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Malicious apps were surreptitiously added somewhere along the supply chain.
Check Point didn’t disclose the names of the companies that owned the infected phones. One of the affected parties was a “large telecommunications company” and the other was a “multinational technology company.”
It’s interesting how this came on out March 10 and the WikiLeaks notice about compromised cellphones came out a few days earlier. Coincidence?

“Vault 7” by WikiLeaks

A total of 8,761 documents have been published as part of ‘Year Zero’, the first in a series of leaks the whistleblower organization has dubbed ‘Vault 7.’ WikiLeaks said that ‘Year Zero’ revealed details of the CIA’s “global covert hacking program,” including “weaponized exploits” used against company products including “Apple’s iPhone, Google’s Android and Microsoft’s Windows and even Samsung TVs, which are turned into covert microphones.”
Among the more notable disclosures which, if confirmed, “would rock the technology world”, the CIA had managed to bypass encryption on popular phone and messaging services such as Signal, WhatsApp and Telegram. According to the statement from WikiLeaks, government hackers can penetrate Android phones and collect “audio and message traffic before encryption is applied.”
NOTE: From what I’ve read, this compromise involves first compromising the phone in question and as such is not an attack on the apps themselves.
Kreb’s coverage
Krebs says: “The documents for the most part don’t appear to include the computer code needed to exploit previously unknown flaws in these products, although WikiLeaks says those exploits may show up in a future dump. This collection is probably best thought of as an internal corporate wiki used by multiple CIA researchers who methodically found and documented weaknesses in a variety of popular commercial and consumer electronics.”
Krebs also says: “Some of the exploits discussed in these leaked CIA documents appear to reference full-on, remote access vulnerabilities. However, a great many of the documents I’ve looked at seem to refer to attack concepts or half-finished exploits that may be limited by very specific requirements — such as physical access to the targeted device.”
See also Espionage vs. Surveillance
Best advice: patch your shit, secure physical access, it is not as bad as WikiLeaks is making it out to be.

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VLANing vs. subnetting
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Blocking ip from attempting connections to postfix email server
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PokéCode | CR 213

chris — Mon, 11 Jul 2016 16:24:59 +0000

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Nintendo has a hit on their hands, is this a game changer for the company? Mike & Chris discuss the big picture ramifications of Pokémon GO.

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Beer Brewed by a Bot? AI in your Brew.

Startup Sells First Beer Brewed Via AI

IntelligentX is a beer company that uses machine learning to hone the brewing process based upon feedback from consumers.

Nintendo’s own app boom.

So… Nintendo’s an app company now.

5 Charts That Show Pokémon GO’s Growth in the US

Unless you’re been living under a rock or hiding in some tall grass you’ve probably heard of Pokémon GO, the app that has taken America by storm. With its augmented reality platform, Pokémon have been appearing everywhere across America from rivers and lakes to hospital rooms, and users of the app have spent all weekend trying to catch new Pokémon and train them to be the very best.

Pokemon game adds $7.5 billion to Nintendo market value in two days | Reuters

Shares in Japan’s Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.T) soared again on Monday, bringing market-value gains to $7.5 billion in just two days as investors cheered the runaway success of Pokemon GO – its first long-awaited venture in mobile gaming.

Not dead yet: Oracle promises big plans for Java EE

Programming Pitfalls: Cors & Spring Boot

Spring Boot is an offshoot of the popular Spring framework and brings many conveniences from modern non-Java web development frameworks to Spring developers. It’s related to the Spring MVC framework but is more geared toward use in a mircoservices architecture.

Spring Boot

Takes an opinionated view of building production-ready Spring applications. Spring Boot favors convention over configuration and is designed to get you up and running as quickly as possible.

GitMasque Update

Masque operations are now performed on a copy of the target repos dir, so your local history is not altered

Git errors are now bubbled up to the user

Exclusive: Google is building two Android Wear smartwatches with Google Assistant integration

Speaking to Android Police, a reliable source has told us that Google is currently building two Android Wear devices – possibly Nexus-branded – for release some time after the latest Nexus phones are announced.

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LostPass | Tech Talk Today 183

chris — Tue, 16 Jun 2015 11:05:56 +0000

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LastPass discloses it’s been compromised, we discuss the scope of the hack & what our best and worst options are moving forward.

