096: Bribing Amazon staff, and blinking deepfakes

Amazon staff are being bribed to delete negative reviews and leak data, deepfakes are getting more dangerous, an update on John McAfee's bitcoin bet, and our guest gets a shock...

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 (for a while at least) by David Bisson.

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Special Guest: David Bisson.

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Links:

• 'Pull your finger out' - the phrase's meaning and origin
• Amazon Investigates Employees Leaking Data for Bribes - WSJ
• Amazon staff said to be taking bribes to leak data
• Crooked firms bribe customers with free gifts to leave fake reviews
• Smashing Security 063: Carole's back! (where Maria Varmazis discusses deepfakes)
• Carnegie Mellon Researchers Develop New Deepfake Method
• Transferring One Video Into the Style of Another - YouTube
• The Secret to Detecting Deep Fakes Is in the Eye Blinks
• Reddit bans ‘deepfakes’ AI porn communities
• Bitcoin Price Prediction Tracker
• Serious Eats: The Destination for Delicious
• JoyofBaking.com
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