Smashing Security podcast #035: Up the Roomba with mandatory Chinese spyware

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Smashing Security #035: Up the Roomba with mandatory Chinese spyware

China is forcing people to install smartphone spyware, young cyberoffenders are offered rehab, and robot vacuum cleaners want to sell maps of the inside of your house to tech firms.

All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Dan Ring.

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Smashing Security #035: 'Up the Roomba with mandatory Chinese spyware'

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Graham Cluley is an award-winning keynote speaker who has given presentations around the world about cybersecurity, hackers, and online privacy. A veteran of the computer security industry since the early 1990s, he wrote the first ever version of Dr Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit for Windows, makes regular media appearances, and is the co-host of the popular "The AI Fix" and "Smashing Security" podcasts. Follow him on Bluesky, Mastodon, and Threads, or drop him an email.

2 comments on “Smashing Security podcast #035: Up the Roomba with mandatory Chinese spyware”

  1. Michael Ponzani

    I'll bet this is going to bee good. I like the first part of the title. I've never heard any one say, "Up the Roomba", before. They sure can say it now.

    1. Michael Ponzani · in reply to Michael Ponzani

      This house layout data could also be sold to the Peelers or the military, etc. to clamp down on anyone for anything.

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