Smashing Security podcast #303: Secret Roomba snaps, Christmas cab scams, and the future of AI

Beware your Roomba’s roving eye, the Finns warn of AI threats around the corner, and watch out when hailing a cab in Dublin…

All this and much 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 by The Register’s Iain Thomson.

Hosts:

Graham Cluley – @gcluley
Carole Theriault – @caroletheriault

Guest:

Iain Thomson – @iainthomson

Episode links:

• A Roomba recorded a woman on the toilet. How did screenshots end up on Facebook? – MIT Technology Review.
• Building Smart Robots Requires Responsible Development – Roomba CEO Colin Angle on LinkedIn.
• OpenAI predicts biz can break a billion in revs by 2024 – The Register.
• The security threat of AI-enabled cyberattacks (PDF) – The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency, Traficom.
• Ireland Christmas weather ‘roller-coaster’ amid new ‘Beast from the East’ threat – Irish Mirror.
• Christmas revellers warned about sophisticated taxi scam as €300,000 is stolen from victims – MSN.
• Taxi cab scam has cleaned out €300,000 from bank accounts of victims – Irish Independent.
• “La Cabina” – YouTube.
• “Last and First Men” by Olaf Stapledon – Wikipedia.
• ”The other side of night” by Adam Hamdy – Pan MacMillan Press.
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