The Recompiler Podcast

Episode 75: Do we need to Faraday cage your office? Oct 16, 2018

This episode we talk about Amazon’s AI recruiting fail, WordPress accessibility issues, Google+ and more. https://recompilermag.com/2018/10/16/episode-75-do-we-need-to-faraday-cage-your-office Community Event Planning pre-order. Still time to get in on the book previews! https://community-events-2.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders Survey for event organizers https://airtable.com/shrvbemYqHvL1Z7tt Issue 10 - Science! It’s shipping. Back order sale use code READER18 for buy 2, get 3rd 1/2 off! https://shop.recompilermag.com Amazon scraps secret AI recruiting tool that showed bias against women | Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-jobs-automation-insight/amazon-scraps-secret-ai-recruiting-tool-that-showed-bias-against-women-idUSKCN1MK08G I have resigned as the WordPress accessibility team lead. Here is why. - Rian Rietveld https://rianrietveld.com/2018/10/09/i-have-resigned-the-wordpress-accessibility-team/ A Plan for 5.0 – Make WordPress Core https://make.wordpress.org/core/2018/10/03/a-plan-for-5-0/ JAMstack | JavaScript, APIs, and Markup https://jamstack.org/ Google is shutting down Google+ following massive data exposure https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/08/google-shutting-down-google-plus/ Google faces mounting pressure from Congress over Google+ privacy flaw - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/11/17964134/google-plus-congress-privacy-data-vulnerability Tampered Chinese Ethernet port used to hack ‘major US telecom,’ says Bloomberg report https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2018/10/9/17955848/supermicro-telecom-server-hack-apple-amazon Zotero Blog » Blog Archive » Improved PDF retrieval with Unpaywall integration https://www.zotero.org/blog/improved-pdf-retrieval-with-unpaywall-integration/ Julia Evans Zines https://jvns.ca/zines/ https://jvns.ca/blog/2018/09/23/why-sell-zines/ Let’s Pair! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/marlenac/lets-pair

Episode 74: There is pumpkin spice in the air Oct 12, 2018

This episode we talk about Chinese spy chips, new sophisticated voice phishing schemes, and Facebook’s huge security breach. https://recompilermag.com/2018/10/12/episode-74-there-is-pumpkin-spice-in-the-air Community Event Planning pre-order. Still time to get in on the book previews. https://community-events-2.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders Survey for event organizers. Please fill it out! https://airtable.com/shrvbemYqHvL1Z7tt Issue 10 - Science! It’s shipping. Back order sale use code READER18 for buy 2, get 3rd 1/2 off! https://shop.recompilermag.com China planted spy chips in computers from Portland-based Elemental, Bloomberg reports | OregonLive.com https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2018/10/chinese_planted_spy_chips_insi.html The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies - Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-how-china-used-a-tiny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies The Big Hack: Amazon, Apple, Supermicro, and Beijing Respond - Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-amazon-apple-supermicro-and-beijing-respond Chinese Hackers Have Allegedly Compromised the Supply Chain to Spy on Amazon and Apple https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/gye8w4/chinese-supply-chain-hack-apple-bloomberg Voice Phishing Scams Are Getting More Clever — Krebs on Security https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/10/voice-phishing-scams-are-getting-more-clever/ Facebook says nearly 50m users compromised in huge security breach | Technology | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/sep/28/facebook-50-million-user-accounts-security-berach Kim Zetter on Twitter: "The Facebook breach gets even worse - it's not just that an attacker who has your Facebook token can access other accounts you've used your Facebook account to access, he/she can access accounts you haven't even used Facebook to access… https://t.co/BCCpuPG9XI" https://twitter.com/kimzetter/status/1046806168348160000?s=21 jason polakis on Twitter: "Given the scale and severity of the @facebook breach, I’ll share some thoughts based on our recent @USENIXSecurity paper with @m0eb1t, amrutha, @kaytwo, @stevecheckoway, where we explored the ramifications of your Facebook account being compromised. https://t.co/6gS2ERrGvO (1/n)" https://twitter.com/jpolakis/status/1046086964410294272 Facebook Security Bug Affects 90M Users — Krebs on Security https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/09/facebook-security-bug-affects-90m-users/ O Single Sign-Off, Where Art Thou? An Empirical Analysis of Single Sign-On Account Hijacking and Session Management on the Web https://www.cs.uic.edu/~polakis/papers/sso-usenix18.pdf Can Mark Zuckerberg Fix Facebook Before It Breaks Democracy? | The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/09/17/can-mark-zuckerberg-fix-facebook-before-it-breaks-democracy Burgerville Notifies Guests of Data Breach https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/burgerville-notifies-guests-of-data-breach-300723908.html THE WILD INNER WORKINGS OF A BILLION-DOLLAR HACKING GROUP https://www.wired.com/story/fin7-wild-inner-workings-billion-dollar-hacking-group/ Episode 69: We’ll just make a pickle grid – The Recompiler https://recompilermag.com/2018/08/10/episode-69-well-just-make-a-pickle-grid/ MIDI unicorn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3tiuGVDDkk Willamette River presents stunning lidar image on poster from Department of Geology | OregonLive.com https://www.oregonlive.com/travel/index.ssf/2013/04/willamette_river_presents_stun.html

