Lock and Code
Technology

Lock and Code

by Malwarebytes

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.

100 episodes
EN language
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1
Won't you see my neighbor? (feat. Matt Guariglia)
31:47 Mar 8, 2026
2
What can't you say on TikTok?
43:02 Feb 22, 2026
3
Is your phone listening to you? (feat. Lena Cohen) (re-air)
42:17 Feb 8, 2026
4
One privacy change for 2026
18:14 Jan 25, 2026
5
Enshittification is ruining everything online (feat. Cory Doctorow)
53:12 Jan 11, 2026
6
ALPRs are recording your daily drive (feat. Will Freeman)
35:44 Dec 28, 2025
7
Pig butchering is the next “humanitarian global crisis” (feat. Erin West)
44:13 Dec 14, 2025
8
Air fryer app caught asking for voice data (re-air)
27:33 Nov 30, 2025
9
Your coworker is tired of AI "workslop" (feat. Dr. Kristina Rapuano)
33:01 Nov 16, 2025
10
Would you sext ChatGPT? (feat. Deb Donig)
51:10 Nov 2, 2025
11
What does Google know about me?
27:05 Oct 19, 2025
12
What's there to save about social media? (feat. Rabble)
50:13 Oct 5, 2025
13
Can you disappear online? (feat. Peter Dolanjski)
52:41 Sep 21, 2025
14
This “insidious” police tech claims to predict crime (feat. Emily Galvin-Almanza)
48:28 Sep 7, 2025
15
How a scam hunter got scammed (feat. Julie-Anne Kearns)
37:50 Aug 24, 2025
16
“The worst thing” for online rights: An age-restricted grey web (feat. Jason Kelley)
40:31 Aug 10, 2025
17
How the FBI got everything it wanted (re-air, feat. Joseph Cox)
52:02 Jul 27, 2025
18
Is AI "healthy" to use?
45:29 Jul 13, 2025
19
Corpse-eating selfies, and other ways to trick scammers (feat. Becky Holmes)
45:26 Jun 29, 2025
20
The data on denying social media for kids (feat. Dr. Jean Twenge) (re-air)
46:15 Jun 15, 2025
21
What does Facebook know about me?
31:33 Jun 1, 2025
22
How Los Angeles banned smartphones in schools (feat. Nick Melvoin)
26:11 May 18, 2025
23
The AI chatbot cop squad is here (feat. Emanuel Maiberg and Jason Koebler)
46:12 May 4, 2025
24
Did DOGE "breach" Americans' data? (feat. Sydney Saubestre)
36:30 Apr 20, 2025
25
Is your phone listening to you? (feat. Lena Cohen)
40:10 Apr 6, 2025
26
What Google Chrome knows about you, with Carey Parker
50:14 Mar 23, 2025
27
How ads weirdly know your screen brightness, headphone jack use, and location, with Tim Shott
43:52 Mar 9, 2025
28
Surveillance pricing is "evil and sinister," explains Justin Kloczko
28:06 Feb 23, 2025
29
A suicide reveals the lonely side of AI chatbots, with Courtney Brown
38:28 Feb 9, 2025
30
Three privacy rules for 2025
37:48 Jan 26, 2025
31
The new rules for AI and encrypted messaging, with Mallory Knodel
47:06 Jan 12, 2025
32
Is nowhere safe from AI slop?
38:37 Dec 29, 2024
33
A day in the life of a privacy pro, with Ron de Jesus
33:44 Dec 15, 2024
34
These cars want to know about your sex life (re-air)
44:59 Dec 1, 2024
35
An air fryer, a ring, and a vacuum get brought into a home. What they take out is your data
26:59 Nov 17, 2024
36
Why your vote can’t be “hacked,” with Cait Conley of CISA
39:33 Nov 3, 2024
37
This industry profits from knowing you have cancer, explains Cody Venzke
35:07 Oct 21, 2024
38
Exposing the Facebook funeral livestream scam
36:28 Oct 7, 2024
39
San Francisco’s fight against deepfake porn, with City Attorney David Chiu
20:54 Sep 23, 2024
40
What the arrest of Telegram's CEO means, with Eva Galperin
34:03 Sep 9, 2024
41
Move over malware: Why one teen is more worried about AI (re-air)
48:39 Aug 26, 2024
42
AI girlfriends want to know all about you. So might ChatGPT
40:34 Aug 12, 2024
43
SIEM is not storage, with Jess Dodson
43:13 Jul 29, 2024
44
How an AI “artist” stole a woman’s face, with Ali Diamond
36:13 Jul 15, 2024
45
Busted for book club? Why cops want to see what you’re reading, with Sarah Lamdan
54:33 Jul 1, 2024
46
(Almost) everything you always wanted to know about cybersecurity, but were too afraid to ask, with Tjitske de Vries
39:22 Jun 17, 2024
47
800 arrests, 40 tons of drugs, and one backdoor, or what a phone startup gave the FBI, with Joseph Cox
51:25 Jun 3, 2024
48
Your vacation, reservations, and online dates, now chosen by AI
47:36 May 20, 2024
49
"No social media 'til 16," and other fixes for a teen mental health crisis, with Dr. Jean Twenge
45:00 May 6, 2024
50
Picking fights and gaining rights, with Justin Brookman
46:13 Apr 22, 2024
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