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Marketplace Tech for Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Jul 7, 2015

Marketplace Tech for Tuesday, July 7, 2015

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Airing on Tuesday, July 7, 2015: First up, we'll talk about why the Greeks don't have access to online payment systems like Paypal, and why it matters. We'll also talk to Christopher Soghoian, principal technologist at the American Civil Liberties Union, about the private companies that are changing the way spyware gets bought and sold. And Andrew Lih, Associate professor of journalism at American University and author of "The Wikipedia Revolution: How a bunch of nobodies created the world’s greatest encyclopedia," explains what happens when a community-driven site revolts.

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When hackers get hacked

Jul 7, 2015
About 400 GB of private documents have been stolen from a hacking firm.

Airing on Tuesday, July 7, 2015: First up, we’ll talk about why the Greeks don’t have access to online payment systems like Paypal, and why it matters. We’ll also talk to Christopher Soghoian, principal technologist at the American Civil Liberties Union, about the private companies that are changing the way spyware gets bought and sold. And Andrew Lih, Associate professor of journalism at American University and author of “The Wikipedia Revolution: How a bunch of nobodies created the world’s greatest encyclopedia,” explains what happens when a community-driven site revolts.

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