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Robinhood hacked & pandemic privacy - Compulang #006

Troy and Jacob discuss how hackers get your information and some prevention measures. Also in this episode: Google sued, cryptocurrency + PayPal = 😍, and McDonald's ice cream bots in your area. Quibi shutting down: https://www.cnet.com/news/quibis-shutdown-will-take-place-on-or-about-dec-1/ https://in.reuters.com/article/quibi-shutdown/streaming-service-quibi-to-wind-down-operations-six-months-after-launch-idINKBN27704C Open Letter: https://quibi-hq.medium.com/an-open-letter-from-quibi-8af6b415377f Buy crypto with PayPal: https://in.reuters.com/article/paypal-cryptocurrency/paypal-to-allow-cryptocurrency-buying-selling-and-shopping-on-its-network-idINL1N2HB14U RobinHood hack: https://nypost.com/2020/10/16/hackers-broke-into-nearly-2000-robinhood-trading-accounts/ Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ French COVID contact tracing app having issues: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54660499 McDonald's ice cream machine broken bot: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/10/is-mcdonalds-ice-cream-machine-working-near-you-theres-a-bot-for-that/ Google lawsuit for tracking even in incognito mode: https://mazech.com/2020/06/google-faces-5-billion-lawsuit-for-allegedly-tracking-users-even-in-incognito-mode/

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