Today we are talking about the freedom phone. A new phone without “Censorship from Big Tech.” This is a scam, but why? We discuss:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001468394552.html
Security 272 – Free Dumb Phone
Category: Podcasts
Security 271 – Western Digital Did Bad (But Maybe Not)
The big topic of the week is that if you had a Western Digital MyBook from 2015, there was a bug/exploit that wiped all your data. We talk about the bug, and whose fault it is (WD). Then we finished up with their response, which was as good as can be given the circumstances.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/hackers-exploited-0-day-not-2018-bug-to-mass-wipe-my-book-live-devices/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/wd-my-book-nas-devices-are-being-remotely-wiped-clean-worldwide/
Security 270 – Good Police Work
We cover two recent stories on what we call “Good Police Work.” Without breaking encryption, the police find ways to catch criminals.
How the FBI Tricked Criminals into Using its Messaging App
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-seizes-23-million-cryptocurrency-paid-ransomware-extortionists-darkside
Security 269 – Cookie Law
We go on a rant about cookies, and the cookie laws.
Countries are talking about simplifying the law to create “acceptable cookie levels” in browsers, this means you’ll need to set this for every device and every browser.
Banner Blindness
User Training
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A32002L0058
Security 268 – Patents
In this episode we discuss patents. We focus on patent trolls and software patents.
https://www.ted.com/talks/drew_curtis_how_i_beat_a_patent_troll/transcript?language=en#t-279192