Strange Attractor

Episode 1: Kim Jong-il knows about my frog


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What's encryption, and why should you care?
  • Tim Cook’s letter (Apple)
  • FAQs about Tim Cook’s letter (Apple)
  • For hard core nerds: Apple iOS 9.0 or later security document (Apple)
  • Apple explains exactly how secure iMessage really is (techcrunch)
  • FBI v. Apple (Wikipedia)
  • How secure is your smartphone (The Age)
  • The Wire (IMDb)
  • Wire tapping in Australia: Telephone recording laws, Australia (Wikipedia)
  • Mass surveillance in Australia (Wikipedia)
  • You couldn’t text on old mobiles: Analog cellular networks, 1G (Wikipedia)
  • WAP was crap: Wireless Application Protocol, 'WAP' (Wikipedia)
  • Analog television (Wikipedia)
  • Teletext was a way to hack an analogue TV to get a digital signal: Teletext (Wikipedia)
  • Ceefax (Wikipedia)
  • Teletext gallery: Teletext around the world (The Teletext Museum)
  • Teletext (Museum of Broadcast Communications)
  • Teletext in Europe: From the Analog to the Digital Era (Nordicom)
  • Picture tube inside an old TV (automaticwasher)
  • Overscan: You’re not seeing the whole picture on your TV (CNET)
  • Last of the Summer Wine (Wikipedia)
  • The Goodies (Wikipedia)
  • Old TV remotes had wires: Zenith remote ad (Television History, The First 75 Years)
  • Mud cups are nice (Mud Australia)
  • How come Americans didn’t seem to text as much as us? "Text messaging explodes in America" (CBS News)
  • What is a green text? "Short Message Service" (Wikipedia)
  • Mmmm…peas: Wasabi flavoured peas (My Asian Grocer)
  • Mmmm…beans: Spicy broad beans (My Asian Grocer)
  • How big is your packet? "Network packet" (Wikipedia)
  • Greenies vs. blueys: The difference between iMessage & regular text messaging (GottaBeMobile.com)
  • How to get a court order to read SMSs in Australia: "Why every text message & email you've ever sent is up for grabs" (news.com.au)
  • How to get a court order to read SMSs in America: "How the police get your phone records" (Gizmodo, Australia)
  • Scarby Chardy: Scarborough, Chardonnay (Scarborough Wine Co.)
  • How easy is it to hack an SMS? Nearly 1 billion phones can be hacked with 1 text (Fortune)
  • Sam Harris
  • The podcasts where he mentions encryption 1: Meat without murder (Sam Harris)
  • The podcasts where he mentions encryption 2: Throw open the gates (Sam Harris)
  • Kim Jong-il is Super Man: "Kim Jong-il" (Wikipedia)
  • Apple software was built on UNIX: Apple’s Operating System Guru Goes Back to His Roots (Wired)
  • iPhone fingerprint security: About Touch ID security on iPhone & iPad (Apple)
  • The $5 Indian phone: "World's cheapest smartphone costs $5 & doesn't seem terrible" (Sydney Morning Herald)
  • WhatsApp is also encrypted, kinda like iMessage (WhatsApp)
  • Telegram is also encrypted, kinda like iMessage (Telegram)
  • Bot hacking: "Internet bot" (Wikipedia)
  • Frogs with key hidey holes: Garden frog outdoor hide a key hider cast iron charming (Amazon)
  • Skynet (Wikipedia)
  • Blade Runner (Wikipedia)
  • iCloud back up is easy, why didn’t I do it 70 weeks ago? iCloud storage & backup overview (Apple)
  • Edward Snowdon documentary: "Citizenfour" (Wikipedia)
  • The ‘Perfect security’ podcast (99% Invisible)
  • Torture - yay or nay? "Torture" (Wikipedia)
  • What is ‘back door’ access to software? "Backdoor computing" (Wikipedia)
  • Quantum madness: "Quantum cryptography" (Wikipedia)
  • Blackadder (Wikipedia)
  • I’m moving to Mars if Trump gets elected: "10 Places To Move If Trump Wins Election" (Odyssey)
  • "Richard Branson unveils Virgin Galactic’s new spaceship named VSS UNITY by Professor Stephen Hawking" (Virgin Galactic)
  • Enigma encryption (Wikipedia)
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