🏳️‍🌈 — **Episode 73: A bold move** Oct 12, 2018
This episode we talk about moral clauses in FOSS licenses, ShotSpotter’s partnership with Verizon, how Buffer bought out its VCs, and WayMo. https://recompilermag.com/2018/10/11/episode-73-a-bold-move Devopsdays Portland - SEPTEMBER 11-13, 2018 - RECOMPILERFRIENDS 20% discount http://devopsdays.org/events/2018-portland/ Community Event Planning pre-order Still time to get in on the book previews https://community-events-2.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders Survey for event organizers https://airtable.com/shrvbemYqHvL1Z7tt Call for Contributors, Issue 12 Machines and Things https://recompilermag.com/2018/07/24/call-for-contributors-for-issue-12-machines-things/ Major Open Source Project Revokes Access to Companies That Work with ICE https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8xbynx/major-open-source-project-revokes-access-to-companies-that-work-with-ice Stop using my tools, racists https://github.com/palantir/blueprint/issues/2876 Palantir employees are racist and they need to stop using my tools https://github.com/palantir/blueprint/issues/2877 Add text to MIT License banning ICE collaborators https://github.com/lerna/lerna/pull/1616 Please remove jamiebuilds as maintainer for CoC violations https://github.com/lerna/lerna/issues/1630 Remove Microsoft from Restrictive License https://github.com/lerna/lerna/pull/1631 Restore unmodified MIT license https://github.com/lerna/lerna/pull/1633 SPDX license list https://spdx.org/licenses/index.html My potted view on adding extra ethical clauses to open source licenses https://mastodon.social/@mala/100642002012668168 ShotSpotter Expands Verizon Partnership With Reseller Agreement for Gunshot Detection Services http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/08/28/1557516/0/en/ShotSpotter-Expands-Verizon-Partnership-With-Reseller-Agreement-for-Gunshot-Detection-Services.html Ingrid Burrington on Twitter: "So one way to read this is it's a way for Shotspotter installations to avoid any resident pushback by burying them in a contract–instead of making SST a line item, it's just tacked onto a broader services agreement with Verizon that wouldn't otherwise raise eyebrows." https://twitter.com/lifewinning/status/1035211677375946752 Rochester man shot by police sues cops, city, and ShotSpotter https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2018/08/30/silvon-simmons-rochester-police-officer-joseph-ferrigno-gun-lawsuit/1119014002/ We Spent $3.3M Buying Out Investors: Why and How We Did It https://open.buffer.com/buying-out-investors/ Amir Efrati on Twitter: "Just out: The truth about Waymo... https://t.co/q9Oet5j5Ck" https://twitter.com/amir/status/1034442936774258688 A day in the life of a Waymo self-driving taxi - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/21/17762326/waymo-self-driving-ride-hail-fleet-management Donut County http://donutcounty.com/ Martin “Sexy Nuclear Disarmament” Pfeiffer on Twitter: "NOW PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE Find below the link to my complete archive of 1951-1997 Sandia nuclear laboratory documents from my FOIA. https://t.co/Z8BzUTdF6g You can also support my work at: https://t.co/GzHV653OGL or https://t.co/tvFac0gW44… https://t.co/243xjjkj5k" https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1035331181141581824

