Not So Critical Update

By Not So Critical Update

Peter, Jon, and Mike get angry about tech stories from the week. Three industry professionals with very different viewpoints, and very different backgrounds, discuss what's been happening and fight ab... more

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Not So Critical Update episodes:

December 26, 2021 Google Drive to Lock Files
Google could start locking the files of Google Drive users for 'abuses' of the platform. Is this a privacy violation?
https://www.techradar.com/news/google-drive-could-soon-start-locking-your-personal-files
Hosts:
Peter Lowe (@pgl)
Jon Cohen (@jonnisec)
Mike Sutton (@zenmike)
...more
12min
December 25, 2021 Getting to Know Mike from Not So Critical Update
Peter introduces Mike.
Hosts:
Peter Lowe (@pgl)
Jon Cohen (@jonnisec)
Mike Sutton (@zenmike)
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21min
December 25, 2021 Google Tracking BLOCKED - but with a dedicated extensions?
Google provides a tool to block their own tracking. Why? And who is this for?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29605111
Hosts:
Peter Lowe (@pgl)
Jon Cohen (@jonnisec)
Mike Sutton (@zenmike)
...more
8min
December 24, 2021 Malware Rising: These Industries COULD Be Most Affected
Much like the article, which draws conclusions from very little data, we don't hold back with out analysis of the the article itself.
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/these-industries-are-most-susceptible-to-ransomware
Hosts:
Peter Lowe (@pgl)
Jon Cohen (@jonnisec)
Mike Sutton (@zenmike)
...more
11min
December 23, 2021 Apple AirTag Tracking: Now for Android!!!
Apple releases an AirTag tracking app for Android. So now we can all help with stalking and car theft.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-releases-tracker-detect-android-app-to-identify-airtags-other-find-my-enabled-trackers/
Hosts:
Peter Lowe (@pgl)
Jon Cohen (@jonnisec)
Mike Sutton (@zenmike)
...more
17min
December 22, 2021 Oculus VR has HUGE Privacy Problems
The Meta Oculus (or is it still the Facebook Oculus?) is revealed to have SIGNIFICANT privacy leaks.
https://athinagroup.eng.uci.edu/projects/ovrseen/
Hosts:
Peter Lowe (@pgl)
Jon Cohen (@jonnisec)
Mike Sutton (@zenmike)
...more
12min
December 21, 2021 It Cost $45K to Generate $800 in Monero Cryptocurrency!?!?!
A hacker mined $800 worth of Moner coin on someone's AWS account and ran up a $45K tab!?!
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/aws-45000-usd-bill-for-crypto-mining-hack
Hosts:
Peter Lowe (@pgl)
Jon Cohen (@jonnisec)
Mike Sutton (@zenmike)
...more
18min
December 20, 2021 Late to the Party on Log4J (again)
The Log4J story has been out for about a week now. So Mike, Peter, and Jon finally got around to talking about it.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/12/hackers-launch-over-840000-attacks-through-log4j-flaw/
Hosts:
Peter Lowe (@pgl)
Jon Cohen (@jonnisec)
Mike Sutton (@zenmike)
...more
27min
December 19, 2021 The BIG LIE About Digital Ad Targeting
Is tracking necessary for digital advertising. Is digital advertising necessary for a free and open Internet?
https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/opinion/advertising-is-essential-to-the-free-web-but-tracking-isnt/
Hosts:
Peter Lowe (@pgl)
Jon Cohen (@jonnisec)
Mike Sutton (@zenmike)
...more
18min
December 18, 2021 The r/antiwork Printer Hoax Investigated
Jon was skeptical. Peter researched it. Mike declares victory.
Hosts:
Peter Lowe (@pgl)
Jon Cohen (@jonnisec)
Mike Sutton (@zenmike)
...more
10min

FAQs about Not So Critical Update:

How many episodes does Not So Critical Update have?

The podcast currently has 759 episodes available.