Cats, hoodies, and rent

Smashing Security

What's the problem with IoT-enabled pet feeders? Can hacking ever be illustrated without a hoodie? And just how are landlords using smart home technology to snoop upon their residents?

All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by technology journalist and broadcaster David McClelland.

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Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.

Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.

Special Guest: David McClelland.

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Links:

• Security researcher gets access to all Xiaomi pet feeders around the world — ZDNet.
• Xiaomi crowdfunds the Furrytail Pet Smart Feeder with app control for 199 yuan ($28) — Gizmochina.
• How to say Xiaomi — BBC News.
• Xiaomi Furrytail Boss Cat Bed — YouTube.
• Remember that competition for non-hoodie hacker pics? Here's their best entries — The Register.
• Cybersecurity visuals challenge finalist catalog (PDF)
• SmartRent - Smart Apartment Solutions.
• Smart home tech can help evict renters, surveillance company tells landlords — CNet.
• SmartRent funding heralds new wave in 'smart home' market — Reuters.
• SmartRent's Privacy Policy.
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• Did Stanley Kubrick invent the iPad? — BFI.
• Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling — Amazon.
• The Joy of Stats, Hans Rosling's 200 countries, 200 years, 4 minutes — BBC Four.
• Joe Rogan Experience #1368 - Edward Snowden — YouTube.
• Joe Rogan Edward Snowden Podcast Interview Transcript: Rogan Spends Almost 3 Hours Interviewing Snowden.
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