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Little Brother Episode 88 2022-06-11

Privacy preserving data and analytics. Follina used by state actors. EU requires portable devices to charge with USB-C connectors. Apple M1 processor security can be beaten by abusing speculative execution. Ukrainian IT sector still working thanks to remote work. Axon wants to produce a taser-armed drone, and loses three quarters of its ethics board for it.

GPS Jamming and what to do about it.

Pwn of the week: Mandiant . . . maybe?

Fail of the week: The Mayflower sails for Plymouth, lands in Halifax, eh!

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Right To Repair

Little Brother Episode 87 2022-06-04

Microsoft knows if you’re leaving your employer. New South Wales digital driver’s licenses easily forged. Tim Horton’s app knows too much about you. Google asked to collect less data so as not to tip off abortion foes. Follina bug in MS Office lets you run code remotely even with macros disabled.

Pwns of the week: Chicago Central Schools, DEA, the entire government of Costa Rica.

New York passes a Right to Repair bill after California fails to do so. Hear the thoughts of the Albany 2600 group

Dramatic reading: The Conscience of a Hacker by +++The Mentor+++

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Little Brother will resume next week.

Owing to the holiday and personal obligations, there will be no episode this week. Little Brother will resume next week with Episode 87 publishing on Saturday, 3 May 2022. See you all next week.

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Little Brother Episode 86 2022-05-21

Fuel theft by hacking the pump in Dallas. Smart card readers that bring malware along for the ride. Bank of Zambia trolls their would-be attackers. DOJ easing up on CFAA prosecutions.

Why I hate signature pads, plus this podcast reaches a milepost.

Pwn of the week: Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY). Fail of the week: Apple.

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Third Party Pwnage

Little Brother Episode 85 2022-05-14

Clearview AI now blocked in Illinois. AirBNB chief wants to do away with offices. Ransomware attacks down. Mechanical keyboards are little snitches.

Pwns of the week: Lincoln college, RuTube, Russian TV media

Fails of the week: Javascript foreach module, F5 Big IP

Opsec tip of the week: Avoid falling victim to the third party doctrine with TOR, ProtonMail, Signal Private Messenger

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Little Brother Episode 84 2022-05-07

India demands that breaches be reported, then that VPNs keep records making them useless. CDC has been tracking cell phones. FBI has been using the third-party doctrine to skip warrants. Google fights dragnets in Brazil, but not here. Alexa’s been spying on you to choose ads. Safegraph knows who’s getting abortions. Mental health apps suck at security. Grindr sells location data.

Pwn of the week: Illuminate Education

More on open-source router firmware, featuring Open WRT

Opsec tip: use a password manager, preferably KeePassXC.

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The Elonphant in the room

Little Brother Episode 83 2022-04-30

EU requires social media to explain their algorithms, but Facebook can’t. Google implements “reject all cookies” button in the EU. Hospital requires nurses to bring their own laptops. Chula Vista averages 274 police drone deployments a day. Elon Musk buys Twitter.

Intro to DD-WRT.

Opsec tip: Two factor authentication

Pwn of the week: T-Mobile.

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Little Brother Episode 82 2022-04-23

Freedom Phone’s Signal Not-so-private Messenger. Conferencing apps are listening when they shouldn’t be. The Copyright Crowd are back. Apple’s app tracking transparency costs Meta more than originally thought. SpaceX beats Russian jamming. Ted Lieu wants warrants for metadata. SEC wants cybersecurity in the board room.

Intro to open-source firmware. Don’t give away too much info.

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Little Brother Episode 81 2022-04-16

European Union rolls its own facial recognition network. EU officials targeted using Pegasus. DOJ seizes RaidForums. Fired Sysadmin jailed and fined for vandalism. ProtonVPN passes audit.

Teardown of EAS in-band signalling. Personal OPSEC: making your communications channels redundant.

Pwn of the week: Congress. Fails of the week: AT&T, Atlassian.

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Dodging surveillance

Little Brother Episode 80 2022-04-09

Android app to detect unauthorized Apple AirTags. The Post Office has a law enforcement branch that overreaches. Google boots a spyware APK from the Play Store. US Government patches your system whether you like it or not.

Interview with Ethan Gregory Dodge on ALPR maker Flock Safety.

Pwn of the week: MailChimp.

Listener letter from Snackness.

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