Plus a recap of the most interesting things from E3 so far & more!

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Google’s Human Revolution | Tech Talk Today 145

chris — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 09:46:11 +0000

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Microsoft is killing off the Internet Explorer brand & Google is reversing course on a major Play store position. Plus a new study shows Firefox and Chrome users make better employees & the huge direction change for Nintendo.

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Microsoft is killing off the Internet Explorer brand | The Verge

Speaking at Microsoft Convergence yesterday, Microsoft’s marketing chief Chris Capossela revealed that the company is currently working on a new name and brand. “We’re now researching what the new brand, or the new name, for our browser should be in Windows 10,” said Capossela. “We’ll continue to have Internet Explorer, but we’ll also have a new browser called Project Spartan, which is codenamed Project Spartan. We have to name the thing.”

App Submissions On Google Play Now Reviewed By Staff, Will Include Age-Based Ratings | TechCrunch

Google has today disclosed that, beginning a couple of months ago, it began having an internal team of reviewers analyze apps for policy violations prior to publication. And going forward, human reviewers will continue to go hands-on with apps before they go live on Google Play.

Analysis: People Who Use Firefox Or Chrome Make Better Employees – Slashdot

In the world of Big Data, everything means something. Now Joe Pinsker reports that Cornerstone OnDemand, a company that sells software that helps employers recruit and retain workers, has found after analyzing data on about 50,000 people who took its 45-minute online job assessment, that people who took the test on a non-default browser, such as Firefox or Chrome, ended up staying at their jobs about 15 percent longer than those who stuck with Safari or Internet Explorer. They also tended to perform better on the job as well. Chief Analytics Officer Michael Housman offered an explanation for the results in an interview with Freakonomics Radio: “I think that the fact that you took the time to install Firefox on your computer shows us something about you. It shows that you’re someone who is an informed consumer,” says Housman. “You’ve made an active choice to do something that wasn’t default.” But why would a company care about something as seemingly trivial as the browser a candidate chooses to use? “Call centers are estimated to suffer from a turnover rate of about 45 percent annually (PDF), and it can cost thousands of dollars to hire new employees,” says Pinsker. “Because of that, companies are eager to find any proxy for talent and dedication that they can.”

Nintendo is making smartphone games with Japanese mobile giant DeNA | The Verge

The company has announced that it will team up with DeNA, a major Japanese mobile gaming company, to make smartphone games featuring Nintendo characters.

The two companies “intend to jointly operate new gaming applications featuring Nintendo IP, which they will develop specifically for smart devices,” according to a Nintendo statement.

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Printable Klingons | Tech Talk Today 116

chris — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 10:53:12 +0000

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Google brings the future to your camera, Nintendo gets my money & Firefox has goodies for your face. Plus a printer that can print drones!

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Official Google Blog: Hallo, hola, olá to the new, more powerful Google Translate app

Often the hardest part of traveling is navigating the local language. If you’ve ever asked for “pain” in Paris and gotten funny looks, confused “embarazada” with “embarrassed” in Mexico, or stumbled over pronunciation pretty much anywhere, you know the feeling. Now Google Translate can be your guide in new ways. We’ve updated the Translate app on Android and iOS to transform your mobile device into an even more powerful translation tool.

Apple Watch iPhone ‘Companion’ app revealed w/ new Watch features, monograms

Yesterday, we reported that the latest iOS 8.2 beta reveals that an Apple Watch application for the iPhone is in the works. Now, we have some more details. Within Apple, the application is currently called the Apple Watch “Companion” app for iPhone. This application manages settings for Apple Watch applications, as well as settings for iPhone/Watch interactivity. The Companion app’s settings reveal some novel new functions that are coming to the Apple Watch. Below, we highlight some of the most interesting new features and settings.

“New Nintendo 3DS XL” to launch in US on February 13 for $200 [Updated] | Ars Technica

Nintendo confirmed the Feb. 13 US release date reported below in a Nintendo Direct presentation this morning, also announcing a suggested retail price of $199.99.

There was no mention of a standard-sized version of the system for the US, suggesting the XL-sized version will be the only one available in this country for the time being. Nintendo did announce a special edition gold version of the console, styled with The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask art, to promote the Feb. 13 launchof Majora’s Mask 3D.