**Episode 73: A bold move** Oct 12, 2018
This episode we talk about moral clauses in FOSS licenses, ShotSpotter’s partnership with Verizon, how Buffer bought out its VCs, and WayMo. https://recompilermag.com/2018/10/11/episode-73-a-bold-move Devopsdays Portland - SEPTEMBER 11-13, 2018 - RECOMPILERFRIENDS 20% discount http://devopsdays.org/events/2018-portland/ Community Event Planning pre-order Still time to get in on the book previews https://community-events-2.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders Survey for event organizers https://airtable.com/shrvbemYqHvL1Z7tt Call for Contributors, Issue 12 Machines and Things https://recompilermag.com/2018/07/24/call-for-contributors-for-issue-12-machines-things/ Major Open Source Project Revokes Access to Companies That Work with ICE https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8xbynx/major-open-source-project-revokes-access-to-companies-that-work-with-ice Stop using my tools, racists https://github.com/palantir/blueprint/issues/2876 Palantir employees are racist and they need to stop using my tools https://github.com/palantir/blueprint/issues/2877 Add text to MIT License banning ICE collaborators https://github.com/lerna/lerna/pull/1616 Please remove jamiebuilds as maintainer for CoC violations https://github.com/lerna/lerna/issues/1630 Remove Microsoft from Restrictive License https://github.com/lerna/lerna/pull/1631 Restore unmodified MIT license https://github.com/lerna/lerna/pull/1633 SPDX license list https://spdx.org/licenses/index.html My potted view on adding extra ethical clauses to open source licenses https://mastodon.social/@mala/100642002012668168 ShotSpotter Expands Verizon Partnership With Reseller Agreement for Gunshot Detection Services http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/08/28/1557516/0/en/ShotSpotter-Expands-Verizon-Partnership-With-Reseller-Agreement-for-Gunshot-Detection-Services.html Ingrid Burrington on Twitter: "So one way to read this is it's a way for Shotspotter installations to avoid any resident pushback by burying them in a contract–instead of making SST a line item, it's just tacked onto a broader services agreement with Verizon that wouldn't otherwise raise eyebrows." https://twitter.com/lifewinning/status/1035211677375946752 Rochester man shot by police sues cops, city, and ShotSpotter https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2018/08/30/silvon-simmons-rochester-police-officer-joseph-ferrigno-gun-lawsuit/1119014002/ We Spent $3.3M Buying Out Investors: Why and How We Did It https://open.buffer.com/buying-out-investors/ Amir Efrati on Twitter: "Just out: The truth about Waymo... https://t.co/q9Oet5j5Ck" https://twitter.com/amir/status/1034442936774258688 A day in the life of a Waymo self-driving taxi - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/21/17762326/waymo-self-driving-ride-hail-fleet-management Donut County http://donutcounty.com/ Martin “Sexy Nuclear Disarmament” Pfeiffer on Twitter: "NOW PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE Find below the link to my complete archive of 1951-1997 Sandia nuclear laboratory documents from my FOIA. https://t.co/Z8BzUTdF6g You can also support my work at: https://t.co/GzHV653OGL or https://t.co/tvFac0gW44… https://t.co/243xjjkj5k" https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1035331181141581824

