Macro progress, eyeball-tracking ads, and encryption backdoors

How does Microsoft hope to defeat the macro terror? How is the UK Government trying to influence the public's opinion on end-to-end encryption? And what is MoviePass hoping to do with your eyeballs?

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 Thom Langford.

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Theme tune: "Vinyl Memories" by Mikael Manvelyan.

Assorted sound effects: AudioBlocks.

Special Guest: Thom Langford.

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Links:

• Macros from the internet are blocked by default in Office — Microsoft.
• A potentially dangerous macro has been blocked — Microsoft.
• The Death of "Please Enable Macros" and What it Means — Check Point Research.
• No Place to Hide.
• Why we need EndToEndEncryption and why it’s essential for our safety, our children’s safety, and for everyone’s future — Alec Muffet.
• Smashing Security episode 68: Malware from outer space!
• MoviePass Relaunching Next Summer — Variety.
• MoviePass is back but with eyeball tracking to make you watch ads — Daily Mail.
• MoviePass 2.0 Wants to Track Your Eyeballs to Make Sure You Watch Ads — Vice.
• Starlink.
• 2000 AD - the Galaxy's Greatest Comic!
• Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD — IMDB.
• 40 Strange Etiquette Rules Through the Years — Good Housekeeping.
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