SN 935: "Topics" Arrives - Firefox multi-account containers, DuckDuckGo email alias, satellite crowding

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Leo Laporte

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

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2023

⏱️ 119 minutes

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Summary

Picture of the Week.
Security Now!'s 18th birthday!
Closing the Loop.
Firefox Multi-Account Containers.
A question about Full Disk Encryption on SSD's.
Should I run SpinRite before I back up my drives to a NAS?
Overly complex password rules.
DuckDuckGo's email alias.
The new Russian Astra Linux based OS can not legally be possible.
Regarding satellite crowding: The skies won't be darkening anytime soon.
This is what came to mind on the Voyager 2 segment with the shout.
Can you please share the name of the session manager that you use in Firefox?
The numbers behind the Voyager recorrection.
"Topics" Arrives.
How Topics Works.

Show Notes: https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-935-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 to talk about Google's
0:04.9	final I guess proposal for advertising without owner's tracking. It's called
0:11.0	Topics and Steve says it's a good thing. We'll also talk about password rules. Sometimes they can
0:18.0	get ridiculous and then Steve has some very good news for all of us. Stay tuned. You'll be
0:24.8	celebrating next on Security Now. Podcasts you love. From people you trust. This is Twit.
0:39.4	This is Security Now with Steve Gibson. Episode 935 recorded August 15th, 2023. Topics arrives.
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1:52.2	as an individual user at bitwarden.com slash twit. It's time for Security Now. The show we cover the
1:59.1	latest insecurity breaches. We've what's going on with move it. Ran somewhere with this guy right here
2:07.2	Steve Gibson. All that good stuff. It's the move it show these days. That's where to go.
2:14.4	Yeah. For the middle of August. Yes. Okay. So it was a lot going on. Today's topic is topics
2:24.5	which has officially arrived from Google at long last. But we're going to start by celebrating
2:32.6	a birthday. It's not only 25 years ago that the iMac was created, but it's this podcast's birthday
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