Episode 72: I’ve just confused myself Oct 11, 2018

This episode we’re talking about Wickr’s use of domain-fronting and other anti-censorship techniques, HashWick vulnerability, Verizon throttling emergency responders data cellular connections, licensing shenanigans. https://recompilermag.com/2018/10/11/episode-72-ive-just-confused-myself Devopsdays Portland - SEPTEMBER 11-13, 2018 - RECOMPILERFRIENDS 20% discount http://devopsdays.org/events/2018-portland/ RECOMPILERFRIENDS is a 20% off discount Community Event Planning pre-order https://community-events-2.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders Survey for event organizers https://airtable.com/shrvbemYqHvL1Z7tt Call for Contributors, Issue 12 Machines and Things https://recompilermag.com/2018/07/24/call-for-contributors-for-issue-12-machines-things/ Wickr has a new plan for dodging internet blocks - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/23/17770384/wickr-psiphon-partnership-internet-censorship HashWick V8 Vulnerability https://darksi.de/12.hashwick-v8-vulnerability/ Node.js and the "HashWick" vulnerability https://nodesource.com/blog/node-js-and-the-hashwick-vulnerability/ Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data during Calif. wildfire | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/08/verizon-throttled-fire-departments-unlimited-data-during-calif-wildfire Use Debian? Want Intel's latest CPU patch? Small print sparks big problem https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/21/intel_cpu_patch_licence/ Redis: This is not the license change you are looking for https://blog.tidelift.com/redis-this-is-not-the-license-change-you-are-looking-for- Software Freedom Ensures the True Software Commons https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2018/aug/22/commons-clause/ Redis licensing https://redislabs.com/community/licenses/ Skills for our software future / Audrey Eschright http://lifeofaudrey.com/2018/09/06/3rd-wave.html Oregon DEQ map https://oraqi.deq.state.or.us/home/map HRRR-Smoke Model Fields - Experimental https://rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/hrrr/HRRRsmoke/

Episode 71: That sounds both interesting and ridiculous Sep 25, 2018

This week Audrey and I chat about about Las Vegas Hotel security issues during DefCon, Foreshadow speculative execution vulnerability, and issues with the music industry business model and copyright. Complete show notes: https://recompilermag.com/2018/09/25/episode-71-that-sounds-both-interesting-and-ridiculous

Episode 70: I see a bear! Aug 14, 2018

This week Audrey and I chat about a security incident with Homebrew (the macOS package manager), Twitter’s refusal to moderate hate speech, and Firefox’s upcoming support of DNS over HTTP. Complete show notes: https://recompilermag.com/2018/08/14/episode-70-i-see-a-bear

Episode 69: We’ll just make a pickle grid Aug 10, 2018

This week we’re talking about Reddit’s security breach, retail spearfishing indictments, ghost characters, and surveillance capitalism. Complete show notes: https://recompilermag.com/2018/08/10/episode-69-well-just-make-a-pickle-grid

Episode 68: Celebrating Prime Day Aug 10, 2018

This week we’re talking about the ethics of corporate research and how your data is used, Twitter's developer API changes, how Amazon Prime Day went, and more. Complete show notes: https://recompilermag.com/2018/08/09/episode-68-celebrating-prime-day

Episode 67: Capital NO Aug 08, 2018

This week Audrey and I chat about the compromised NPM package that stole a bunch of credentials, OSCON code of conduct issues, and Guido van Rossum stepping down abruptly from BDFL of Python. Complete show notes: https://recompilermag.com/2018/08/08/episode-67-capital-no

Episode 66: Season of Regrets Aug 07, 2018

This week Audrey and I chat about the recent raid by German police against a privacy group, how Juggalos help beat facial recognition, and what Tim Berners-Lee is working on now to fix the web. Complete show notes: https://recompilermag.com/2018/08/03/episode-66-season-of-regrets

Episode 65: Right place, right time. Jul 27, 2018

This week Audrey shares what she learned at this year’s Allied Media Conference in Detroit.

