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Embedded in an increasing number of the devices and objects surrounding us, computers are turning the everyday world into a radically programmable attack surface.  This is the subject of computer security & cryptography legend Bruce Schneier (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Schneier?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss) ‘s latest book, Click Here To Kill Everybody (https://www.schneier.com/books/click_here/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss) .  In this episode we meet up with Bruce to explore how the profusion of insecure devices, capable of being put to a variety of unpredictable purposes, is radically shifting the balance of power. Via cyberattacks, smaller states get the ability to content with the great powers — and an entirely new class of ‘non-state actors’ are being granted the power to disrupt nations. Phenomena like the Mirai Botnet (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirai_(malware)?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss) , Bruce argues, are just the beginning: we discuss a host of potential attacks on life and property