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Hiawatha Bray Talks Tech: Leslie Jones Hack And Going Cashless

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Actress Leslie Jones attends the Los Angeles Premiere of "Ghostbusters" in Hollywood, California, on July 9, 2016. (Valerie Macon/AFP/Getty Images)
Actress Leslie Jones attends the Los Angeles Premiere of "Ghostbusters" in Hollywood, California, on July 9, 2016. (Valerie Macon/AFP/Getty Images)

Yesterday, "Saturday Night Live" actress Leslie Jones' personal website was hacked. Hackers inserted a picture of the gorilla Harambe on the site and added what appeared to be explicit photos of the actress and her driver's license and passport.

We talk about cyberbullying and hate crimes on the internet and what the roles of technology companies and law enforcement are in cases like this.

We also discuss Hiawatha's latest column on economist Kenneth Rogoff's new book, "The Curse of Cash." Can we truly go cashless? And is it a good idea?

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Hiawatha Bray, technology writer for the Business section of The Boston Globe. He tweets @globetechlab.

This segment aired on August 25, 2016.

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