, Vint Cerf

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Leo Laporte

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

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2023

⏱️ 127 minutes

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Summary

Picture of the Week.
Google & Passkeys.
TP-Link routers DO auto-update.
US Marshals Service: Where's the backup??
T-Mobile keeps getting breached.
Chrome: No more LOCK icon.
Apple's new "Rapid Security Response" system.
Elon Musk, making friends wherever he goes...
A quick Mastodon aside.
Here come the fake AI-generated "news" sites.
Russia to replace "American" TCP/IP with "Russian Internet".
Vint Serf's 3 mistakes.
Detecting Unwanted Location Trackers.

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0:00.0	It's time for security now, Steve Gibson is here.
0:03.0	We're going to talk about Google and past keys.
0:05.5	They activated support, but how do past keys work?
0:08.5	What are their problems?
0:10.0	What are the things they solve?
0:11.5	We'll also talk about Vince Surf, the father of the Internet,
0:16.5	and the three things he thinks he did wrong when he designed it.
0:20.5	And then Steve will dive into an Apple proposal
0:26.0	to make air tags and other Bluetooth trackers more secure?
0:31.5	Or is it less?
0:33.5	Security now is next.
0:37.0	Podcasts you love.
0:38.5	Front people you trust.
0:40.5	This is Twit.
0:47.5	This is Security Now with Steve Gibson, episode 922,
0:51.5	recorded Tuesday, May 9, 2023, detecting unwanted location trackers.
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