Cyber Fix: Episode 5

Cyber Fix is on hiatus, you may now listen to full episodes on PeerTube

Links Discussed:

Advertising and the Future of the Web

• Google Loses Big Antitrust Fight, Which Will Mean What, Exactly?
• Breaking up Google would offer a chance to remodel the web
• Advertising Cartel that Allegedly Conspired to Withhold Digital Advertising Revenue
• The Global Alliance for Responsible Media is ‘discontinuing’ after Elon Musk’s X filed an antitrust lawsuit against it
• Firefox’s new Web Site Advertising Preferences are a dark pattern and the idea of private personalised ads is nonsense anyway
• Forget Apple, the biggest loser in the Google search ruling could be Mozilla and its Firefox web browser

AI SUCKS

• 77% Of Employees Report AI Has Increased Workloads And Hampered Productivity, Study Finds
• Survey says AI is more buzzkill than buzzword for marketing
• Apple signs the White House’s commitment to AI safety
• AI Safety is a scam

Crowdstrike Outage fallout

• Root Cause Analysis
• Crowdstrike: Delta Air Lines refused free help to resolve IT outage
• Microsoft hits back at Delta — says airline refused help following CrowdStrike outage, and even ignored an email from Satya Nadella himself
• CrowdStrike sued by investors over massive global IT outage
• Let’s not celebrate CrowdStrike – let’s point to a better way

Solutions Roundup

• Linux for UX Designers - What I learned after a year of doing design work on Linux
• Cosmic - Launch page
• Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS First Alpha With COSMIC Desktop Is Released
• COSMIC Team Interview: Building Your Own User Experience
• Street Level Surveillance
• Brain Made
• Furi Labs FLX1 Linux Phone first impressions

After the Break:

Tech Troubles

• Design flaw has Microsoft Authenticator overwriting MFA accounts, locking users out
• DOJ sues TikTok, alleging “massive-scale invasions of children’s privacy”
• Bumble and Hinge allowed stalkers to pinpoint users’ locations down to 2 meters, researchers say
• Ecovacs home robots can be hacked to spy on their owners, researchers say
• This 3D printed laser chip-hacking device uses a $20 laser pointer, costs $500 to build, and was developed so that ‘people can do this in their homes’

Control Grid Updates

• Z-Library: More Domains Seized Than Any Other Pirate Site in History
• Banks Find AML “Ineffective”, Propose Access To Social Media
• Gold rush for data: Paris 2024 Olympic apps are eavesdropping on users
• Palantir and Microsoft Partner to Deliver Enhanced Analytics and AI Services to Classified Networks for Critical National Security Operations
• As unrest fueled by disinformation spreads, the UK may seek stronger power to regulate tech platforms

Dunking on Bitcoin

• Snowden’s Warning to Bitcoiners…and everyone
• The problems with Bitcoin are cultural.
• Bitcoin and Network Effects: A myth?

Fine Details:

• Hackers can wirelessly watch your display via HDMI radiation
• What Comes Next is Nothing: FOSS, subculture and platform collapse
• 404 Media Interviews Meredith Whittaker on Backdoors & AI
• Russia blocks Signal for ‘violating’ anti-terrorism laws
• What Does It Mean To Be A Signal Competitor?

Music Credits:

• Y&V - Lune
• Valcos - A New Light
• Killercats - Kaibu
• The Grid by SavfkMusic

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