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Sep 2024
2h 9m

SN 990: Is Telegram an Encrypted App? - ...

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About this episode
  • Telegram puts End-to-End Privacy in the Crosshairs
  • Free security logging is good for everyone
  • CrowdStrike hemorrhaging customers
  • Microsoft to meet privately with EDR (Endpoint Detection & Response) vendors
  • Yelp's Unhappy with Google
  • Telegram as the hotbed for DDoSass – DDoS as a Service
  • Chrome grows more difficult to exploit
  • Cox Media Group's "Active Listening" has apparently not ended
  • Cascading Bloom Filter follow-up
  • Closing the Loop
  • Is Telegram an encrypted app?

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-990-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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