Not So Critical Update

When we openly reveal details about our lives on the internet, should we be blamed when it's used for massive projects like ChatGPT? Is it right to use other people's output as "inspiration" if it's straight up copying? And should Mike let his personal deepfake do a porno? Important questions and hot topics in today's episode.

Today's article: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/02/chatgpt-is-a-data-privacy-nightmare-and-you-ought-to-be-concerned/

LINKS:

• Discord: https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc

• Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl

• Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec

• Mike: he's just unsociable

• Curated privacy and security news feed: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

Today's article: https://www.businessinsider.com/fire-blame-ceo-tech-employee-layoffs-google-facebook-salesforce-amazon-2023-2?r=US&IR=T

Should top level executives suffer real life consequences when the company doesn't do well? There's some differences of opinions -- and the severity of the potential penalties -- in this episode. And does it really matter anyway, if people are still losing their jobs?

LINKS:

• Discord: https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc

• Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl

• Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec

• Mike: he's just unsociable

• Curated privacy and security news feed: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority recently released the results of their assessment of the potential acquisition of Activision by Microsoft, and concluded that it's not in consumer's best interests. We chat about the implications of a deal like this, the nature of Activision, and throw shade on Bobby Kotick, while Mike tries baiting Peter about the fact that this report only applies to the UK.

Today's article: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/microsoft-activision-deal-could-harm-uk-gamers

LINKS:

• Discord: https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc

• Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl

• Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec

• Mike: he's just unsociable

• Curated privacy and security news feed: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

Microsoft have recently unveiled their integration of OpenAI's ChatGPT into Bing, adding the ability to ask questions and talk to the bot - and someone posted on Twitter just how it was set up via the initial prompts. In this episode we talk about how they did that, the nature of these kinds of AI, and Mike unveils his investigative research.

Today's article: https://twitter.com/kliu128/status/1623472922374574080

LINKS:

• Discord: https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc

• Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl

• Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec

• Mike: he's just unsociable

• Curated privacy and security news feed: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

Would you work for a ransomware gang? Getting a job as a cybercriminal is easier than it might seem - thousands of jobs are being posted on the dark web, with salaries up to $100,000 a month. The underground recruitment business is apparently thriving with benefits and perks (sometimes) rivalling offers from more legitimate companies, and a record 200,000 jobs posted between 2020 and 2022.

In this episode, Mike gives a frankly disturbing amount of thought to what kinds of jobs he'd accept, and Peter talks about some of the less respectable roles he's had.

Today's article: https://cyberscoop.com/cybercrime-groups-jobs-talent-dark-web/

LINKS:

• Discord: https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc

• Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl

• Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec

• Mike: he's just unsociable

• Curated privacy and security news feed: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

Watching a thread posted by someone from a consulting firm chronicles an impending disaster in real time, with regular updates on how this compliance issue turns into an absolute nightmare as thousands of staff are locked out of the network. We display the appropriate amount of sympathy and take no delight at all in this.

Today's article: https://infosec.exchange/@SecurityWriter/109777576538835360

LINKS:

• Discord: https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc

• Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl

• Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec

• Mike: he's just unsociable

• Curated privacy and security news feed: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

There's a good chance you've spent a significant amount of time crawling underneath desks trying to figure out which cable goes where, and staring at routers wondering what's plugged into what. This experience seems remarkably common to a lot of us. In this episode we completely fail to figure out why, and swap stories about networking tactics.

Today's article: https://www.reddit.com/r/networking/comments/10oddh3/how_can_i_find_what_goes_where_on_a_switch/

LINKS:

• Discord: https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc

• Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl

• Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec

• Mike: he's just unsociable

• Curated privacy and security news feed: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

Sometimes it feels like the hype behind VR/AR/XR will never live up to (augmented) reality. But is artificial reality (or virtual, or augmented, or extended, or whatever reality) really so far away? Or is it just our expectations aren't very reasonable? We get to the bottom of this pixelated question...

Today's article: https://www.matthewball.vc/all/why-vrar-gets-farther-away-as-it-comes-into-focus

LINKS:

• Discord: https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc

• Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl

• Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec

• Mike: he's just unsociable

• Curated privacy and security news feed: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

A Reddit user posted an EXCELLENT summary of how ChatGPT really works, along with the genius things that OpenAI did to make it so accessible. On this episode, we try to summarise it... but don't do as good a job as the actual Reddit comment itself. And of course there's the usual excited thoughts about our AI and the future.

Today's link: https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/10q0l92/chatgpt_marketing_worked_hooked_me_in_decreased/j6obnoq/?context=1

LINKS:

• Discord: https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc

• Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl

• Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec

• Mike: he's just unsociable

• Curated privacy and security news feed: https://twitter.com/privsecnews

This clickbait headline caught our eye - "Actually, It's Good to be Bored at Work", which puts forward the idea that boredom sparks creativity so is therefore a positive (very loosely based on a study done with a small number of people). We think this is obviously nonsense - being bored at work is the worst - so we chat about boredom, work, boredom at work, and why this article isn't very well written.

Today's article: https://getpocket.com/explore/item/actually-it-s-good-to-be-bored-at-work

LINKS:

• Discord: https://discord.gg/7QsrTbKchc

• Peter: https://twitter.com/pgl

• Jon: https://twitter.com/jonnisec

• Mike: he's just unsociable

• Curated privacy and security news feed: https://twitter.com/privsecnews