The Transatlantic Cable #237

Published: Feb. 3, 2022, 4:12 p.m.

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For the 237th episode of the Kaspersky Transatlantic Cable podcast, Ahmed and I ask Dave to dive back into the NFT sea for a pair of stories, both of which center around OpenSea.

The first story comes to us from Vice where Joseph Cox looks into an issue where NFTs may be running third party code without the user\\u2019s awareness \\u2013 in some instances obtaining a IP address for people viewing an NFT. The second story discusses a bug in OpenSea where hackers are able to buy NFTs for previous prices and then flip them for more \\u2013 all without the current owner\\u2019s knowledge.

We then shift focus to Apple to discuss the company\\u2019s new response to Air Tags being used for stalking purposes. The question is though, why wasn\\u2019t this safety guide already around?

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We then jump into the metaverse and debate whether or not this is something that the world really needs to happen. To close out the podcast, we discuss Signal\\u2019s new move to incorporate anonymous payments into their future products.\\xa0

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