The base package won’t include an AC Adapter, but customers can re-use any AC adapter from previous DSi or 3DS systems, or purchase one separately, Nintendo said.

Firefox 35 arrives with room-based conversations, MP4 playback on Mac, and Android download manager support | VentureBeat | Business | by Emil Protalinski

Mozilla today launched Firefox 35 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. Major additions to the browser include room-based Firefox Hello conversations, H.264 (MP4 files) playback on OS X, and integration with the Android download manager.

An MIT Professor Built A 3D Printer That Can Print Drones. In One Piece. For $9000. — The Letters — Medium

Voxel8’s introductory printer is beautiful, but odds are that you won’t be adding this printer to your home decor any time soon. Pre-orderers who want the first edition of the Developer kit will have to pony up $8999, plus shipping.

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E3 2014 Wrap Up | Tech Talk Today 8

chris — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 09:56:19 +0000

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Indie titles get some attention at E3, Amazon launches their music streaming service and starts to play heavy with the movie industry.

Plus the big themes we took away from this years E3 expo, and more!

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Amazon Turns On Prime Music Streaming, Sans Current Hits

Promising over 1 million songs ready for your streaming pleasure, on top of the downloading service that Amazon already offered.

Amazon Launches Prime Music Service Without Universal Music Group

Because many of the details of Prime Music have been previously reported (BuzzFeed already noted that the service won’t have songs from major labels until they’ve been out for six months; the New York Times and the New York Post have already noted that the service won’t include anything at all from Universal Music Group, the world’s biggest music label) there isn’t a lot more to say.

Amazon Dispute Now Making Movies Harder To Order – Slashdot

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E3 2014: Microsoft Shows Indie Games Some Love

While they spotlighted all the major AAA titles with long, extended trailer packages and introductions, there were plenty of smaller, indie titles that got some love during the conference as well.

4 Things E3 2014 Is Trying to Tell You t

The big day of press conferences at E3 2014 is now officially behind us, and impressions have been posted about each of them individually, but looking back on an entire day of announcements, what is the overarching message?

E3 2014: The Best Trailers From This Year’s Show

If it’s one thing the games industry knows how to do, it’s how to cut an impressive trailer. Whether they’re full CG or all in-game, the best trailers convey their games’ strengths, tell us what to expect, and most importantly ramp up the hype. Here’s a selection of some of the best game trailers released so far at this year’s E3.

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Nintendo is back at #E32014! | Tech Talk Today 7

chris — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 09:24:21 +0000

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Google buys a satellite company and we round up the latest from this week’s 2014 E3 conference.

Then we cover Comcast’s plans to turn your wifi on for the public, the first Google watch is near and more!

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Google Pays $500M for Satellite Maker Skybox, for Photos and Eventually Internet

Google said on Tuesday it had bought Skybox Imaging, a company that provides high-resolution photos using satellites, for $500 million in cash.

Google explained the deal as such: \”Their satellites will help keep our maps accurate with up-to-date imagery. Over time, we also hope that Skybox\’s team and technology will be able to help improve Internet access and disaster relief — areas Google has long been interested in.\”

Sonic the Hedgehog speeding onto movie screens

The film, produced in collaboration between Sony, 22 Jump Street Producer Neal Moritz, and Japanese company Marza Animation Planet, will combine live action and computer animation to tell Sonic\’s story.

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Doom trailer teases the game\’s reveal at QuakeCon 2014

The new Doom from id Software and Bethesda Softworks is coming to QuakeCon 2014, but here\’s the first teaser trailer.

Yoshi\’s Woolly World lets two players sync up and squabble over spilled eggs

During our hands-on time with the title, we played with a friend in a level set among the clouds. These two Yoshis had to find ways to climb blocks, bridge gaps between floating platforms and take out angry Piranha Plants together. Towards the beginning of the level, we encountered a Paratroopa that we had to knock out of the sky with one of many baby chick-creatures in order to steal its shell.

Nintendo will let you build your own Super Mario Bros. game

During its E3 presentation Nintendo just announced one of the most compelling reasons yet to pick up a Wii U. Mario Maker is essentially a Mario Bros. game construction set for the Wii U, letting users build their own levels — either in the classic Super Mario Bros. style, or using the visual elements from New Super Mario Bros. U — and then play them.

