FCC Fines Wireless Carriers $200 million, Google’s Fight Against Malicious Apps

In episode 328, Tom and Kevin discuss two major cybersecurity and privacy news stories. The first topic covers the FCC issuing fines to major US wireless carriers for sharing users' real-time location data, totaling nearly $200 million. They express surprise and skepticism over the carriers' actions and deliberate on whether the fines would be impactful or merely seen as the cost of doing business. The second topic revolves around Google's announcement that it prevented 2.28 million malicious apps from reaching …

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