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This Week's Stories

• How to fix the Windows 7 "You don't have permission to shut down this computer." error
• Win10's "One Button PC Reset" fails after KB4524244.
• And, also... "The new disappearing User Profile problem" (Desktop and all user data)
• The popular "GDPR Cookie Consent" Wordpress plugin had a critical flaw
• Whoa! The average tenure of a CISO is just 26 months due to high stress and burnout
• Microsoft's "ElectionGuard" being used for the first time today!
• IoT lightbulb vulnerabilities are not such a joke, after all.
• SweynTooth Vulnerabilities: a set of more than 12 newly discovered vulnerabilities across a wide range of Bluetooth devices, many of which will never be updated, which allow for, among other things, full device compromise.

We invite you to read our show notes at https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-754-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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