Instagram account @Metaverse gets silenced, then reactivated. More cable wars in the streaming space. AWS does it again, I think? DHS bug bounty. Apple buries its CSAM program. Radioactive protection against 5G – NOT! Canada wants to know where Canadians are going.
Pwn of the week: Everyone. Also the State of Virginia.
First ever listener letter.
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Check your privacy settings if you use Verizon Wireless. Check your privacy settings if you use Verizon FiOS. Check them again, and again, and again. Don’t send your Google phone in for repairs unless you can back it up and wipe it. A company that sends text messages is also selling user data but only the boss knows. Apps are ignoring the Apple iOS privacy settings. Life 360 is selling your data. Roku and YouTube bury the hatchet.
Pwn of the week: The Brazilian Ministry of Health. Incompetence? Neglect? Sabotage? You decide.
Interview with Fongaboo of the Helix Foundation (which hosts this podcast) on getting the FCC involved when the Internet monopoly in your area won’t fix their problems.
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Israel shortens list of cyberweapon export eligible nations. Pegasus spyware used against Palestinian activists. Pegasus spyware used against the US State Department. Signal is still the best private messaging app. Qualcomm wants your phone’s camera on all the time. Australia doesn’t understand social media.
Pwns of the week: DNA Diagnostics Center and Planned Parenthood of LA
Also: Who needs a Wi-Fi barbecue grill?
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The UK has a new privacy law. They also got hacked. Microsoft didn’t fix the thing they thought they fixed. A German state is telling Microsoft to hit the road. Lush is telling Meta to hit the road. The US government wants to know about bank data breaches in 36 hours or less, or it’s free. GoGuardian lets NY Public schools snoop on their students. How to duplicate a fingerprint to unlock devices.
Pwn of the week: GoDaddy.
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Vizio makes more on smart TVs being smart than being sold. New malware infects home routers. Adobe network outage causes software to stop working. Tesla network outage causes cars to stop working. YouTube kills downvote counts. Ohio sues Meta. Pwns of the week: Israeli government, California Pizza Kitchen
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Microsoft makes employer snooping easier. Clearview booted from Australia. New bounty on REvil. Randorio holds onto info about a critical vulnerability for a year. Bill would eliminate conflicts of interest. RIP Allan Paller. Pwns of the week: Robinhood, Sunwater and . . . The FBI!! Legalizing hacking back is a bad idea.
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$10 million bounty for the leaders of DarkSide. Signal has fun with subpoenas. ZTE and Huawei cellular gear to be purged and destroyed. NSO blacklisted. Gitlab becomes a botnet. Pwn of the week: Dallas Police. Trojan source code.
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Google Maps has COVID-19 stats. Facebook is so Meta. Nobelium is on Microsoft’s radar. ISPs are on the FTC’s radar. Ranzy is on the FBI’s radar. PATCH YOUR SYSTEMS!
Pwns of the week: National Rifle Association, Scoolio GmbH, and yes, I’m still talking about Misourri.
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Adblockers that inject ads, contract disputes just like cable used to make, what’s old is new again, warrant for the word “criminal”, insulin pumps that can kill you on command, patch your systems! Sinclair off the air, candy corns will reach the market despite threat agents’ best efforts, Argentina – the whole damn country, gets pwnt. Twitch is “taking it seriously.” You can’t show Missouri anything.
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Kindergarten level cybersecurity, here we go again with the crypto, protect security researchers, Android is a spy, smart grocery carts, water supply under attack. Visible wireless got pwnt. Long breakdown of the Missourri education department pwn. I quit facebook.
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