Episode #177 - How Not To Do A Force Password Reset; Facial Recognition Explained; Online Age Checks

2023-07-04

Resources for this episode available at 505updates.com. From Edwin Kwan in Sydney, Australia: A high school in Illinois recently demonstrated how not to do a false password reset. The high school decided to set all the students' passwords to be change me exclamation mark. That's right. They changed all the students' password to the same password. From Hillary Coover in Washington, DC: When searching social media sites for known child exploitation images, law enforcement agencies and...

Resources for this episode available at 505updates.com.

From Edwin Kwan in Sydney, Australia: A high school in Illinois recently demonstrated how not to do a false password reset. The high school decided to set all the students' passwords to be change me exclamation mark. That's right. They changed all the students' password to the same password.

From Hillary Coover in Washington, DC: When searching social media sites for known child exploitation images, law enforcement agencies and organizations use databases of face prints associated with identified victims or offenders. They take those known face prints and they compare them to those pulled from social media platforms.

From Katy Craig in San Diego, California: Have you ever encountered an age check, those popups that ask you for your ID or some other form of verification to confirm your age? They're becoming increasingly common online, all in the name of protecting children's safety.

From Sourced Network Production in New York city. "It's 5:05". I'm Pokie Huang. Today is Tuesday, July 4th. Here's the full story behind today's cyber security and open source headlines...

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