Secret Roomba snaps, Christmas cab scams, and the future of AI

Beware your Roomba's roving eye, the Finns warn of AI threats around the corner, and watch out when hailing a taxi cab in Dublin...

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 The Register's Iain Thomson.

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

Episode links:

• A Roomba recorded a woman on the toilet. How did screenshots end up on Facebook? - MIT Technology Review.
• Building Smart Robots Requires Responsible Development - Roomba CEO Colin Angle on LinkedIn.
• OpenAI predicts biz can break a billion in revs by 2024 - The Register.
• The security threat of AI-enabled cyberattacks (PDF) - The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency, Traficom.
• Ireland Christmas weather ‘roller-coaster’ amid new ‘Beast from the East’ threat - Irish Mirror.
• Christmas revellers warned about sophisticated taxi scam as €300,000 is stolen from victims - MSN. 
• Taxi cab scam has cleaned out €300,000 from bank accounts of victims - Irish Independent. 
• “La Cabina” - YouTube.
• “Last and First Men” by Olaf Stapledon - Wikipedia.
• ”The other side of night” by Adam Hamdy - Pan MacMillan Press. 
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