Show Notes
Tom Uren and James Wilson talk about how Chinese intelligence services will take advantage of a massive breach of 150 million American drivers licences.
They also discuss the steps the US military is taking to counter adtech device tracking. It’s too slow and not enough.
Finally, they talk about how often cryptocurrency hackers claim to be white hat hackers. Its ludicrous, but suprisingly often it is a successful strategy.
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