Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 288

Signal to leave U.K?, A.I chatbots in SnapChat and LockBit ransomware – it’s all in the Transatlantic Cable!

Signal to leave U.K?, A.I chatbots in SnapChat and LockBit ransomware – it’s all in the Transatlantic Cable!

The latest episode of the Transatlantic Cable sees the team starting out with news around Signal and their refusal to weaken encryption for the U.K government.  Following that, the team move onto discussions around Meta and National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s (NCMEC) campaign to help people with the spread of minors’ intimate images online.

To wrap up, the team discuss SnapChat A.I chat bots and LockBit’s attack against the U.K’s Royal Mail service.

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