[00:55] Devopsdays Portland - SEPTEMBER 11-13, 2018 - RECOMPILERFRIENDS 20% discount
[02:45] The Recompiler Issue 8: Wildcard
[03:58] Allied Media Conference
[09:25] FemTechNet
[14:58] Our Data Bodies
[19:16] The New Jim Code (Ruha Benjamin)
[24:10] Digital Consent is Coercive
[32:45] Does Detroit's Project Green Light really make the city safer?
[36:19] Teaching Community Technology | Detroit Community Technology Project
[48:39] Portable Network Kits
[50:32] $5 Raspberry Pi Zero Pirate Radio Throwies
[51:59] NWS Portland on Twitter: "Here is a loop of GOES-16 satellite imagery..."

https://recompilermag.com/2018/07/27/episode-65-right-place-right-time

Episode 64: Now with tongue detection Jun 21, 2018

This week Audrey and I chat about Microsoft’s acquisition of GitHub, Apple’s WWDC announcements, why you may not want to engage in witness tampering using WhatsApp, and Tesla autopilot’s role in a fatal crash earlier this year. https://recompilermag.com/2018/06/21/episode-64-now-with-tongue-detection

Episode 63: Everyone throws their computers out the window Jun 03, 2018

This week Audrey and I chat about the new adaptive controller for the Xbox One, a new Spectre variant, Amazon’s facial recognition technology, and more. Enjoy! Complete show notes: https://recompilermag.com/2018/06/03/episode-63-everyone-throws-their-computers-out-the-window

Episode 62: I miss that fail whale May 23, 2018

This week Audrey and I chat about Ticketmaster and facial recognition, Google employees quitting in protest over the company’s participation in project Maven, Twitter’s latest attempt to clean up its platform, EFAIL PGP vulnerability, and more. Enjoy! Complete show notes: https://recompilermag.com/2018/05/22/episode-62-i-miss-that-fail-whale

Episode 61: San Marino showed up with robots! May 21, 2018

This week Audrey and I chat about Google Duplex, Signal desktop issues, Medium’s continued floundering, and offensive hacking (“active defense”). Enjoy! Complete show notes: https://recompilermag.com/2018/05/21/episode-61-san-marino-showed-up-with-robots

Episode 60: It definitely involves ethics and society May 14, 2018

This week Audrey and I chat about AI and predictive policing, domain fronting, how Facebook does a lot of emotional labor for us, and more! Complete show notes: https://recompilermag.com/2018/05/14/episode-60-it-definitely-involves-ethics-and-society Links:

Episode 59: We’re not looking to you to monetize the streets May 03, 2018

This week Audrey and I chat about Gmail updates, a recent Microsoft counterfeiting case, mobile network spoofing with a VGA adapter, the Portland Smart Cities initiative, and more. Enjoy! Show notes

Episode 58: A whole lot more EULAs Apr 26, 2018

This week Audrey and I chat about GDPR, Europe’s new privacy law about to go into effect and Facebook, the PenAir hack, Telegram, and a new tool law enforcement has to crack iPhone passcodes. Enjoy! Show notes

Episode 57: Do we have to do more Facebook? Apr 20, 2018

This week Audrey and I chat about Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony to Congress, the Fuse payment card hack, encrypted DNS, and more. Enjoy! Show notes: https://recompilermag.com/2018/04/20/episode-57-do-we-have-to-do-more-facebook

Episode 56: Something about Scully’s vibrator Apr 12, 2018

This week Audrey and I chat about recent autonomous vehicle fatalities, consequences of arbitrary file storage in Bitcoin’s blockchain, the OIG’s report on the FBI’s statements about their iPhone hacking capabilities, and more. Enjoy! Show notes

Episode 55: An ouroboros of crappy privacy Apr 09, 2018

This week Audrey and I chat about Cambridge Analytica, anti-sex trafficking bill SESTA/FOSTA, Google News Initiative and more. Enjoy!

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Episode 54: But this one involves a sheep! Mar 27, 2018

This week Audrey and I chat about YouTube’s announcement to link to Wikipedia, the New Yorker’s profile of Reddit, Spotify and copyright law, and more. Enjoy!

