SN956: The Inside Tracks

I want to start off this week by following-up on last week's podcast about the hardware backdoor discovered in Apple's silicon, to support the conclusion I've reached since then, that this was deliberate on Apple's part, that they always knew about this, and why. Then we're going to wonder whether everyone is as cyber-vulnerable as Ukraine appears to be? And if so, why and just how serious could cyberattacks become? What's the latest on the mess over at 23andMe? How's cryptocurrency been faring, and are things getting better, staying the same, or getting worse? What Google Mandiant account got hacked? Just how seriously, and legally, do we take the term "war" in "cyberwar", and what are the implications of that? LastPass recently announced some policy changes; even if they are about two years late, what lessons should the rest of the 'Net take away? During 2023, how did Windows 11 fare against Windows 10? What happens when users discover that Chrome's Incognito mode is still tracking them? And then, after exploring some questions from our terrific listeners, I want to share the result of some interesting research I conducted last week during the final days of the work on SpinRite 6.1 for this week's podcast, titled: ‘The Inside Tracks’.