Even though we know who’s going to be president for the next four years or so, for episode 67 of inThirty we’re going to get political, political. On our more than two thirds to one hundred podcast extravaganza episode we examine privacy through the experiences of four public figures: General David Petraeus, Governor Mitt Romney, Representative Scott DesJarlais, and the comedian’s best friend, Representative Anthony Weiner. Each of these public servants was undone by his own misdeeds and uncovered by way of his use of digital communication. We undermine good taste and talk about urinals and affairs and other unsavory stuff and even ask whether the unfortunate downfalls of these four men might actually be for the public good.
Episode 67 Hangout: http://youtu.be/J4yA3IPf57Q?t=3m16s
Show Notes
Fusion Ads / The Magazine | CuriousRat.com
“Why David Petraeus’ Email Troubles Should Make You Nervous” | The Huffington Post
“Paula Broadwell Computer Had ‘Substantial’ Classified Data” | Reuters
“Veteran FBI Agent Helped Start Petraeus E-Mail Inquiry” | The New York Times
“WATCH: Full Secret Video of Private Romney Fundraiser” | Mother Jones
“Twitter scandal: a mess for Anthony Weiner…” | CS Monitor
“Scott DesJarlais scandal” | Slate
We know – you really miss our typical, amusing, pun laden titles, but, for our 53rd episode, we have to get serious. After putting our schadenfreude aside, we use the computer security horror story of a certain senior writer at Wired to begin a discussion about how to keep safe online. We compare the security mentality of Apple, Google, and Amazon and decide which company’s cloud is most secure. You know, the best place to store your baby pictures. We also factor in two-step authentication (that’s almost a pun) and discuss whether it should be widely adopted. We also give a retrospective on the biggest hacks of the last year and reflect on the annoyance of dealing with password resets…and end the show wallowing in despair. You can’t miss it! And, remember listeners, change your passwords! Throw a % or a ^ in it for good measure. Trust us, you’ll be happy you did.