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09/22/2026

Can you commit criminal computer tampering without ever changing a single byte of code?

In November 1986, an off-duty technician dialed into Eastman Kodak's private telecommunications switchboard, shutting down telephone service across its massive manufacturing complex and blacking out 911 emergency access. In court, he argued that because he didn't rewrite or delete any code files, he never 'altered' the computer program. In this episode of reWandt, Professor Adam Scott Wandt examines People v. Versaggi, the landmark New York Court of Appeals decision that established that sabotaging a running system through its own native commands is a crime. By establishing that digital disruption is criminal conduct, Versaggi created the legal armor that protects the essential infrastructure—from banking apps to hospital emergency lines—our daily lives rely on. Where should the law draw the line between administrative error and criminal tampering?

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09/21/2026

What actually happens in the split second when a modern smartphone, credit card, or security badge taps a digital reader?

Professor Wandt breaks down the layers of a tap, explaining payment tokenization, NFC security, and how these interactions generate digital footprints.

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09/14/2026

Bluetooth functions as a specialized short-range wireless system, architected specifically for low-power, rapid device discovery, and controlled radio hopping.

Professor Wandt breaks down the invisible infrastructure of Bluetooth and how your devices survive in a chaotic radio environment.

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09/07/2026

What exactly happens after you've scanned a QR code and who gets to decide where it takes you?

Professor Wandt breaks down the mechanics of "quishing" (QR phishing) and how attackers exploit the physical trust we place in our everyday surroundings.

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08/31/2026

What if the safest network is the one that never fully trusts anything inside it?

Professor Wandt breaks down the shift away from perimeter-based security and explains how Zero Trust Architecture prevents catastrophic breaches.

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08/24/2026

iCloud is not automatically end-to-end encrypted for everything. Advanced data protection changes what Apple can and cannot access.

Professor Wandt breaks down the custody shift, exploring the difference between standard iCloud security and true end-to-end encryption.

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08/17/2026

Apple's App Store security relies on a quiet layered architecture of sandboxing, entitlements, and strict runtime limits that exist far below the visible review process.

Professor Wandt breaks down the hidden mechanics of iOS security and how containerization protects your data.

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08/10/2026

Tesla Full Self-Driving and Waymo are frequently discussed as if they were identical technologies. However, evaluating their engineering and operational limits reveals they are pursuing two different goals.

Professor Wandt breaks down the autonomy divide, exploring the difference between Level 2 driver assistance and Level 4 driverless services.

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08/03/2026

What would an app look like if privacy was not a setting, not a promise, and not a policy, but the architecture itself?

Professor Wandt explains the concept of zero-telemetry and why the best privacy protection is not collecting data in the first place.

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07/27/2026

When millions of low-cost IoT devices rely on chips like the ESP32, what happens when security is overlooked?

Professor Wandt breaks down the architecture of responsibility in IoT development and why human implementation flaws are the real threat.

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