Episode 242: Selling Spyware

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is warning of world in which no phone is safe from state-sponsored hackers. A new version of Plasma Mobile is out, and Valve has released a portable gaming device, running Arch with KDE! -- During The Show -- 00:30 What Noah uses - Jon Software Distro - Kubuntu/Fedora DE - KDE Plasma Terminator/Konsole Thunderbird Fastmail (Work) Proton Mail (Personal) VLC/MPV MakeMKV/Brasero QMMP MP3 Player KeepassXC (Personal) Bitwarden (Public) Virtual Box/KVM Libvirt Audacity Zoom/Jitsi Sublime Text (Work)/EncryptPad/Joplin/VIM/Kate Gimp (Images)/Inkscape (Graphic Design) Element/Nheko/SchildiChat (The turtle one) Okular Install Method - Flatpak, AppImage, Snap Phone Work - Galaxy S10/iPhone Personal - Nexus 6P with LineageOS Personal Disconnected device - Sony Xperia SailfishOS GPD Pocket on order Play Device - Pinephone In the Backpack (https://www.briggs-riley.com/products/at-work-large-cargo-backpack-kp436?variant=23744651132986&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhcmRou7y8QIV_2tvBB0BVQtpEAQYASABEgKzSfD_BwE) Dual Type-C charger RavPower (https://www.ravpower.com/products/rp-pc146-120w-4-port-desktop-usb-charging-station) Apple Type-C charger 2TB External Drive Small tool kit Screw drivers wirecutters Flash drives Portable Battery Pack Netgear Nighthawk Mobile Broadband Noise Canceling Headphones Sony WH1000xm4 (https://electronics.sony.com/audio/headphones/headband/p/wh1000xm4-b) Emergency Kit Backup Phone (S7) Backup Wallet Minimal Viable Battle Station * Pelican 1620 * Docking station Lenovo Dock Affiliate (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B07M6S81CM/?tag=minddripmedia-20) * Portable Desk * 27" 2K Display 21:15 Decentralized Tech - Jay Offline First (http://offlinefirst.org) 0Data (https://0data.app/glance/) Unhosted (https://unhosted.org/apps/) Web3 IPFS 22:45 ARP vs MAC Tables - Octavio MAC Tables Built by "MAC Learning" Snooped Used by switches to prevent HUB behavior Used for switching ARP tables Built with ARP protocal Used for routing 26:45 Pick of the Week Tauon Music Box (https://tauonmusicbox.rocks/) Drag n Drop file importing CUE sheet support MOD tracker Network Playback Flathub (https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.github.taiko2k.tauonmb) 27:55 Make Good SonoBus (https://sonobus.net/) * High Quality, Low Latency, Peer-to-Peer Audio oever the internet * AAC-LD/AAC-HE * New commercial boxes use OPUS codec 31:30 Gadget of the Week Omega Charger (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/omega-world-s-smallest-100w-200w-usb-c-charger/x/19545995#/) World's Smallest 100W & 200W USB-C Charger World's first 200W Gallium Nitride (GaN) charger Quick charge 4 devices simultaneously Estimated Shipping July 2021 34:00 Red Hat To expand Offerings ZDnet (https://www.zdnet.com/article/red-hat-expands-linux-offerings-for-research-and-academic-organization/) Low cost/Free RHEL for education Conan Kudo Link (https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/2021-July/077159.html) Open to Primary and Secondary Schools as well 38:20 Snowden Spyware / Mobile Phones Pegasus Pegasus Malware Made by the NSO Group Access to Photos Emails Records Calls Secretly Activate Microphones/Cameras WhatsApp Chat GPS Data Calendar Contacts Over 50,000 numbers suspected targets New "zero-click" attacks Tech advancing too fast for normal people to keep up Courts have ruled FaceID/Fingerprints can be compelled Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/jul/19/edward-snowden-calls-spyware-trade-ban-pegasus-revelations) Jul 18th Guardian Article (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/18/revealed-leak-uncovers-global-abuse-of-cyber-surveillance-weapon-nso-group-pegasus) Amnesty Article (https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/research/2021/07/forensic-methodology-report-how-to-catch-nso-groups-pegasus/) 49:40 Plasma Mobile 21.07 Released Plasma Mobile Post (https://www.plasma-mobile.org/2021/07/20/plasma-mobile-gear-21-07/) Join the Matrix room - #plasmamobile:matrix.org 52:55 Steam Deck Steam Handheld 4 core, 8 threads AMD APU 64GB, 256GB, 512GB $399-$649 Runs SteamOS (Arch+KDE+Big Picture Mode) Goal: Get every Windows Game working before launch Tech Radar (https://www.techradar.com/how-to/pre-ordered-a-steam-deck-heres-how-to-find-out-which-games-will-run-on-it) IGN (https://www.ign.com/articles/steam-deck-os-ui-system-software-bridges-the-gap-between-console-and-pc) -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! 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