Smashing Security podcast #310: Verified blue ticks and horny AI chatbots

Boyfriends
who
are
bots,
Facebook’s
checkmark
charge,
Twitter
Blue,
and
Will
Ferrell’s
taunt
of
football
fans…

All
this
and
more
is
discussed
in
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latest
edition
of
the
“Smashing
Security”
podcast
by
computer
security
veterans
Graham
Cluley
and
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Theriault.

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About Author

AndyC

Andy Curtis is an award-winning security consultant, researcher and public speaker. He has been working in the computer security industry since the early 1990s, having been employed by state and federal government, leading healthcare and banking providers across three continents. He has given talks about computer security for some of the world’s largest companies, worked with law enforcement agencies on investigations into hacking groups, and is a regular voice on TV and radio explaining IT security threats.

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