StS Episode 204: Of Submersibles and Cybermyths

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Episode Summary:

Celestia and Pascual infodump about the OceanGate submersible, gallows humor and what public science and engineering lessons have been circulating in the wake of that implosion. Then we take a journey into cybermyths versus real cybersecurity concerns, under the guidance of our resident tech hero, Pascual. From “juice jacking” to phishing to rubber duckies, we go over some hacker history and a few technology-fueled urban legends.

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