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Who has been warning Italian criminals that their phones are wiretapped? Can you trust your voice to protect your bank account? And why is TikTok being singled out by investigators?

All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by Dinah Davis.

Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language.

Episode links:

• Wiretapping Italian police tune in to hear their secrets being sold - The Times.
• Jeremy Paxman stuns Silvio Berlusconi with Angela Merkel insult allegation - The Guardian.
• Silvio Berlusconi interviewed by Jeremy Paxman on BBC Newsnight - YouTube.
• Protests grow in Italy over the wiretapping of journalists - Independent.
• How I Broke Into a Bank Account With an AI-Generated Voice - Vice.
• TikTok under investigation by Canadian privacy authorities - BBC.
• The UN's cyber crime treaty could be a privacy disaster - IT Pro.
• TikToker outlines how she quit every job she’s had over the ‘most minor inconveniences’ Yahoo News.
• “Check It Out” episode about nuclear war from July 1980 - YouTube.
• The North-West Is Our Mother: The Story of Louis Riel's People, the Métis Nation - GoodReads.
• Fleishman is in Trouble review – Jesse Eisenberg’s endlessly witty divorce drama is almost too good - The Guardian.
• Fleishman is in Trouble - Disney+
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