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  • Sept 3 - Australia is watching EVERYTHING and Online Trolls Really Are Just A$$holes.
    Mike Sutton (@zenmike), Peter Lowe (@pgl), and Jon Cohen (@jonnisec) discuss security and privacy headlines from the past week.
    00:00 Intro
    02:00 The resurection of the T-Mobile story.
    - https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/08/t-mobile-breach-exposed-ssn-dob-of-40m-people/
    12:20 Why you suddently need to delete Google Chrome
    - https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2021/08/28/stop-using-google-chrome-on-windows-10-android-and-apple-iphones-ipads-and-macs/
    - https://www.computerworld.com/article/3292619/the-brave-browser-basics-what-it-does-how-it-differs-from-rivals.html
    34:55 Razer bug lets you become a Windows 10 admin by plugging in a mouse
    - https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/razer-bug-lets-you-become-a-windows-10-admin-by-plugging-in-a-mouse/
    44:30 Australia: Unprecedented surveillance bill rushed through parliament in 24 hours.
    - https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/australia-surveillance-bill/
    51:45 - Online Trolls Actually Just Assholes All the Time a.k.a. Obvious things are obvious
    - https://gizmodo.com/online-trolls-actually-just-assholes-all-the-time-stud-1847575210
    Music from StreamBeats.
    1 hr 3 min
  • Aug 27 - Privacy in China, but not at Amazon!
    Mike Sutton (@zenmike) and Peter Lowe (@pgl) discuss security and privacy headlines from the past week.
    00:00 Intro
    2:02 PIPL in China: Privacy, surveilance, and censorship - all in one!
    - https://blogs.dlapiper.com/privacymatters/chinas-pipl-has-finally-arrived-and-brings-helpful-clarification-rather-than-substantial-change-to-chinas-data-privacy-framework/
    25:25 Is there a surge in ransomeware attacks? YES! And disgruntled employees are being recruited to help.
    - https://thehackernews.com/2021/08/why-is-there-surge-in-ransomware-attacks.html
    - https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/ransomware-attacker-offers-employees-a-cut-if-they-install-demonware-on-their-organization-s-systems
    - https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/08/wanted-disgruntled-employees-to-deploy-ransomware/
    - https://threatpost.com/lockbit-ransomware-proliferates-globally/168746/
    - https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronshevlin/2021/08/16/bank-of-america-is-losing-its-grip-on-millennials-as-fintechs-reinvent-the-checking-account/?sh=3a65cfc82822
    35:58 UNESCO recommendations for rules and oversight of biometrics. The Aida Lovelace Institute calls for a full moratorium on facial recognition.
    - https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/ai-decoded/politico-ai-decoded-worlds-first-ethics-rules-chinese-philosophy-cities-want-to-make-ai-laws/
    - https://www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/report/citizens-biometrics-council/
    - https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/08/13/1031836/ai-ethics-responsible-data-stewardship/
    44:33 Google says geofence warrants make up one-quarter of all US demands.
    - https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/19/google-geofence-warrants/
    50:50 Amazon installs keyboard and mouse loggers to root out unauthorized users.
    - https://www.vice.com/en/article/dyvejq/amazon-monitor-employees-keyboard-mouse
    - https://gameworldobserver.com/2021/08/04/xsolla-fires-150-employees-using-big-data-and-ai-analysis-ceos-letter-causes-controversy
    Music from StreamBeats.
    1 hr 2 min
  • Aug 20 - T-Mobile hack is bad. Taliban having US biometric equipment and data is worse.
    Mike Sutton and Peter Lowe discuss security and privacy headlines from the past week.
    00:00 Intro
    03:13 Suing the CEO and CISO of Solarwinds
    - https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/ciso-lawsuit-solarwinds
    10:03 T-Mobile moves through the 7-stages of grief
    - https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3d4dw/t-mobile-confirms-it-was-hacked
    - https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/08/t-mobile-breach-exposed-ssn-dob-of-40m-people/
    - https://seclists.org/dataloss/2017/q2/52
    17:11 Americans are somehow unaware of being tracked while shopping
    - https://www.techradar.com/news/many-americans-arent-aware-theyre-being-tracked-with-facial-recognition-while-shopping
    24:35 Hackers being bros
    - https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/17/poly-network-cryptocurrency-hack-latest.html
    - https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2021/08/17/ford-data-breach-hackers/8146237002/
    33:05 America leaves and the Taliban snaps up discarded biometric gear (with data)
    - https://thenextweb.com/news/fears-taliban-has-seized-us-biometric-systems-will-target-vulnerable-people-afghanistan
    45:30 Hackers going old school
    - https://thehackernews.com/2021/08/hackers-spotted-using-morse-code-in.html
    - https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/05/the-computer-virus-that-haunted-early-aids-researchers/481965/
    - https://www.kaspersky.com/resource-center/threats/a-brief-history-of-computer-viruses-and-what-the-future-holds
    Music from StreamBeats found on Spotify.
    59 min
  • Aug 13 - Apple is scanning your photos. And, the albatross are watching!
    Mike Sutton (@ZenMike) and Peter Lowe (@pgl) discuss security and privacy headlines from the past week.
