Money-making bots, and Incognito isn’t private

Google says it is deleting your Google Chrome Incognito private-browsing data that it should never have collected anyway. Can a zero-risk millionaire-making bot be trusted? And what countries are banned from buying your sensitive data?

All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Host Unknown's Thom Langford.

Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.

Episode links:

• Scammer Convinced Investors to Send Him $1.5 Million to Build Magic Money Making Bot - 404.
• Biden Bans Rival Nations From Buying Sensitive US Data - Good Luck - Wired.
• 6 practical reasons to use Incognito mode in your browser - USA Today.
• Brown v. Google LLC Settlement Agreement - DocumentCloud.
• Google agrees to settle $5bn lawsuit claiming it secretly tracked users - The Guardian.
• Chrome updates Incognito warning to admit Google tracks users in “private” mode - Ars Technica.
• Google changes wording for Incognito browsing in Chrome - Malwarebytes.
• The Incognito Mode Myth Has Fully Unraveled - Wired.
• Google Agrees to Delete ‘Incognito’ Browsing Data to Settle Class-Action Lawsuit - TIME.
• Amazon refuses to refund me £700 for iPhone 15 it didn’t deliver - Graham Cluley.
• Concorde - Lego.
• Cover song: samsung dryer no. 2 - YouTube.
• Play Drums on Samsung Washing Machine Song - YouTube.
• With samsung washing machine violinist  - YouTube.
• Samsung Washing Machine Song with Piano [Franz Schubert's "Die Forelle"] - YouTube.
• Duet for harp and dryer - YouTube.
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