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Jul 2021
53m 45s

This is How They Tell Me the World Ends ...

THE LINCOLN PROJECT
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Host Reed Galen is joined by New York Times Cybersecurity Reporter and Author of This is How They Tell Me the World Ends, Nicole Perlroth. They discuss the current state of our nation’s cybersecurity, the evolution and use of “zero-days”, and the disinformation-free truth about election security. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad ... Show More
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