Amazon staff are being bribed to delete negative reviews and leak data, deepfakes are getting more dangerous, an update on John McAfee’s bitcoin bet, and our guest gets a shock…
All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week (for a while at least) by David Bisson.
Smashing Security #096: 'Bribing Amazon staff, and blinking deepfakes'
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Guest:
David Bisson – @DMBisson
Show notes:
- 'Pull your finger out' – the phrase's meaning and origin
- Amazon Investigates Employees Leaking Data for Bribes – WSJ
- Amazon staff said to be taking bribes to leak data
- Crooked firms bribe customers with free gifts to leave fake reviews
- Smashing Security 063: Carole's back! (where Maria Varmazis discusses deepfakes)
- Carnegie Mellon Researchers Develop New Deepfake Method
- Transferring One Video Into the Style of Another – YouTube
- The Secret to Detecting Deep Fakes Is in the Eye Blinks
- Reddit bans ‘deepfakes’ AI porn communities
- Bitcoin Price Prediction Tracker
- Serious Eats: The Destination for Delicious
- JoyofBaking.com
- How to cook the perfect …
- Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)
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Hi Graham,
Thanks for all the work so far in bringing this information to the public, I was wondering/hoping that there is a possibility of a transcript of the podcasts (or a text version) that deaf people like myself could access as podcasts unfortunately excludes us that cannot hear.
Thanks
Hi Xander. Thanks for the question.
Unfortunately, at the moment we're not able to produce transcripts because of the cost and time involved. There are some cheaper automated systems that offer to produce transcripts but in our experience they do a pretty poor job, so we're not keen.
Maybe the automated systems will get better, or maybe we'll get a large enough audience that a proportion will be prepared to pay for a transcript for each episode. If either of those happen we'll definitely consider it!
Sorry, I know that's not the answer you're looking for. Hopefully the show notes will be a small comfort in the meantime.
I am not sure, if that helps! Why don't you consider outsourcing transcript to other countries like China, India, etc they will be more than willing to do so at affordable rates I guess…
I have no doubt some of the manual services already outsource the transcription to countries you mention. Unfortunately, for us, the result is either poor quality or cost prohibitive.
Maybe this is a service we'll be able to provide listeners in future – although it may come under some "membership" deal for listeners who want them (a few dollars a month) to cover the additional costs.