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Is Google Reading your email? Well, did you allow it in permissions: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44699263 Time to talk more about permissions: https://myaccount.google.com/permissi… WPA 3:  https://www.howtogeek.com/339765/what-is-wpa3-and-when-will-i-get-it-on-my-wi-fi/ And your reminder that commercial VPNs are still terrible. Create your own, it isn’t that hard: Algo: https://blog.trailofbits.com/2016/12/… PiVPN: http://www.pivpn.io/

At what point do you trust people. We spend this week talking about trust issues.

Don’t leave your laptop open at Starbucks. Don’t back up your WhatsApp: https://www.buzzfeed.com/daveyalba/paul-manafort-whatsapp-encryption-icloud?utm_term=.pkoNzXwOP#.hw9da6VX0 PiHole – https://www.linuxincluded.com/block-ads-malvertising-on-pfsense-using-pfblockerng-dnsbl/

The FBI tells us to reboot our router (go on, we can wait) More Malware on Android phones Troy Hunt shows us the Password light https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/05/fbi-tells-router-users-to-reboot-now-to-kill-malware-infecting-500k-devices/ https://www.engadget.com/2018/05/24/report-finds-android-malware-pre-installed-on-hundreds-of-phones/ https://www.troyhunt.com/pwned-passwords-in-practice-real-world-examples-of-blocking-the-worst-passwords/ https://www.troyhunt.com/have-i-been-pwned-is-now-partnering-with-1password/

we cover what this new PGP vulnerability is, we talk about a big goof from signal, and we finish with your cell phone location data: https://efail.de/ https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2018-May/060334.html https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/05/tracking-firm-locationsmart-leaked-location-data-for-customers-of-all-major-u-s-mobile-carriers-in-real-time-via-its-web-site/ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/senate-voted-stand-net-neutrality-now-tell-house-do-same

Main story is how California police caught the serial killer using DNA tests. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/04/gedmatch-a-tiny-dna-analysis-firm-was-key-for-golden-state-killer-case/ Pocketcasts gets a new home: https://blog.shiftyjelly.com/2018/05/04/the-next-chapter/ Reinstating open internet rules: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-internet/u-s-senate-to-vote-to-reinstate-open-internet-rules-idUSKBN1I9351 Georgia Governor vetos Security Bill https://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-passwords/twitter-urges-all-users-to-change-passwords-after-glitch-idUSKBN1I42JG

Ray Ozzie talks about an encryption model that he think will help law enforcement who produce a valid warrant. https://www.wired.com/story/crypto-war-clear-encryption/

Talk given on April 17th, 2018 at the East Brunswick Public Library on Security and privacy. We did a very introductory topic of what it means to share your data with social media services. We discussed what it means to assess risk, what Facebook has, how tracking and advertising works, and what to do … Continue reading "177 – Social Media and Privacy"

We are talking part 2 of the Facebook mess We are also quickly talking about: https://stopsesta.org/#facts https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/secure-messaging-more-secure-mess https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/drupal-fixes-drupalgeddon2-security-flaw-that-allows-hackers-to-take-over-sites/ . https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/02/cloud-act-dangerous-expansion-police-snooping-cross-border-data https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security#TLS_1.3

We are discussing what Cambridge Analytica did in relationship to getting data from Facebook. We are not having a political discussion. https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/21/politics/trump-campaign-cambridge-analytica/index.html https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/21/595470164/in-hidden-camera-expose-cambridge-analytica-executives-boast-of-role-in-trump-wi https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/how-change-your-facebook-settings-opt-out-platform-api-sharing