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

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