• What's the new "nearest neighbor" attack and how do you defend against it?
• Let's Encrypt just turned 10. What changes has it wrought?
• Now the Coast Guard is worried about Chinese built ship-to-shore cranes.
• Pakistan becomes the first country to block Bluesky.
• There's a new way to get Git repos "swatted" and removed.
• Who's to blame for Palo Alto Networks' serious new 0-day vulnerabilities?
• If you have any of these six D-Link VPN routers, unplug them immediately!
• It turns out that VPN apps are against Shariah Law. Who knew?
• The Return of Windows Recall. What are we learning now?
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• We share and respond to a bunch of terrific feedback from our listeners.
• What are Microsoft's "Connected Experience" and why might you choose to disconnect from them?

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1002-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1001-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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