The CS50 Podcast is hosted by CS50's own David J. Malan and Brian Yu at Harvard University. Each episode focuses on (and explains!) current events and news in tech and computer science more generally.

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This week's podcast: the Facebook plain-text password controversy and the new (irritating!) phenomenon of the robocall.

The CS50 Podcast is hosted by CS50's own David J. Malan and Colton Ogden at Harvard University. Each episode focuses on (and explains!) current events and news in tech and computer science more generally.

This is the CS50 Podcast.

Links to the articles mentioned:

Facebook Passwords:
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/03/facebook-stored-hundreds-of-millions-of-user-passwords-in-plain-text-for-years/
https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2019/03/keeping-passwords-secure/

Gmail Confidential Mode:
https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2019/03/keep-data-secure-with-gmail-confidential-mode-beta.html

FCC Fake Comments:
https://gizmodo.com/fcc-admits-in-court-that-it-cant-track-who-submits-fake-1833415042

Robocalls:
https://www.twilio.com/blog/your-phone-your-call-eliminating-robocalls

Stadia Announcement:
https://www.polygon.com/2019/3/19/18272856/google-stadia-gdc-2019-announcement

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Robocalls, Facebook Passwords - CS50 Podcast, Ep. 0

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In this episode of the CS50 Podcast, David and Colton discuss the pervasive theme in computer science and technology of trust--both why we need it and why we need to be wary of it, with tie-ins from recent events in the news (including Facebook again!).

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Trust - CS50 Podcast, Ep. 1

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In this episode of the CS50 Podcast, David and Colton discuss the power and simplicity of task lists, as well as the ethical boundaries touched upon in present and future facial recognition software.

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Task Lists, Facial Recognition - CS50 Podcast, Ep. 2

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In this episode of the CS50 Podcast, David and Colton tell a tale of how YouTube eliminated Internet Explorer 6, stories of security concerning both digital and physical keys, and much more.

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Internet Explorer, Smart Locks - CS50 Podcast, Ep. 4

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In this episode of the CS50 Podcast, David and Colton discuss the woes of ransomware (and the companies that claim to fight it), a vector for spyware injection in WhatsApp, and much more.

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Ransomware, WhatsApp Spyware - CS50 Podcast, Ep. 5

The CS50 Podcast is hosted by CS50's own David J. Malan and Brian Yu at Harvard University. Each episode focuses on (and explains!) current events and news in tech and computer science more generally.

In this week's episode of the CS50 Podcast, Brian Yu joins David as co-host for the first time and the two share a discussion of a topic very much in vogue: machine learning.

Machine Learning - CS50 Podcast, Ep. 6

The CS50 Podcast is hosted by CS50's own David J. Malan and Brian Yu at Harvard University. Each episode focuses on (and explains!) current events and news in tech and computer science more generally.

In this week's episode of the CS50 Podcast, David and Brian talk about why CS50 is taught (primarily) in C.

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Links to the articles in this episode:

Why does CS50 at Harvard use C as its primary language?
https://www.quora.com/Why-does-CS50-at-Harvard-use-C-as-its-primary-language

Why did you decide to replace PHP with Python? Is PHP closer to C?
https://www.quora.com/Why-did-you-decide-to-replace-PHP-with-Python-Is-PHP-closer-to-C

Top languages over time
https://octoverse.github.com/projects#languages

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Why C? - CS50 Podcast, Ep. 7

The CS50 Podcast is hosted by CS50's own David J. Malan and Brian Yu at Harvard University. Each episode focuses on (and explains!) current events and news in tech and computer science more generally.

In this week's episode of the CS50 Podcast, David and Brian talk about FaceApp, which uses machine learning to alter photos of people.

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Links to the materials in this episode:

FaceApp's Terms of Use
https://www.faceapp.com/terms

Facebook's working on facial verification that's 'nearing human-level performance'
https://www.theverge.com/2014/3/17/5518808/facebooks-working-on-facial-verification-thats-nearing-human-levels

Mark Zuckerberg reveals the truth about Facebook and who really owns the future
https://www.instagram.com/p/ByaVigGFP2U/

Oakland bans city use of facial recognition software
https://www.engadget.com/2019/07/17/oakland-california-facial-recognition-ban/

You Won’t Believe What Obama Says In This Video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ54GDm1eL0

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FaceApp - CS50 Podcast, Ep. 8

The CS50 Podcast is hosted by CS50's own David J. Malan and Colton Ogden at Harvard University. Each episode focuses on (and explains!) current events and news in tech and computer science more generally.

In this episode of the CS50 Podcast, David and Colton discuss just how frequently insecure passwords are used, as well as changes made to Chrome's incognito browsing mode and much more.

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Links to the articles in this episode:

NYC Subway Facial Recognition
https://m.slashdot.org/story/354814

JetBlue Facial Recognition
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/19/04/22/1812236/facial-recognition-creeps-up-on-a-jetblue-passenger

Most Hacked Passwords
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/most-hacked-passwords-revealed-as-uk-cyber-survey-exposes-gaps-in-online-security

Citrix Breach Lasted Six Months
https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/30/citrix-internal-network-breach/

Apache Migrates to GitHub
https://github.blog/2019-04-29-apache-joins-github-community/

Instagram Hides Like Counts
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/19/04/19/1855209/instagram-hides-like-counts-in-leaked-design-prototype

768k Day
https://www.zdnet.com/article/some-internet-outages-predicted-for-the-coming-month-as-768k-day-approaches/

Chrome Adds to Incognito Mode
https://www.engadget.com/2019/02/18/google-chrome-incognito-mode-blocking/

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Password Security, Incognito Mode - CS50 Podcast, Ep. 3

The CS50 Podcast is hosted by CS50's own David J. Malan and Brian Yu at Harvard University. Each episode focuses on (and explains!) current events and news in tech and computer science more generally.

In this episode, a discussion of CS50's underlying pedagogy. David and Brian discuss changes made to CS50 at Harvard in Fall 2019, among them new-and-improved lectures, weekly quizzes, by-appointment tutorials, a choice of end-of-term "tracks" for students, and lots of new problem sets. Hear the reasons behind those changes as well as what worked well and what didn't.

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Restructuring CS50 - CS50 Podcast, Ep. 9

This is CS50's (and CS50x's) music, including originals, remixes, and podcasts!

CS50 is Harvard University's introduction to the intellectual enterprises of computer science and the art of programming for students less comfortable and more comfortable alike.