Control Structure #138: Steal Your Private Key

Steve wakes Andrew up to have a podcast in 2008. After sorting things out, they talk about Spectre, Meltdown, iPhone batteries, blockchains, Chrome, ADSL, Amazon, Crytek, Excel, and a few other things, because it's been a while.

Banter

Talking about each other has been moved to The Fringe. Please see The Fringe, episode 460, at about 20 minutes in.

News

• Meltdown and Spectre
• Kernel-memory-leaking Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign • The Register
• AMD Processor Security | AMD
• AMD Looks Poised To Gain At Intel’s Expense
• Untitled: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4073707/windows-os-security-update-block-for-some-amd-based-devices
• Notes from the Intelpocalypse [LWN.net]
• Why Raspberry Pi isn’t vulnerable to Spectre or Meltdown – Raspberry Pi
• Intel with Radeon RX Vega Graphics: Core i7-8809G with 3.1 GHz Base, 100W Target TDP, Overclockable
• AMD Reportedly Allows Disabling PSP Secure Processor With Latest AGESA – Phoronix
• Full Disclosure: AMD-PSP: fTPM Remote Code Execution via crafted EK certificate
• iPhone Performance and Battery Age – Geekbench
• Long Island Iced Tea Soars After Changing Its Name to Long Blockchain – Bloomberg
• KODAKONE – KODAKONE
• Hang onto your graphics cards, as cryptocurrency mining spikes GPUs prices | PC Gamer
• Chrome Apps are dead, as Google shuts down the Chrome Web Store section | Ars Technica
• RevK’s rants: It’s official, ADSL works over wet string
• Yes, Your Amazon Echo Is an Ad Machine
• ScummVM :: Home
• Crytek v. CIG | Damages | Copyright Infringement
• Crytek sues Star Citizen studio over breach of contract and copyright infringement | PC Gamer
• 2_2017cv08937_Crytek_v_CIG_(20180105)_Memorandum of Points in Support of Motion to Dismiss.pdf – Google Drive
• Cloud Imperium responds to Crytek’s Star Citizen lawsuit | PC Gamer
• Python as an Excel scripting language – Welcome to Excel’s Suggestion Box!
• Automakers: Don’t Ask Customers What They Want
• The Homer – The Car Built for Homer – YouTube
• Download NVIDIA, GeForce, Quadro, and Tesla Drivers
• Announcing the OpenWrt/LEDE merge – Installing and Using LEDE – LEDE Project Forum
• Qualcomm Fast Path For LEDE – Community Builds, Projects & Packages – LEDE Project Forum

Miscellaneous

• Google fired James Damore for a controversial gender memo—now he’s suing | Ars Technica
• The Northerner Diaries – Symphonic Sketches by Jeremy Soule (with included message) – YouTube
• Star Citizen Alpha 3.0.0 – Roberts Space Industries

Don’t forget

• International Backup Awareness Day

Music

• Bump Foot – Releases – foot132

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