Today's show reminds you to change your admin password if you have a Virgin Media Superhub2 router, talks about the Bitcoin meltdown as Mt Gox closes down, selfie news and much more silliness on the internet, specifically Twitter before touching on a more serious note about the British spooks at GCHQ intercepting and storing webcam images from 1.8 million Yahoo users worldwide.
The show ends on the demise of Windows XP followed by reports from the PiNest people at the University of Bradford.
Today's show talks about the Year of Code, the humourless antics of the Department of Work & Pensions and more government-related hullabaloo and the dangers of copycat sites, family filters that are doing none of us any good, spooks, spooks, spooks, the case of the missing Flappy Bird, support for the end of support for Windows XP and finally, inappropriate recommendations.
It's Anger Month! Today we talk about opting out of NHS data sharing and Google+ where anyone can email you directly, something Facebook users put up with as a default.
The government's new CyberStreetWise initiative including more money wasting activities on failing IT projects, spooks, spooks, spooks, Sky's brand new government approved smut filter, Snapchat ignoring a vulnerability warning that followed a hacking of their system, releasing 4.6 million user's details, Demonoid's tracker being back online before ending on the Gagging Bill and Youtube's Content ID malarkey. Bleurgh.
The show includes:
Console Wars – discussion about the PS4, XBone, and Steam OS Passwords – big companies have been hacked again and passwords exposed. What do the IT Stuff presenters think about all this password nonesense?
News, including, YouTube, selfies, quantum computing, and does your laptop smell of cat wee – it may not be your cat’s fault.
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The show includes:
News about Steve Ballmer, hacked toilets and baby cams. Interviews from the Leeds Hack day A free download
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