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More on the privacy threat from the Phorm system.

Guest: Alexander Hanff, UK technologist and activist.

Audible pick of the week:
The Black Hole War: My Battle to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics (Unabridged) by Leonard Susskind, Narrated by Ray Porter. To sign up for you free book, visit AudiblePodcast.com/securitynow.

For 16kpbs versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.

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This week we're going to look at some of the biggest objects in the Universe: galaxies. It was the discovery of galaxies in the early 20th century that helped astronomers realize just how big the Universe is, and how far away everything is. Let's learn how galaxies formed and how they evolve and change over time, merging with the neighbors. And what the future holds. No comments

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

Our regular mailbag episode with questions and comments from our listeners.

Audible pick of the week:
Digital Fortress by Dan Brown, narrated by Paul Michael. To sign up for you free book, visit AudiblePodcast.com/securitynow.

For 16kpbs versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.

Security Now is brought to you by Astaro Internet Security.

Bandwidth for Security Now! is provided by AOL Radio.

Running time: 1:22:45

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And now we reach the third part of our trilogy on the human exploration and colonization of Mars. Humans will inevitably tire of living underground, and will want to stretch their legs, and fill their lungs with fresh air. One day, we'll contemplate the possibility of reshaping Mars to suit human life. Is it even possible? What technologies would be used, and what's the best we can hope for? No comments

This is our third installment in our series of student questions shows and these questions come to us from Collinsville High School. No comments

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

How third parties are gaining footholds in ISP facilities in order to access your data.

Audible pick of the week: Ringworld by Larry Niven. Narrated by Tom Parker. To sign up for you free book, visit AudiblePodcast.com/SecurityNow.

For 16kpbs versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.

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Running time: 1:46:37

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After astronauts make the first tentative steps onto the surface of Mars, a big goal will be colonization of the Red Planet. The first trailblazers who try to live on Mars will have their work cut out for them, being in an environment totally hostile to life. What challenges will they face, and how might they overcome them? No comments

We ran across this article the other day and it seems that GPS in the very near future might be able to assist you with your safety.

Honda’s new GPS warns drivers when they’re about to leave their car in places where it is likely to be stolen, broken into or otherwise vandalized. The new technology, available from today if you live in Japan, links to local police stations and provides crime ratings by location, and if area is particularly dangerous it issues an alert. No indication of when or if this’ll come to the US. Originally posted at: InventorSpot

Well as you can imagine this system brings to the surface a huge potential for argument of what and where “High Crime” neighborhoods are and what constitutes a “high Crime” neighborhood but as technology moves forward it seems we will be seeing much more integration with this type of technology to add to our arsenal of items to help keep us safer in today’s world.

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