Smashing Security podcast #357: Interview with an iPhone thief, anti-AI, and have we gone too far?

The iPhone security setting that you should enable right now, the worrying way that AI is predicting what criminals look like, and we play a game of face fake or real…

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 Mark Stockley.

Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.

Hosts:

Graham Cluley – @gcluley
Carole Theriault – @caroletheriault

Guest:

Mark Stockley – @markstockley

Episode links:

• Mobile phone stolen every six minutes in London, says Met Police – BBC News.
• iPhone Thief Explains How He Breaks Into Your Phone – YouTube.
• About Stolen Device Protection for iPhone – Apple.
• Cops Used DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face—and Tried to Run Facial Recognition on It – Wired.
• Will ChatGPT write ransomware? Yes – Malwarebytes.
• AI chatbots are making scams more convincing than ever, warn spy chiefs – The Telegraph.
• Test yourself: which faces were made by AI? – New York Times.
• AI vs. Human Writing: Experts Fooled Almost 62% of the Time– Neuroscience News.
• I know that I know nothing – Wikipedia.
• Yours truly, Johnny Dollar – Comic book.
• I Heart Umami.
• Libby.
• Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff)

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Thanks:

Theme tune: “Vinyl Memories” by Mikael Manvelyan.
Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.

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