#106: You Can’t Patch Stupid

This week Dave and Gunnar talk about: Internet of Things! How ubiquitous network-connected sensors make our lives easier and our privacy forfeit.

• Unbuttoned History
• Fugitive who sent cops selfie to replace mugshot is arrested
• Forbes Asks Readers To Disable Adblock, Serves Up Malvertising
• One Ring to pwn them all: IoT doorbell can reveal your Wi-Fi key
• Nest Thermostat Leaked Zip Codes Over the Internet
• Backdoor Account Found on AMX Conference Room Devices Used by White House, US Military
• $30 webcam spun into persistent network backdoor
• Stranger hacks family’s baby monitor and talks to child at night
  • This has been going on for a while (2015)



• Twitter bot that posts caps from unsecured web cams (h/t emorisse)


• The Internet of Things That Talk About You Behind Your Back


• Smartwatches Can Be Used To Spy On Your Card’s PIN Code


• D&G Gunnarbait of the Week: AT&T CEO won’t join Tim Cook in fight against encryption backdoors
  • Room 641A, not to be confused with Room 101



• Going open can be a culture shock, featuring Paul Smith on D&G
  • D&G Mailbag: Sandra McCann writes…
    

    Something that would be nice to hear/discuss – how to keep an open organisation from slipping down into command and control as the org grows and morphs over the years. That’s got to be tricky to keep ahead of, I’d think.



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• Google and Red Hat integrate OpenShift Dedicated and Google Cloud Platform to make adopting containers easier


• Interesting Things Happen When Verizon Gives You Sir Mix-A-Lot’s Old Number

Cutting Room Floor

• Visualize Tor traffic
• Cyber Squirrel 1: Map attacks on the electrical grid of the U.S. and other nations, and the cause, if it can be determined
• Unrelated (or that’s what they want you to think): The X-Files Episode Map
• Let’s remap Europe based on travel times to regional capitals. (h/t ghelleks)
• Three words can replace GPS coordinates. (h/t ghelleks)
• Arduino-powered thermometer scarf
• 10 Popular Children’s Books That Have Been Translated Into Latin
• Wolfenstein in 600 Lines of Awk
• Forget the manbun, the manbraid is where it’s at
• Artisan rusty trash can
• E-Mail Spam Goes Artisanal
• Putin’s top Internet adviser seems to own a piracy torrent site
• Municipal Bat-Roost (h/t matt.micene)
• Reverse skeumorphism. (h/t ghelleks)
• US hires GRR Martin to wipe out ISIS and kill the F35 (h/t emorisse)
• If anyone needs me, i’ll be watching this until further notice (h/t ghelleks)
• Excellent collection of photographs from the 40’s (?) (h/t emorisse)

We Give Thanks

• Sandra McCann for the D&G Mailbag letter!
• The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!