When security warnings sounded paranoid

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When security warnings sounded paranoid · Proposed air date:

Dr. Dave recalls giving Internet-security talks in 1998 and 1999 when firewalls and spyware were unfamiliar to most people and his warnings made him feel like a paranoid outsider. He uses a reported early remote-intrusion story to show how rapidly the risks became real.

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Proposed recording date: 2005-02-05. The exact broadcast date may differ.

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