    00:00 Intro
    02:50 Anti-piracy firm requests Google delete files from it's own severs
    https://transparencyreport.google.com/copyright/domains/localhost
    https://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-firm-asks-google-to-block-127-0-0-1-210808/
    08:54 Mozilla Foundation lists and ranks privacy violating IoT devices
    https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/
    21:27 Apple scanning all the images on your iPhone for CSAM
    https://www.hackerfactor.com/blog/index.php?/archives/929-One-Bad-Apple.html
    https://mailchi.mp/theflipside/your-friday-morning-report-apple-to-scan-for-csam-on-the-bright-side-meat-candles
    https://rentafounder.com/the-problem-with-perceptual-hashes/
    40:11 Global cyber intrusion up 125% in 2021
    https://www.techrepublic.com/article/global-cyber-intrusion-activity-jumped-125-in-the-first-half-of-2021/
    52:38 The albatrosses are watching!
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/albatrosses-outfitted-with-gps-detect-illegal-fishing-vessels-180974054/
    58 min
  • Aug 6 - All positive stories (except the ones that definitely aren't)
    Mike Sutton (@ZenMike) and Peter Lowe (@pgl) discuss security and privacy headlines from the past week.
    00:00 Intro
    03:29 Q2 Ransom Payment Amounts Decline
    10:15 Average Cost of Data Breaches Hits Record High
    17:15 Manhattan judge rejects "server test" for internet copyright infringement
    27:35 Twitter puts a bounty on algorithm bias
    33:25 Training AI diversity
    42:25 ShotSpotter disaster in Chicago
    50:45 Precognitive AI tested by the Pentagon
    58:16 Techdirt drops Google Ads and tracking
    01:02:30 Ad-free, privacy-first subscription search engine.
    01:07:19 Monetizing biometrics
    01:10:15 A historic internet milestone. You won't even believe it. Yes, that's clickbait :)
    01:12:37 the wrap up
    1 hr 20 min
  • July 17 - Video Game Surveillance, Privacy Controls, and Blue Check Twitter Bots
    Mike Sutton (@ZenMike) and Peter Lowe (@pgl) discuss security and privacy headlines from the past week.
    00:00 Intro
    03:56 Firefox SmartBlock 2.0 Disappointment
    13:02 Mobile Identifiers
    19:50Gaming Surveilance
    30:51 Ring Doorbells IoT encryption
    37:36 Respecting customer privacy is (maybe?) good for business
    49:57 Myth of individual privacy control
    59:18 Blue Check Twitter bots
    01:04:20 Facial Recognition is broken
    1 hr 15 min
  • July 10 - Kaseya Update, Apple's Private Relay, and Morgan Stanley Hacked.
    Mike Sutton (@ZenMike) and Peter Lowe (@pgl) discuss security and privacy headlines from the past week.
    00:00 Intro
    02:53 Update on the last week's Kaseya hack and their response
    18:35 Morgan Stanley Hack. There's good news and there's bad news
    24:22 Steve Wozniak joins the chorus for the Right to Repair movement
    32:05 Apple Private Relay is coming
    45:40 Aaron Sankin tests the DAA's optout process. You won't believe what happened next! (¬_¬)
    55:50 Belgium security armed with futuristic weapons has Peter drooling
    58:16 A portal from Lithuania to Poland. Should we pantomime the next episode?
    1:00:48 Augmented reality advertising for specific video markets
    1:03:32 Wrap up and chit chat
    1 hr 8 min
  • The Kaseya hack. Google is always listening. Echo never forgets.
    Mike Sutton (@ZenMike) and Peter Lowe (@pgl) discuss security and privacy headlines from the past week.
    00:00 Intro
    02:29 Western Digital MyBook Live data loss update.
    06:36 Echo Dot doesn't forget.
    11:53 Google Voice Assistant is always listening. But, Google never said it wouldn't.
    21:17 Huntress Labs breaks story about Kaseya hack leading to hundreds of businesses becoming the victims of ransomware.
    41:36 LinkedIn exposes profile data for 700 million users.
    51:53 US Government releases report on UFOs.
    1 hr 1 min
  • The Colonial Pipeline, corporate fails, and more tracking & targeting news from Google and Facebook
    Mike Sutton (@ZenMike) and Peter Lowe (@pgl) discuss security and privacy headlines from the past week.
    00:00 Intro
    06:50 Colonial Pipeline malware update
    15:39 Western Digital My Book Live deleting backups. Cause: Unknown
    22:30 Sony wins injunction against DNS provider Quad9. The internet loses.
    31:34 Redditor exposes Discovers TERRIBLE optout policy for the sharing of personal data
    39:05 Google delays plans to kill third-party cookies
    42:32 Facebook offers EVEN MORE personalized ad optimization options. Does even Facebook think they work?
    52:09 Facebook bought Oculus. Here come the ads.
    58:40 Artificial Intelligence has caused a 50% to 70% decrease in wages. No one is surprised. Peter makes the case for Universal Basic Income (UBI)
    1:07:00 The wrap-up
    1 hr 10 min

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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…