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 much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "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.

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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