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Episode 53: If a travel coffee mug and an Instapot had a baby Mar 15, 2018

This week Audrey and I chat about Amazon Alexa’s laughing bug, Google helping the military develop AI for drones, the crypto event that dosed its attendees with cannabis, and more. Enjoy!

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Episode 52: The yak’s given up. We’re both taking a break. Mar 06, 2018

This week Audrey and I chat about Palantir's predictive policing activity in New Orleans, Trustico's mishandling of private keys, the recent DDOS attack on GitHub, ProPublica's guide to authenticating email, and more. Enjoy!

[01:13] Call for Contributors for Issue 11: Love and romance – The Recompiler
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[02:55] Palantir has secretly been using New Orleans to test its predictive policing technology - The Verge
[03:14] Palantír - Wikipedia
[18:37] 23,000 HTTPS certificates axed after CEO emails private keys | Ars Technica
[23:33] @geofft: "Okay, this Trustico SSL certificate disaster looks _amazing._"
[28:32] A 1.3Tbs DDoS Hit GitHub, the Largest Yet Recorded | WIRED
[37:48] Authenticating Email Using DKIM and ARC, or How We… — ProPublica
[43:17] Pixelbuster on Twitter: "MULTI TRACK DRIFTING… "
[44:38] KnitYak

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Episode 51: I didn’t realize tweetdecking was a verb Mar 01, 2018

This week Audrey and I chat about Twitter latest bot purge, infosec lawsuits, what the EFF says activists should keep in mind when using Slack, the magic of calendars, and more. Enjoy!

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Episode 50: We already have many solutions for that Feb 24, 2018

This week Audrey and I chat about AMP for Email, the legacy of JP Barlow, and the "House the Spied on Me." Enjoy!

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Episode 49: Ottomottopoeia Feb 15, 2018

This week Audrey and I chat about Waymo v Uber, Algorithmic Violence, and how YouTube's algorithm distorts truth. Enjoy!

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Episode 48: Wouldn’t it be cool if we knew Feb 09, 2018

This week Audrey and I chat about the Strava's heatmap, a newish iOS app called Verena, a new Amazon patent to track hand movements of warehouse workers, and how ICE now has a contract to access nationwide license plate recognition date. Enjoy!

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Episode 47: Legitimizing a Shoplifting-like Behavior Feb 02, 2018

This week Audrey and I chat about Amazon's new grocery store, adversarial audio hacks, and Twitter's Russian Bot email. Enjoy!

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Episode 46: Well, actually, we are tracking people Jan 26, 2018

This week Audrey and I chat about the new selfie feature of Google's Arts & Culture app; vaporware products, arbitrage, and other strange aspects of global eCommerce; and discuss user consent and the web browser. Enjoy! - [02:13] "This google arts and culture app is pretty amazing.": https://twitter.com/petewentz/status/952563946615025665 - [11:52] Google app that compares your face to art frustrates people of color: https://amp.businessinsider.com/google-arts-and-culture-app-frustrates-people-of-color-2018-1 - [10:03] Google's art selfies aren't available in Illinois. Here's why.: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-google-art-selfies-20180116-story,amp.html - [13:26] Racist Sandwich podcast: http://www.racistsandwich.com/ - [15:55] The Strange Brands in Your Instagram Feed - The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/550136/ - [24:06] AliExpress: https://www.aliexpress.com/ - [24:43] Oberlo: https://www.oberlo.com/ - [25:10] Shopify's Kit: https://apps.shopify.com/kit - [30:03] Does U.S. Postal Service Subsidize China-based Merchants?: https://www.practicalecommerce.com/u-s-postal-service-subsidize-china-based-merchants - [34:17] Neko Neko Sock Shop: https://nekosocks.shop/ - [36:56] The Truth About Amazon to eBay Arbitrage: http://www.webretailer.com/lean-commerce/amazon-to-ebay-arbitrage/ - [39:05] There's No Such Thing as a Free Watch (PDF): http://www.jennyodell.com/museumofcapitalism_freewatch.pdf - [39:51] Regarding Browsers: https://garbados.github.io/my-blog/browsers-are-a-mess.html - [45:46] "The year that PornHub’s analytics become data for my dissertation.": https://twitter.com/NuclearAnthro/status/953815604179255296 - [47:55] Unicorn sock gift sets – Neko Neko Sock Shop: https://nekosocks.shop/products/unicorn-socks - [55:54] Issue 9: Hard problems – The Recompiler: https://shop.recompilermag.com/collections/back-issues/products/issue-9-hard-problems Complete show notes: https://recompilermag.com/2018/01/25/episode-46-well-actually-we-are-tracking-people

