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May 2024
2h 13m

SN 976: The 50 Gigabyte Privacy Bomb - G...

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About this episode
  • The bigger problem with AI Overview
  • https://udm14.com/ -and- https://tenbluelinks.org/
  • The horses have left the barn
  • VPNs and Firewalls
  • Email @ GRC
  • Extension to fix Google search
  • Passwords and SPAM
  • Fixing motherboard components
  • Vertical tabs in Firefox
  • FritzBox routers
  • Too many PINs
  • More Google search fixes
  • Testing Windows XP
  • The 50 Gigabyte Privacy Bomb

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-976-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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