Troy and Jacob discuss the recent developments with the University of Minnesota being banned from contributing to the open-source Linux kernel source code because of a group of researchers who submitted intentionally buggy/broken/malicious patches.

Sources:

https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-bans-university-of-minnesota-for-sending-buggy-patches-in-the-name-of-research/

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/QiushiWu/qiushiwu.github.io/main/papers/OpenSourceInsecurity.pdf

https://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~kjlu/papers/clarifications-hc.pdf

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/[email protected]/

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/[email protected]/

https://twitter.com/kengiter/status/1337805965459156996

No more unlimited Google Photos storage: https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/11/21560810/google-photos-unlimited-cap-free-uploads-15gb-ending

NASA + SpaceX launch 4 astronauts to ISS: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-exploration-spacex/one-heck-of-a-ride-spacex-launches-astronauts-into-space-idUSKBN27V0I3

YouTube down for 2 hours on the 12th: https://downdetector.com/status/youtube/news/347662-problems-at-youtube-2/

https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/11/21561764/youtube-down-outage-loading-videos

Also cancelling Rewind: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54931875

https://twitter.com/YouTube/status/1326947861305696263

Zoom encryption debacle with the FTC: https://apnews.com/article/technology-9717b01b541a0cbad441f87bef89d871

What to expect from a computer science degree?

Pros:

Cons:

FreeCodeCamp: https://www.freecodecamp.org/

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Or comment on the YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/GeekLaunch

First manned Virgin Hyperloop test "flight": https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54838982

Unlimited Chase Ultimate Rewards Points hack finally disclosed: https://chadscira.com/post/5fa269d46142ac544e013d6e/DISCLOSURE-Unlimited-Chase-Ultimate-Rewards-Points

Trump to lose Twitter protections: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-socialmedia/trump-will-lose-special-twitter-protections-in-january-idUSKBN27O0MQ

GitHub Source Code Leak: https://resynth1943.net/articles/github-source-code-leak/

Let's Encrypt cross-signed certificate expiring September 2021; Android update problem: https://letsencrypt.org/2020/11/06/own-two-feet.html

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Today I'm joined once again by Troy to discuss censorship by big tech like Twitter and Facebook and the section 230 protections that everyone is talking about. Also, how does the new NVIDIA 3000-series graphics card line affect consumer security?

Twitter, Facebook censor NY Post: https://www.nationalreview.com/news/twitter-cites-hacked-materials-policy-to-justify-censorship-of-ny-post-hunter-biden-article/

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54568785

Section 230: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/06/section-230-the-internet-law-politicians-love-to-hate-explained/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_230#Platform_neutrality

Nvidia password cracking graphics card

https://www.techradar.com/news/the-nvidia-geforce-rtx-3090-is-very-good-at-cracking-passwords-and-thats-bad-news

Apple iPhone 12 and 12 Pro released: https://www.apple.com/iphone-12-pro/

Notably no longer coming with EarPods or a power adapter (power cable still included)

Hum into Google to find a song: https://www.zdnet.com/article/you-can-now-hum-into-google-search-and-it-will-find-the-song/

Nim 1.40 released: https://nim-lang.org/blog/2020/10/16/version-140-released.html

Dropbox converts to 100% remote work: https://www.businessinsider.com/dropbox-letting-all-employees-work-from-home-permanently-2020-10

I'm joined by my friend Troy for a discussion about operating systems, Tesla, privacy, and security.

Amazon Eero Mesh Wi-Fi 6 routers for ISP's: https://www.zdnet.com/article/amazon-brings-eero-mesh-wi-fi-to-isps/

Privacy concerns (managed network)

Eero Secure: https://eero.com/eero-secure

Customs & Border Protection buying location data: https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7wakg/cbp-dhs-location-data-venntel-apps

Huawei's HarmonyOS: https://www.scmp.com/tech/gear/article/3104176/harmony-os-everything-you-need-know-about-huaweis-android-alternative

Will be open-sourced: https://github.com/Awesome-HarmonyOS/HarmonyOS

Tesla QC issues (roof): https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-model-y-roof-fell-off-family-claims-quality-control-concern-2020-10

Plaintext onboarding emails: https://blog.palabra.io/great-onboarding-plain-text

French cafe owners arrested for not logging customer's internet traffic: https://www.zdnet.com/article/five-bar-and-cafe-owners-arrested-in-france-for-running-no-log-wifi-networks/

Webpack 5 released: https://webpack.js.org/blog/2020-10-10-webpack-5-release/

Google shutting play store service fee loophole: https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/google-plans-to-shut-the-loophole-that-lets-netflix-spotify-and-tinder-avoid-paying-its-30-app-tax/articleshow/78383294.cms

Designer makes bank on iOS icons: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54387339

MKBHD Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH66LWWluVE

EARN IT act passes committee 22-0 https://www.newsweek.com/senate-earn-it-act-encryption-privacy-aclu-human-rights-watch-eff-internet-freedoms-1515326

Introduced to House: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/10/urgent-earn-it-act-introduced-house-representatives

Social cooling website from Tijmen Schep: https://www.socialcooling.com/

Despite it being "Deafness awareness week," YouTube eliminated crowdsourced video captioning: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/09/youtube-celebrates-deaf-awareness-week-by-killing-crowd-sourced-captions/

Jet suit paramedic testing in the UK: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-54331994

Among Us sequel canceled

https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-54277123

TikTok ban delayed, Oracle deal might be approved after all: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2020/09/18/can-you-still-use-tiktok-and-wechat-heres-what-we-know-about-the-us-ban/#1ad2c0d3358c

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-24/tiktok-judge-tells-u-s-to-postpone-ban-or-file-brief-by-friday

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3103141/donald-trump-administration-files-legal-objection-tiktoks-efforts-halt

Windows XP source code leaked:

https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/25/21455655/microsoft-windows-xp-source-code-leak

Coalition for app fairness (Spotify, Epic Games, Match Group, Protonmail)

https://appfairness.org/

Google Play store service fees are also 30%: https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/112622?hl=en

https://protonmail.com/blog/coalition-for-app-fairness/

China's cryptocurrency

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54261382

DCEP is centralized: https://boxmining.com/dcep/#DCEP_is_a_Centralized_Currency

Amazon Luna (new game streaming service, competitor to Google's Stadia)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/54295762?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology&link_location=live-reporting-story

Fire in Huawei compound in China:

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3103154/fire-huawei-compound-southern-china-leaves-three-dead

Swift programming language toolchain now available on Windows:

https://swift.org/blog/swift-on-windows/

Tweet from Craig Loewen about Linux GUI apps on WSL:

https://twitter.com/craigaloewen/status/1308452901266751488?s=19