Episode 45: Web development is kind of horrifying Jan 19, 2018

This week Audrey and I chat about the impact of Spectre and Meltdown, how easy it is to harvest credit cards numbers in the browser, and Kodak's new cryptocurrency. Enjoy!

Complete show notes & announcements: https://recompilermag.com/2018/01/19/episode-45-web-development-is-kind-of-horrifying

Episode 44: Spectre & Meltdown Jan 19, 2018

This week Audrey and I chat about Spectre and Meltdown. Enjoy!

[10:17] Speculative Executive
[41:09] Chrome site isolation
[40:51] Mitigations landing for new class of timing attack (Mozilla Security)
[44:29] Intel CEO sells crap ton of stock before Spectre and Meltdown made public
[48:39] Google maps
[50:52] this is how much i’m striving to love myself this year
[51:27] TFW your 1979 VAX 11/750 is immune to the Intel kernel memory leak bug

Complete show notes: https://recompilermag.com/2018/01/18/episode-44-spectre-meltdown

Episode 43: 70 days, 9 hours Jan 03, 2018

This week Audrey and I chat about algorithm accountability efforts in NYC, Reality Winner, sexual assault in the infosec community, and more. Content warnings for sexual assault are noted in the show notes in the relevant places, with timestamps so you can avoid those sections of the show if you prefer.

[01:15] Ring in the new year with The Recompiler
[02:38] Podcast equipment wishlist
[02:54] Podcast now has chapters
[06:23] CFP for Issue 10 Science extended
[07:04] Check out the new mug and tote bag in the Recompiler shop
[07:50] Attempting to make algoritms accountable in NYC
[10:12] Bill 1696 and Learning Old Systems
[16:14] In Ep. 38 we talk about how NYPD has no way to access it's forfeiture database
[16:55] Cathy O'Neil's "Weapons of Math Destruction"
[23:45] Portland City Council Meetings
[26:23] Who Is Reality Winner?
[28:41] Friends of Reality Winner
[49:49] [CW: sexual abuse] What happened when the infosec community outed its own sexual predators - The Verge
[55:30] [CW: sexual assult] The CCC: Men Who Hate Women
[56:53] Alternatives to 34C3 in Berlin
[58:10] Citizen Code of Conduct
[1:02:41] Code of Conduct Enforcement Warning Signs | Otter Tech Consulting
[1:05:07] American Girl & NASA: Girl of the Year Luciana

Complete show notes: https://recompilermag.com/2018/01/03/episode-43-70-days-9-hours

Episode 42: Usenet is still a thing! Dec 29, 2017

This week Audrey and I chat about different efforts to preserve meaningful, community-oriented access to the web, a wild update to the Mirai botnet story, and more. Enjoy!

