Summary: <p>The US Federal Trade Commission steps into the IoT and home networking malpractice world, a radio station learns a lesson in what words NOT to repeat, Google plans to even eliminate the checkbox, a crucial caveat to the "passwords are long enough" argument, more cause to be wary of third-party software downloads, a few follow-ups to last week's topics, a bit of miscellany and a close look at a well-known piece of PHP malware.</p><p>We invite you to read our <a href="https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-594-Notes.pdf">show notes</a>.</p> <p><strong>Hosts:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/steve-gibson">Steve Gibson</a> and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to this show at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/security-now">https://twit.tv/shows/security-now</a>.</p><p>You can submit a question to Security Now! at the <a href="http://grc.com/feedback.htm" target="_blank">GRC Feedback Page</a>.</p><p>For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: <a href="http://grc.com/securitynow.htm" target="_blank">grc.com</a>, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written <a href="http://spinrite.info/" target="_blank">Spinrite 6</a>.</p><p>Bandwidth for Security Now is provided by <a href="https://www.cachefly.com/" target="_blank">CacheFly</a>.</p>
