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Lock and Code

Lock and Code tells the human stories within cybersecurity, privacy, and technology. Rogue robot vacuums, hacked farm tractors, and catastrophic software vulnerabilities—it’s all here.

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50 episodes

Jan 28, 2024•—

Bruce Schneier predicts a future of AI-powered mass spying

Feb 11, 2024•—

If only you had to worry about malware, with Jason Haddix

Feb 25, 2024•—

How to make a fake ID online, with Joseph Cox

Mar 10, 2024•—

Going viral shouldn't lead to bomb threats, with Leigh Honeywell

Mar 24, 2024•—

Securing your home network is long, tiresome, and entirely worth it, with Carey Parker

Apr 7, 2024•—

Porn panic imperils privacy online, with Alec Muffett (re-air)

Apr 21, 2024•—

Picking fights and gaining rights, with Justin Brookman

May 5, 2024•—

"No social media 'til 16," and other fixes for a teen mental health crisis, with Dr. Jean Twenge

May 19, 2024•—

Your vacation, reservations, and online dates, now chosen by AI

Jun 2, 2024•—

800 arrests, 40 tons of drugs, and one backdoor, or what a phone startup gave the FBI, with Joseph Cox

Jun 16, 2024•—

(Almost) everything you always wanted to know about cybersecurity, but were too afraid to ask, with Tjitske de Vries

Jun 30, 2024•—

Busted for book club? Why cops want to see what you’re reading, with Sarah Lamdan

Jul 14, 2024•—

How an AI “artist” stole a woman’s face, with Ali Diamond

Jul 28, 2024•—

SIEM is not storage, with Jess Dodson

Aug 11, 2024•—

AI girlfriends want to know all about you. So might ChatGPT

Aug 25, 2024•—

Move over malware: Why one teen is more worried about AI (re-air)

Sep 8, 2024•—

What the arrest of Telegram's CEO means, with Eva Galperin

Sep 22, 2024•—

San Francisco’s fight against deepfake porn, with City Attorney David Chiu

Oct 6, 2024•—

Exposing the Facebook funeral livestream scam

Oct 20, 2024•—

This industry profits from knowing you have cancer, explains Cody Venzke

Nov 3, 2024•—

Why your vote can’t be “hacked,” with Cait Conley of CISA

Nov 17, 2024•—

An air fryer, a ring, and a vacuum get brought into a home. What they take out is your data

Dec 1, 2024•—

These cars want to know about your sex life (re-air)

Dec 15, 2024•—

A day in the life of a privacy pro, with Ron de Jesus

Dec 29, 2024•—

Is nowhere safe from AI slop?

Jan 12, 2025•—

The new rules for AI and encrypted messaging, with Mallory Knodel

Jan 26, 2025•—

Three privacy rules for 2025

Feb 9, 2025•—

A suicide reveals the lonely side of AI chatbots, with Courtney Brown

Feb 23, 2025•—

Surveillance pricing is "evil and sinister," explains Justin Kloczko

Mar 9, 2025•—

How ads weirdly know your screen brightness, headphone jack use, and location, with Tim Shott

Mar 23, 2025•—

What Google Chrome knows about you, with Carey Parker

Apr 6, 2025•—

Is your phone listening to you? (feat. Lena Cohen)

Apr 20, 2025•—

Did DOGE "breach" Americans' data? (feat. Sydney Saubestre)

May 4, 2025•—

The AI chatbot cop squad is here (feat. Emanuel Maiberg and Jason Koebler)

May 18, 2025•—

How Los Angeles banned smartphones in schools (feat. Nick Melvoin)

Jun 1, 2025•—

What does Facebook know about me?

Jun 15, 2025•—

The data on denying social media for kids (feat. Dr. Jean Twenge) (re-air)

Jun 29, 2025•—

Corpse-eating selfies, and other ways to trick scammers (feat. Becky Holmes)

Jul 13, 2025•—

Is AI "healthy" to use?

Jul 27, 2025•—

How the FBI got everything it wanted (re-air, feat. Joseph Cox)

Aug 10, 2025•—

“The worst thing” for online rights: An age-restricted grey web (feat. Jason Kelley)

Aug 24, 2025•—

How a scam hunter got scammed (feat. Julie-Anne Kearns)

Sep 7, 2025•—

This “insidious” police tech claims to predict crime (feat. Emily Galvin-Almanza)

Sep 21, 2025•—

Can you disappear online? (feat. Peter Dolanjski)

Oct 5, 2025•—

What's there to save about social media? (feat. Rabble)

Oct 19, 2025•—

What does Google know about me?

Nov 2, 2025•—

Would you sext ChatGPT? (feat. Deb Donig)

Nov 16, 2025•—

Your coworker is tired of AI "workslop" (feat. Dr. Kristina Rapuano)

Nov 30, 2025•—

Air fryer app caught asking for voice data (re-air)

Dec 14, 2025•—

Lock and Code

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