Driving Me Up the Firewall
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| Driving Me Up the Firewall | |
| Number | 2544 |
| Broadcast Date | JULY 24, 2015 |
| Episode Length | 41:01 |
| Hosts | Tom Merritt |
| Guests | Darren Kitchen |
Darren Kitchen and Tom Merritt talk about the best ways car manufacturers can fight attacks on car networks.
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Headlines
- Mashable reports Apple has pulled Google’s Nest smart thermostat from its retail and online stores. Apple is rolling out the first batch of products based on Apple’s own HomeKit platform which doesn’t work with Nest. The Nest has been replaced with the HomeKit enabled Ecobee 3 that lists for $249.
- Wired reports Fiat Chrysler has issued a voluntary recall to encourage drivers to patch 1.4 million cars in the wake of the Jeep Cherokee hack reported by Wired. Chrysler also said it has taken “network-level security measures” to block attacks. The recall comes 3 days after senators Ed Markey and Richard Blumenthal introduced a bill to call on the FTC and NHTSA to set standards on vehicle security.
- YouTube has updated the official YouTube app according to TechCrunch. The update adds 3 new tabs; Home, Subscription and Account. Home gives recommendations based on viewing habits. Subscription shows all the videos from subscribed channels. Account shows playlists and watch history. The app also can make vertical videos full screen VERTICALLY. And the App lets user upload video then trim it and add filters and music.
- Engadget reports that Google took a look at their own full-screen interstitial ads for Google+ and found that nine percent of visitors downloaded the app, while 69 percent abandoned the page. When Google replaced the interstitial with a banner ad, active users increased by 17 percent and iOS native app installs were unaffected. As a result of looking at user data, Google killed the full screen interstitial ad AND the banner.
- The Verge reports that France's Constitutional Council has approved a bill that expands the government's surveillance powers. The law allows surveillance for various reasons like “major foreign policy interests” or “Organized delinquency” without judicial approval and calls for internet service providers to install hardware to capture and analyze metadata for intelligence organization. The council struck down provisions to intercept overseas communications and surveillance without Ministerial approval.
- Engadget reports the US FCC voted to approve the merger of AT&T and DirecTV. The approval requires AT&T to expand its fiber network including hooking up schools and libraries, and provide affordable Internet for low-income customers. AT&T is also not allowed to use data caps to discriminate against competing video services as well as disclose interconnection agreements to the FCC.
News From You
- Police arrest US teen who built gun-firing drone
- Drone-Flying Austin Haughwout Charged With Assaulting Police
- Yahoo News reports that police arrested 18-year-old mechanical engineering student Austin Haughwout of Clinton, Connecticut on charges of assault and interfering with a police officer. He was released on a $20,000 bond. Police had approached him last Sunday in a library parking lot and he refused to comply with officer requests. Haughwot said he was using the library’s wifi and unless they were charging him with a crime he did not need to cooperate. Why is this on a tech news show? Two weeks ago Haughwot posted a video showing a quadcopter firing a semiautomatic handgun. His arrest had nothing to do with the quadcopter video.
- Submitted by Hitekagpilot
- Ars Technica has a story about the Hacking Team leak of source code for a fully featured malware suite for Android versions 4.0 to 4.3. RCSAndroid can collect passwords, take screenshots, record from the microphone, record voice calls and gather other data you might expect. The malware is deployed by getting targets to visit a website, or download the fake news app, “BeNews.” An infected phone may need its firmware flashed to remove the malware.
- Submitted by metalfreak
- Gizmodo reports that Google Voice transcriptions should soon make sense. Google is using its neural network to process speech and claims to have reduced transcription errors by 49%.
- Submitted by starfuryzeta
Discussion
Pick of the Day
- Hey Tom,
I have a pick of the day I would love for you to share with Darren Kitchen on Friday. I’m using the Syma X5 quad copter, which is a great introduction into the hobby. At only now $36.49, you honestly don’t have a good reason not to try it out. If you ever drove RC cars in the 80s and 90s, this will make you a kid all over again.
I’d also appreciate it if Darren could briefly go over any websites he knows of which help to identify places you can fly at. Currently right now I’m just enjoying my quad copter in my front yard.
Love the show, keep up the good work. - Submitted by Abe from Jersey (Patreon member)
- Hey Tom,
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Driving Me Up the Firewall |
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