[03:43] CFP Issue 10 Science
[04:50] A Plan to Rescue the Web
[22:28] Motherboard Building a Community Internet
[27:33] A Modern BBS
[34:29] LibraryBox
[44:27] How we name Wifi Networks
[44:55] Mirai Botnet and Minecraft
[53:08] endless.horse
[55:48] feminist tech baby

Complete show notes

Episode 41: We’ll never have a perfect mix but we’ll keep trying Dec 12, 2017

This week Audrey and I talk about Bitcoin and it's monstrous power consumption, Patreon's fee changes, community broadband efforts, and more. Enjoy! Show notes

Episode 40: Travis Colonic? Dec 07, 2017

This week Audrey and I talk about WayMo vs Uber, the surprising ways Expensify, and probably a lot of other web services are using Mechanical Turk, the recent macOS High Sierra vulnerability, and more. Enjoy! Show notes

Episode 39: Giving Something Away For Free For Fun Nov 29, 2017

This week Audrey and I chat about Net Neutrality, the state of the Open Web, Facebook's latest bad behavior, and more. Enjoy! Show notes

Episode 38: Randomness and Predictability Oct 24, 2017

This week Audrey and I chat about the KRACK WPA2 vulnerability, the technical skills of the judge in Oracle v Google, how Facebook is ruining our democracy, part 34, and more. Enjoy! Show notes

Episode 36: Maybe Skynet is just malware battling each other Jun 06, 2017

This week Audrey and I chat about all things WannaCry, Google's tensor processing units, and Panic's stolen source code. Enjoy! Show notes

Episode 35: Interview with Zara Rahman and Tom Walker May 09, 2017

This week I chat with Zara Rahman (@zararah) and Tom Walker (@thomwithoutanh) from the Engine Room (@engnroom) about about the use of technology and data for social change. Enjoy! Show notes

Episode 34: Info ops minus the geopolitics is just marketing May 02, 2017

This week, Audrey and I chat about Uber's latest shenanigans, Facebook's report about "information operations" on its platform, the creepy Amazon Look and more. Enjoy! Show notes

Episode 33: Interview with SE Hackney Apr 29, 2017

This week I chat with SE Hackney about data sousveillance, what the documentation practices of online communities tell us about those communities and more. Enjoy! Show notes

Episode 32: Let me outta this canoe!! Apr 20, 2017

This week Audrey and I chat about Twitter reply changes and federated social network Mastodon. Enjoy! Show notes

Episode 31: Interview with Norman Shamas Apr 19, 2017

This week I chat with independent security consultant Norman Shamas (@NormanShamas) about all kinds of security topics including the Signal protocol, gpg, what a human-centered approach to security looks like, and particular security concerns within marginalized and activists communities. Enjoy! Show notes

Episode 30: When was the last time you updated the operating system on your vibrator? Apr 11, 2017

This week Audrey and Christie chat about the FCC ditching privacy protections and Amelia Abreu (@ameliaabreu) joins Christie to discuss the judgement against bluetooth vibrator We-vibe. Enjoy! Show notes

Episode 29: Your data is trying to kill you Mar 14, 2017

This week Audrey and I chat about all the ways the Internet and your data are trying to kill you, including Cloudbleed, SHA-1 collisions, CloudPets, and Amazon S3. tldr; stay away from anything connected to the cloud! Just kidding, kinda...Enjoy! Show notes

Episode 28: Interview with Meli Lewis Feb 21, 2017

This week Christie chats with Meli Lewis (@iff_or), data editor for the Oregonian about data visualization, ham radio, emergency preparedness, and much more. Enjoy! Show notes

Episode 27: Cash in a FedEx envelope Feb 08, 2017

This week Audrey and I chat about Trump's travel ban, GitLab's recent outage, the ACLU joining Y Combinator, and more. Enjoy! Show notes

Episode 26: WhatsApp everybody? Jan 26, 2017

This week Audrey and I chat about Meitu and how common it is for mobile apps to profile your device and collect other analytics and how AT&T turning off its 2G network in San Francisco caused the bus tracker not to work. We discuss the Guardian's poor coverage of WhatsApp security, and finally, we share things we liked on the internet this week. Enjoy! Show notes

Episode 25: A certain amount of ambiguity Jan 10, 2017

This week Audrey and I chat about Medium's "renewed focus" and what it tells us about the financial challenges of online publishing, Google's Accelerated Mobile Pages project, their cache, and why it might not be the best for the open web. Lastly, we share what delighted us on the Internet this week. Enjoy! Show notes

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