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Cheap Android smartphones sold on Amazon have been sending customers' full text messages to a Chinese server, ski lifts are found to be the latest devices left open to abuse by hackers, and we remind you why password managers are a good idea on World Password Day. Oh, and our guest serenades us with a hit from the 1980s! All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans https://www.smashingsecurity.com/hosts/graham-cluley (Graham Cluley) and Carole Theriault, joined this week by journalist and broadcaster David McClelland. Follow the show on Twitter at @SmashinSecurity, or http://www.smashingsecurity.com/ (visit our website) for more episodes. Remember: Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app, to catch all of the episodes as they go live. Thanks for listening! Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and rude language. Special Guest: David McClelland. Sponsored By: https://www.smashingsecurity.com/metacompliance (MetaCompliance): People are the key to minimizing your Cyber Security risk posture. MetaCompliance makes this easier by providing a single platform for Phishing, Cybersecurity training, Policy, Privacy and Incident management. Go to smashingsecurity.com/metacompliance Promo Code: SMASHING https://www.patreon.com/smashingsecurity (Support Smashing Security) Links: https://www.smashingsecurity.com/live (See Smashing Security LIVE!) https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2018/04/mobile-phone-maker-blu-reaches-settlement-ftc-over-deceptive (Mobile Phone Maker BLU Reaches Settlement with FTC over Deceptive Privacy and Data Security Claims) https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/04/phone-maker-settles-charges-it-let-partner-collect-customers-text-messages/ (Phone maker settles charges it let partner collect customers’ text messages) https://www.grahamcluley.com/backdoor-android-phones-caught-secretly-sending-data-china/ (Backdoor in some Android phones caught secretly sending data to China) https://twitter.com/markhood/status/986556993421836288?s=20 (UK bank advises against password managers - Twitter) https://www.cbronline.com/news/santander-password-managers (Santander Locks Horns with Security Pros, NCSC Over Password Managers) https://www.smashingsecurity.com/passwords (Passwords - a Smashing Security splinter episode) https://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=fwsuBkrcMLE (Terrifying Ski Lift Malfunction Caught On Camera - YouTube) https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ski-lift-in-austria-left-control-panel-open-on-the-internet/ (Ski Lift in Austria Left Control Panel Open on the Internet) https://futurezone.at/digital-life/steuerung-von-tiroler-seilbahn-offen-im-netz-zugaenglich/400022290 (Control of Tyrolean cable car open in the network accessible) http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/ (BBC Sound Effects) https://www.eno.org/whats-on/chess/ (Chess - English National Opera) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgc_LRjlbTU (Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok "From CHESS" - YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2SDInk6voA (Elaine Paige, Barbara Dickson - I Know Him So Well "From CHESS" - YouTube) https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/research/viewAllProjects.do (World Community Grid - Research Overview) https://www.smashingsecurity.com/store (Smashing Security merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stickers and stuff))