Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 46

In this edition, Jeff and Dave discuss a Facebook privacy loophole, Walmart patenting listening software, e-mail being too hard, and oh yeah, some data breaches.

For the 46th edition of the Transatlantic Cable podcast, we discuss a pair of posts that could be labeled “you had one job,” or “e-mail is hard,” a closed loophole in Facebook, and more. For a full list of stories, please check out the links below.

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How to eavesdrop on a neural network

The Whisper Leak attack allows its perpetrator to guess the topic of your conversation with an AI assistant — without decrypting the traffic. We explore how this is possible, and what you can do to protect your AI chats.

The pros and cons of AI-powered browsers

A race between tech giants is unfolding before our very eyes. Who’ll be the first to transform the browser into an AI assistant app? As you test these new products, be sure to consider their enormous impact on security and privacy.