Snowden Approved

Snowden Approved
Number	2844
Broadcast Date	AUGUST 29, 2016
Episode Length	25:07
Hosts	Justin Robert Young
Guests	Veronica Belmont

After laying off its Trending Team editorial staff Justin and Veronica ask themselves; what do we want Facebook’s role to be in news?

Guest

• Justin Robert Young
  • The Contender
  • StickersorDIAF.com
• Veronica Belmont
  • Growbot
  • Sword and Laser's Patreon

Top Stories

• Apple's iPhone 7 event is happening on September 7th

The Verge reports Apple is holding its next big event Sept 7th. Invitations were sent out this morning simply saying "See you on the 7th." Now here are some more Top Stories.

• After DNC Hack, Staffers Told to Use 'Snowden-Approved' App, Signal

According to a Vanity Fair story a memo was sent to DNC staffers with instructions on how to install and use the encrypted messaging app Signal two weeks after hacked DNC emails were published on WikiLeaks. Staffers were if anyone was going to communicate about RNC candidate Donald Trump over e-mail or text it was imperative they use Signal.

• FBI warns that hackers are targeting state election systems

A “flash” alert bulletin from the FBI’s Cyber Division disclosed evidence that foreign hackers penetrated the voter databases of Arizona and Illinois in recent weeks warning election officials to enhance computer security. The FBI bulletin listed eight separate IP addresses that were the sources of the two attacks noting that one of the IP addresses was used in both intrusions and used widely available penetration testing tools.

• Snapchat is about to introduce something advertisers have been wanting for ages: behavioral targeting

In an eMarketer report Snapchat director of revenue operations Clement Xue revealed they would be rolling out behavioral targeting capabilities the 3rd quarter of 2016. The behavioral data will be based on the users activity inside the app although Business Insider speculates this could change in the future.

• European Commission Rules Apple Received Illegal State Aid From Ireland, Owes Billions in Back Taxes

MacRumors reports that according to the Financial Times, the European Commission will rule tomorrow that Apple received illegal state aid from Ireland. The Commission will ask Ireland to raise a new tax assessment against Apple mean the company could owe what JP Morgan estimates to up 19 billion euros in back taxes. EU competition commissioner Margarethe Vestagar will provide the actual amount tomorrow.

• New rules on small drones: What you need to know

The FAA’s rules on commercial-drones come into effect today. Operators must keep their drones within visual line of sight at and fly only during the day. Twilight flying permitted if the drone has anti-collision lights. No flights higher than 400 feet above the ground nor over people who are not directly participating. Maximum speed is 100 mph and drones can carry packages as long as the combined weight of the drone and the load is less than 55 pounds. Waivers are available for those who need to fly outside of those restrictions.

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• Facebook will let users themselves activate Safety Check for emergency situations

At a Townhall Q&A at Luiss University in Rome, an audience member asked: “Will users be able to activate it on their own?,” which Zuckerberg confirmed: “Yes, we’re working on that already.” He added “The next thing we need to do is make it so that communities can trigger it themselves when there is some disaster.” VentureBeat notes Facebook activated the Safety Check following a massive earthquake in Italy last week.

• Opera warns that its web sync service was hacked

Opera is warning users that it has uncovered an attack on its sync system possibly giving up login details. Although all synced passwords are encrypted, Opera is resetting all sync account passwords and recommends users change any linked 3rd party passwords just in case. Roughly 1.7 million of 350 million users take advantage of Opera sync system.

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Discussion

• Facebook is trying to get rid of bias in Trending news by getting rid of humans
• Former Facebook Workers: We Routinely Suppressed Conservative News
• Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg meets with conservative leaders

Messages

On last Friday's episode we talked about VR's potential impact on e-sports.

Peter wrote in to point out that Valve also had an in-game VR spectating demonstration at the International in July. So more than just Silver are working on this type of spectator mode.

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/07/dota-2-releases-full-vr-spectator-suite-just-in-time-for-the-international/

Thanks for the heads up Peter!

Sent by Peter

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Preceded by: "Does This Make You Happy?"

Snowden Approved

Followed by: "All Fun And Games"