TVU: Staying Safe Through Entertainment
03/04/22 • 17 min
What we can we learn about hacks, scams, and fraud from TV shows and movies? Plenty, as it turns out. Fictional shows, documentaries, podcasts, and other types of entertainment are a treasure trove of knowledge. Don't discount the education you can get about scams, con games, legal proceedings, police procedure, and other aspects of safety, all while being thoroughly entertained.
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What we can we learn about hacks, scams, and fraud from TV shows and movies? Plenty, as it turns out. Fictional shows, documentaries, podcasts, and other types of entertainment are a treasure trove of knowledge. Don't discount the education you can get about scams, con games, legal proceedings, police procedure, and other aspects of safety, all while being thoroughly entertained.
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How Hacks Happen - TVU: Staying Safe Through Entertainment
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TVU: Staying Safe Through Entertainment
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Hi, everyone, this is Michele Bousquet of How Hacks Happen. Today I'm going to talk about what we can learn about hacks and scams from a pretty unlikely source: entertainment.
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A few years ago, I was back at college going for my master's degree in computer science at Boston University. At the beginning, most of my classes were about programming and data management. I liked it all, but I wasn't super excited about it. I had this re
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