Episode 80: #80: Security Thunderdome

This week, Dave and Gunnar open the Security Thunderdome, and talk about red-teaming large bureaucracies.

• Gunnar is planning a visit to Akron
  • While in Akron, stop by Cleveland’s Randall Park Mall



• D&G Security Doghouse Fantasy League ← VOTE HERE

• Verizon Wireless to Allow Complete Opt Out of Mobile ‘Supercookies’ (Soon)
• AT&T gives you a discount of $30/mo for monitoring your Internet OR charges you $30 unless you comply with their surveillance regime. You pick!
• Lenovo preinstalls MITM-enhanced adware
  • Superfish is sure it’s all going to be fine



• Facebook is now tracking you across websites on advertiser’s behalf
  • for a better ad experience, of course



• Google Now now SLURPS data from third party apps so YOU don’t have to


• Today In Creepy Privacy Policies, Samsung’s Eavesdropping TV
  • diff this w/1984
  • And there’s more: Samsung Smart TVs Don’t Encrypt Speech Or Transcriptions
  • But wait, there’s more! Samsung smart TVs inserting ads into third-party apps



• Uber Will Add Panic Button And Location/Journey Sharing In India On February 11
  • The Onion’s Take: “It’s nice knowing Uber is willing to do everything it can to protect its customers short of properly screening its drivers.”
  • We’ve seen this before

In other news…

• NRO releases MLS HPC system
• Big ups to Matt Zager: Five ways open source middleware can impact unmanned systems
• RHEV 3.5 is out!
• RHEL OSP 6 is out!
• Red Hat Mothership is written up in DesignMilk
• Willard event: Sonny Hashmi says “Open will win every time.” Oh, and private cloud isn’t a thing.
• Pop Quiz: How long does it take for your emails to no longer be private? 180 days
• Pop Quiz: Who’s in charge of Federal IT?
• Green bubbles and why small decisions make a big difference
• Adobe Kickbox is live
  • Bonus link: Author also wrote Make Room! Make Room! which became the movie Soylent Green
  • Stainless Steel Rat

Cutting Room Floor

• For Soren’s birthday party: Highly Dexterous Robot Can Fold Balloon Animals, Close Zip-Ties
• EFF’s Parker Higgins on the DOJ’s abiding consistency wrt encryption
• Guitar face instructional videos
• Mattell’s ViewMaster relaunch!
• Fastest-selling toy of all time? Playmobil’s Martin Luther
• Perils of public code: Intel’s Galileo build scripts use some dude’s grub fork on GitHub
• Life Inside a Secret Chinese Bitcoin Mine
• $160 for Sony 64 GB microSDXC card with Premium Sound