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Spectre and Meltdown mitigations. Psiphon and Iran's unrest. Olympic phishing. Mobil pop-up redirection. Alt-coin speculation.

Published: Jan. 9, 2018, 9:01 p.m.

In today's podcast, we hear about how\xa0Spectre\xa0and Meltdown mitigations\xa0are\xa0proceeding, with many successes (but some blue-screen-of-death failures, too).\xa0Psiphon\xa0looks like the souped-up VPN of choice for Iranian dissidents, as that country's Internet crackdown continues. Pop-up ads infest mobile devices as an old tactic finds new scope for its misapplication. Olympic phishing targets South Korean companies. China moves to stop illicit cryptocurrency miners.\xa0Jonathan Katz from UMD on bitcoin mining power use. Guest is Udi\xa0Yavo\xa0from\xa0Ensilo\xa0on Process\xa0Doppelganging.\xa0Is there an alt-coin bubble?\xa0Sure\xa0looks like it.\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices