If aliens did contact us would it be safe to open the email? Why would MoviePass track film lovers after they leave the cinema? Would you know how to get around Malaysia when your car rental website lets you down? And will Graham please stop talking about text adventure games?

All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the "Smashing Security" podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, who are joined this week by journalist (and possible spy) James Thomson.

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Special Guest: James Thomson.

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• MoviePass Privacy Policy
• GET LAMP: The text adventure documentary
• Leather Goddesses of Phobos
• GET LAMP: The Text Adventure Documentary - YouTube
• Infocom: The Documentary - YouTube
• Jacaranda Jim - retro text adventure game by Graham
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