Cringey Dark Pattern Search with John Verdi from FPF

Our Watchtower Weekly news stories hammer home the importance of updating your software this week. Advice that Matt takes a little too literally, as he updates macOS mid-podcast recording...

We're also joined by John Verdi, Vice President of Policy at the Future of Privacy Forum, as we discuss the complexities around encryption, manipulative user interfaces and dark patterns.

To top it all off, we mark the end of an era with a final game of Play Your Passwords Right: Cringey Passwords edition. 😬  Who will reign champion in the final round? 👑

🏰  Watchtower Weekly

• Over 30,000 organizations emails are hacked via Microsoft Exchange Server flaw
• Brave buys a search engine, promises no tracking, no profiling
• Apple Plugs Severe WebKit Remote Code-Execution Hole

🎙 Guest Interview - John Verdi 

• Follow @johnverdi  on Twitter
• Follow @futureofprivacy on Twitter
• Visit: fpf.org
• 📊 Crypto Infographic: Future of Privacy Forum
• 🗣 FPF Event - Dark patterns: Manipulative UX Design (Mar 24, 2021 12:00 PM ET)

🚨 Play Your Passwords Right 

We show a password, then reveal how many times that has been in a breach. We then show another and guess higher or lower.

To play along visit: haveibeenpwned.com/passwords

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