Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 340

Episode 340 of the Kaspersky podcast includes big-tech lawsuit drama, and the dangers of age-verification.

Episode 340 of the Kaspersky podcast includes big-tech lawsuit drama, and the dangers of age-verification.

Episode 340 of the Transatlantic Cable podcast kicks off with news that the EU is investigating Meta, Apple and Google for “uncompetitive practices.” Additionally, the US government has gone ahead and levelled a lawsuit against Apple, for what they see as “monopoly” behaviour with their hardware.

To wrap up, the team discuss two stories, the first around China and UK government hacking concerns and how age-verification for adult sites could actually be a bad thing in the long run.

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