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Vulnerable By Design
by Vulnerable By Design
Vulnerable By Design is an intermittent global radio station. Get up to date on the latest and most interesting vulnerability research. Go in-depth with talks and essays on how the tools and systems we interact with make most of us vulnerable, much of the time.
Episodes
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Chat control? The Stasi look like amateurs compared to this sh*te
The EU has proposed a bill, known as ‘chat control’, to scan all digital communications for potential illegal content. Chat control would violate fundamental rights, and turn the EU into a surveillance supra-state. If that doesn’t sound ideal, there’s still a short window of time to take action ✊
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Disposable Bodies (Reading Health Communism)
Have you heard of this new-ish game, Capitalism? We’ll go over the gameplay, to assess whether capitalism might actually be bad for your health. Plus, a discussion of the book Health Communism by Beatrice Adler-Bolton and Artie Vierkant.
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ChatGPT and Existential Angst
We catch up with ChatGPT about the latest recipes, strategic reporting, Python scripts, cost of living, and killing the poor.
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What is the Fediverse?
People are flocking to alternative social media. But how revolutionary is this move? Can it change the future of the Internet?
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All We Need Is Your Face
Automated facial recognition systems: the bad, the very bad, and what you can do to resist them. A special collaborative episode with Ella Hillström.
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Normal
Who or what is normal? Why does normality hold such a grip on people? Might normal actually be dangerous? No outrageous plans this week, as we dive deep into the terrifying zone of normality.
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Cross-cultural privacy
Do privacy concerns differ across cultures? And if yes, should that have any technology design implications? We cover a recent paper on cross-cultural privacy.
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Molotov
Molotov cocktails! What are they? How do they work? What's up with the funky name? And how come they don't immediately explode in people's hands?
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The Papers: Misinformation, Cycling in Dublin, Apologies
A fast-paced round-up of recent vulnerability research. We cover: susceptibility to misinformation, vulnerable cycling in Dublin, and the apology to the Tasmanian Aboriginal People by the Royal Society of Tasmania and the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.
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Subprime Attention: Will Ad Bubbles Collapse the Internet?
Advertising fuels much of the Internet today. But what if programmatic, targeted ad don’t actually work? Vulnerable Book Club reads Tim Hwang’s Subprime Attention Crisis.
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Like
Like buttons are everywhere. But is liking really all that likeable? We investigate it all, from zero likes to like hiding. With a touch of proper hedonism.
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Edit Wars (On a Wiki)
Wikipedia’s backstage is a battlefield. Well, sometimes at least. In this episode we look at the edit wars fermenting in articles on the world’s biggest encyclopedia.
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Got Phished
You've won a prize! Or have you? This week we look at recent developments in phishing research. Think: Do your personal values make you more phishable? And do phishers always run a profit?
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Can You See My Slides?
Does powerpoint make you dim? We look at the debate, the evidence, the history. We might even throw in a little slideware liberation manifesto.
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Big Tech Lobbying
Big tech companies are spending precious euros lobbying the European Union to resist, or weaken, regulation of digital markets. A recent report by two lobby-watching groups has the ghastly details.
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Algorithmic Accountability
How are public sector bodies accountable for using algorithmic systems? We look at a recent report.
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Vulnerable By Design is an intermittent global radio station. Get up to date on the latest and most interesting vulnerability research. Go in-depth with talks and essays on how the tools and systems we interact with make most of us vulnerable, much of the time.
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