"Atomic" with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week ending August 13th 2024

Episode 203 This week we let the vigilante out first and discover he has remedies for a number large enough to make Clint Eastwood stand up and take notice.Then we bump into a type of fencing you will be glad has just been disallowed by a US court.From there if you want to go invisible on the web the “do-it-yourself” route turn out to be cheaper and way more effective.“We were software snobs” says the inventor of What’s App and Signal secure messaging. We find out what he’s talking about.Your home security firm got hacked and won’t tell you if you have been compromised. We consider the confidence that inspires. Oh and it could be the same company that sends out your paychecks.Apple adds a weekly permission check to it’s next OS update.A hacker hits a farm in Switzerland and his cow and calf make the ultimate sacrifice.And finally we go atomic with a story so wild it may literally “Blow” your mind.​This week’s line up of stories explode globally but land you safely back home. Find the full transcript of this podcast here.