Good Help is Hard to Find. The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the Week Ending June 4th., 2024

Episode 192 This week we go looking for help and discover something else entirely.
We start by being turned away from a London hospital because of something spread by a sick corporate partner.
Then we move onto background checks. Perhaps soon potential employers won’t need to run them, they’ll just look you up on the dark web.
From there Google springs a leak. Honestly, whoever is handling their PR must be having a meltdown over this latest faux pas because it’s a whole database of privacy incidents reported internally that provide a level of transparency no one at Google wants to see through.
Then let’s talk about the new Windows feature that will have you exploring the virtues of Linux even if it was the last thing you thought you would ever do.
They’ve been busy in Ottawa with a new industry proposal to build more back doors. We’ll find out why some are saying that is construction we simply don’t need.
And then there’s that password crack for a US$3 Million stash. How it was cracked and how you can prevent the same thing happening to your US$3 Million stash.
We end on Stack overflow with some help from a friend that’s anything but.
Good help is hard to find, but a great update is right in front of you.  Let’s go!

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