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Lock and Code
Lock and Code
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... more

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Episodes

How an AI “artist” stole a woman’s face, with Ali Diamond

Full-time software engineer and part-time Twitch streamer Ali Diamond is used to seeing herself on screen, probably because she’s the... more

15 Jul 2024 · 36 minutes
Busted for book club? Why cops want to see what you’re reading, with Sarah Lamdan

More than 20 years ago, a law that the United States would eventually use to justify the warrantless collection of... more

01 Jul 2024 · 54 minutes
(Almost) everything you always wanted to know about cybersecurity, but were too afraid to ask, with Tjitske de Vries

🎶 Ready to know what Malwarebytes knows?Ask us your questions and get some answers.What is a passphrase and what makes it—what’s... more

17 Jun 2024 · 39 minutes
800 arrests, 40 tons of drugs, and one backdoor, or what a phone startup gave the FBI, with Joseph Cox

This is a story about how the FBI got everything it wanted.For decades, law enforcement and intelligence agencies across the... more

03 Jun 2024 · 51 minutes
Your vacation, reservations, and online dates, now chosen by AI

The irrigation of the internet is coming.For decades, we’ve accessed the internet much like how we, so long ago, accessed... more

20 May 2024 · 47 minutes
"No social media 'til 16," and other fixes for a teen mental health crisis, with Dr. Jean Twenge

You’ve likely felt it: The dull pull downwards of a smartphone scroll. The “five more minutes” just before bed. The... more

06 May 2024 · 45 minutes
Picking fights and gaining rights, with Justin Brookman

Our Lock and Code host, David Ruiz, has a bit of an apology to make:“Sorry for all the depressing episodes.”When... more

22 Apr 2024 · 46 minutes
Porn panic imperils privacy online, with Alec Muffett (re-air)

A digital form of protest could become the go-to response for the world’s largest porn website as it faces increased... more

08 Apr 2024 · 47 minutes
Securing your home network is long, tiresome, and entirely worth it, with Carey Parker

Few words apply as broadly to the public—yet mean as little—as “home network security.”For many, a “home network” is an... more

25 Mar 2024 · 45 minutes
Going viral shouldn't lead to bomb threats, with Leigh Honeywell

A disappointing meal at a restaurant. An ugly breakup between two partners. A popular TV show that kills off a... more

11 Mar 2024 · 42 minutes
Lock and Code
How an AI “artist” stole a woman’s face, with Ali Diamond
Lock and Code