Note: Today, Kim Halavakoski joined us on the show to provide perspective all the way from Finland! We appreciate his international addition to the show, and hope the listeners enjoy the added brainpower.

Topics covered

• Facebook's next major update will turn your mobile device into an always-on listening tool for FaceBook. This is a good time to remind you that you are the product, not the customer - http://www.ibtimes.com/facebook-microphone-update-store-data-social-media-giant-confirms-new-feature-will-1588916
• In a blow to security professionals' ego everywhere, investors apparently aren't swayed by data breaches - http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-05-23/why-investors-just-dont-care-about-data-breaches
• The US's indictment of 5 Chinese nationals for 'state sponsored industrial espionage' is apparently backfiring (or at least it is in the media) - http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-27/china-said-to-push-banks-to-remove-ibm-servers-in-spy-dispute.html
• Now that there is a hack to enable WinXP SP3 computers to masquerade as Point-of-Sale terminals and receiving updates ...should you even consider this? Hint: NO - http://blog.wh1t3rabbit.net/2014/05/hacking-registry-to-keep-windowsxp.html
• Target's Audit Committee is under fire for the data breach, but who's really, really at fault? An interesting perspective from Forrester - http://blogs.forrester.com/renee_murphy/14-05-29-dont_blame_targets_audit_committee_for_the_sins_of_technology_management

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