TNSS 140: Snowden's Security App - Snowden's Security App, InSpectre explained
Jan 21, 2018•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 140
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Episode description
On this episode of The New Screen Savers for Saturday, January 20, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Jason Howell:
- Edward Snowden has a new app for Android called Haven that turns your phone into a portable security system. Nathan Freitas, Director of the Guardian Project joins us to talk about how they created it and why.
- Steve Gibson joins us to explain his latest freeware InSpectre and how it looks for Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities.
- We have two Calls for Help. The first wants to know about the bandwidth needed for cord-cutting and the second on sharing photos on multiple devices.
- Jason Howell and Megan Morrone put the iPhone X and Pixel 2XL in a head-to-head contest to see which can unlock faster under different scenarios!
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jason Howell
Guest: Steve Gibson
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