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Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 339

Episode 339 of the Kaspersky podcast looks at TikTok, spyware Reddit IPO and much more!

David Buxton
March 20, 2024

Episode 339 of the Transatlantic Cable podcast kicks off with news that several employees in TikTok were caught covertly spying on Forbes journalists. From there, the team talk about a new cooperation between governments to better tackle spyware and news that the FTC is looking at the upcoming Reddit IPO and AI training data.

To close out the podcast, the team discuss news that ‘at least 900’ websites built using Google’s FireBase cloud database may be leaking sensitive user data.

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