Hacked

Strange tales of hacking, tech, cyber security, AI and internet grifters, with Jordan & @sfwinder.

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Bruce: every decade has a new scare. The "solution" is always the same. Break encryption.
"The problem isn't the problem. The problem is the excuse."

@schneierblog
Full ep: https://t.co/n4YxmcDTbF

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Bruce on King Midas and AI: there's no way to craft a wish the genie can't outsmart.
"I want to be the richest person alive." Cool. Everyone else is dead.

@schneierblog
Full ep: https://t.co/n4YxmcDTbF

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"Only amateurs attack machines. Professionals target people."

Bruce Schneier's old line. On Hacked he makes the point: why do something unnecessary when credential theft just works.

Full ep → https://t.co/n4YxmcDTbF

[Hacked @hackedpodcast]

Hey, our apologies. You are correct. This was an old episode from our back catalogue, and our editor has been pushing them up as we transition the podcast to YouTube. We reviewed the thumbnail but didn't realize it was associated with a real project. Our bad.

We've pulled the video and will be replacing the thumbnail.

- Scott & Jordan

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@mikko Loved having you, come back on anytime!

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@thekevinweaver Nope. It was just our second time discussing it. Sorry for the confusion.

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We built a quick tool to roughly estimate how much time and money your "vibe-coded" projects would have cost without AI.

https://t.co/dW2WfvA6j7

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Scott, fueled with vibes and AI, built a quick tool to show people what their AI software projects would have cost before AI.

[Scott Francis Winder @SFWinder]

I built a quick tool to roughly estimate how much time and money GitHub repos would have cost before AI.

Wanna see what your vibe-coded app would have cost?

sfw/loom would cost ~$14.1 million to build with human devs.

https://t.co/hCff3TrU5b

[KATY PERRY @katyperry]

done

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11. The Sad Reality

Financial grooming is elder abuse.

You are the firewall.

Don't let politeness cost your relatives their dignity and their future.

Stay alert this holiday season.

[EOT]

[Hacked @hackedpodcast]

If you’re visiting aging relatives this holiday season, spend some time looking for signs of a compromise… psychological compromise.

Scammers use the holidays to finalize "pig butchering" and romance scams.

Here is a quick audit you need to run while you're home.

🧵

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10. Numbers Don’t Lie.

The FBI reported that seniors lost $4.9 BILLION to fraud in 2024. A massive 43% jump in a single year. 

The average loss per victim? $83,000.

That isn't a "mistake" or learning experience, that is a life-altering liquidation of assets.