094: Rogue browser extensions, Twitter presence, and how to cheat in exams

What's the danger when browser extensions go bad? Is Twitter sharing your online status a boon for stalkers? And which of the show's hosts is going to admit to cheating in their exams?

All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by technology journalist David McClelland.

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Special Guest: David McClelland.

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• Photomath - Camera calculator
• Technology Gives Students Innovative Tools for Cheating
• Students’ cheating takes a high-tech turn
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• Required to install school malware on my personal computer - Reddit
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