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That'll teach me to take a week off!

Little Brother Episode 66 2022-01-01

Clearview AI ordered to delete data on French citizens. Teslas can repossess themselves. Log4J again. Canadian government was already using the tracking data. Don’t store your passwords in your browser. Duck Duck Go gains again this year. TikTok wants to look around your LAN. Tianhe space station nearly collides with a Starlink satellite.

Pwns of the fortnight: Any streaming service using the Widevine DRM system, SEGA Europe, the Belgian Ministry of Defence, many LastPass users, and our returning champion, T-Mobile.

Data caps are a racket and two state governors are being daft.

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Little Brother will resume next week.

Owing to the Christmas holiday, there will be no episode this week. Little Brother will resume next week with Episode 66 publishing on New Years’ Day. Merry Christmas. See you all next year.

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Log4J Somebody pushed play!

Little Brother Episode 65 2021-12-18

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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Getting the feds involved

Little Brother Episode 64 2021-12-11

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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Wi-Fi All The Things!

Little Brother Episode 63 2021-12-04

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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You can all go now.

Little Brother Episode 62 2021-11-27

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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What do Tesla and Adobe have in common?

Little Brother Episode 61 2021-11-20

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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FBI got pwnt?!

Little Brother Episode 60 2021-11-13

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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Trojan source

Little Brother Episode 59 2021-11-06

$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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Bleeps, creeps, sweeps

Little Brother Episode 58 2021-10-30

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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