Aug 31, 2018

Back from two more road trips. What life is like when your last name violates profanity filters, and horror stories from (maybe?) an ex-Tesla IT person. Fun with spammers and a book-length article about What-Is-Code.

• WA International Kite Festival
• "Offensive" names
• Former Tesla IT Engineer Stories
• GitHub...

Aug 25, 2018

Scam phone calls are still a thing and apparently you can hack multifunction printers by sending a malicious fax. Eric can't describe a video and Jon bends spaghetti.

• Followup: Hacking voting machines
• Quick Take: Teen Hacks Apple
• Phone Scams - "Windows Security"
• Phone Scams - "IRS Sends Local Cops"
• IRS Back to School...

Aug 18, 2018

Blackhat and Defcon roundup, including the keynote, voting machine hacking, breaking voice authentication, and hacking various devices, like heartbeat monitors, tornado alarms, and bodycams. Eric asks about early books, and it's Palindrome Week in the land of goofy date formats.

• Blackhat Week
• Parisa Tabriz Keynote
• 11...

Aug 12, 2018

Mobile phone voting? Ummm... Its a little more complicated than people believe. Comcast fixes some bugs. Jon wants a BioReactor. Eric brags about his "Porsche".

• Underwater Fish Cam
• Episode 027!
• Mobile Phone Voting
• GossiTheDog on Voting
• Voatz Response
• XKCD on Voting
• Comcast Bugs!
• Reset Apple Watch without Passcode

Aug 5, 2018

Eric is STILL fishing, but in Idaho. Recording on battery in his truck (dedication!). Edge gets Web Auth support, inmates in Idaho get free emails, and Reddit is breached via SMS. Software continues to eat the world and Verizon has released a great visualization tool against years of DBIR reports. Hiking and a bit of...