Comcast is turning your Xfinity router into a public Wi-Fi hotspot

Some time on Tuesday afternoon, about 50,000 Comcast Internet customers in Houston will become part of a massive public Wi-Fi hotspot network, a number that will swell to 150,000 by the end of June.

Exclusive: LG G Watch will be given away at Google I/O 2014

Although we don’t have all the details, sources directly familiar with the situation tell us that the Moto 360 will be shown off at the event. As for the LG G Watch? As expected, the device is essentially a reference device for Android Wear and will not only be shown off at Google I/O, it will be given away to all those that attend Google I/O 2014 this year!
Reportedly there will also be also be at least one other manufacturer that will

VLC Adding Chromecast Support to Android, iOS and Desktop Apps

Expedia Starts Accepting Bitcoin for Hotel Bookings

Expedia EXPE +0.49%, the big online travel site, announced on Wednesday it will begin accepting bitcoin for hotel bookings through its website, becoming the first major travel-agency to take the digital currency. If the reception is good, the company said it expects to bring bitcoin to its other service lines as well.

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The Road Ahead | CR 30

chris — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 13:44:43 +0000

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Mike’s got his hands on some new Windows RT devices, and shares his thoughts, challenges, and hopes.

Plus we discuss the Super Meat Boy vs Canonical drama, share our predictions for what’s to come in 2013, and answer some emails.

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Ouya errata
Wayland writes in to ask if we think AAA games will ever come to Linux
Brett writes:

“Hi Chris Michael,

Just wondering what your thoughts are on learning/doing desktop apps compared to say web apps. Where do you see the shift or direction in programming going? Do you see more options for website/internet programming (Ruby,Perl, ASP, Javascript etc. ) or is it better to learn a system \”desktop application\” type language such as (Python, C#, Java etc.)

Is Desktop applications still a worthwhile cause?

Thank you for the tips and knowledge.

Tzadik wonders if Michael has seen Java Was Strongly Influenced by Objective-C and asks if we will ever do an Objective-C episode.
Raymii asks if I’ve noticed that e-mail is “stupid to parse” and asks if we think he should take a shot selling his super duper e-mail backing up Python script and, if so, should he use Paypal or the processor that Michael uses for Code Journal
NoPriv.py – Easy IMAP email backup to HTML archive. – Raymii.org

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EA Plans to Charge for Demos? | LOTSO4

chris — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 07:51:24 +0000

We discuss the future direction of the Xbox 360 in light of the 360 Slim and external storage feature rumors, & cover EA’s possible plans to charge for demos. Plus a full look at God of War III and why it just might be one of the best games of all time!

THEN – We take on the current state of Nintendo, what we once saw as a leader of the pack bringing some of the most innovative a fun games to the market – but have they just become a gimmick? A non-gamers system? Or maybe they’ve always been like that and we out grew their target market? We discuss that and much much more on this week’s Legend of the Stoned Owl!

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XBox Slim Rumor
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2k being accused of dlc already being on the disc.

EA wants to charge for demos!!!!

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Net Neutrality vs Summer Glau

chris — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:10:49 +0000

Joint Failures Episode 3: We cover entertainment stories you care about, tech stories you may have missed, and debate Net Neutrality and discuss our thoughts on Obama’s first 12 months in office.

Geek ‘tainment:

Terminator Franchise to be Auctioned Off – For sale: One slightly-used Terminator. Still works, minor attitude problems, get it cheap now!
Stargate Universe Writer To Trolls: Stop Being Idiots – After Actress Julia Benson (She’s the female LT) stirred the pot, Joseph Mallozzi’s (SGU writer) felt compelled to address the SGU trolls calling them idiots.
Nintendo Wii to Get Netflix Streaming… in HD? – There’s no official confirmation as yet but the very dependable Business of Video have the scoop and have also received some images showing a prototype of the service undergoing testing. Might use an Expansion unit?
Roger Rabbit Sequel Being Written by the Original’s Screenwriters – Screenplay already currently underway.

Tech:

Apple Says Booting OS X Makes an Unauthorized Copy in RAM – Copying a computer program into RAM as a result of installing and running that program is precisely the copying that Section 117 provides does not constitute copyright infringement for an owner of a computer program.
Snow Leopard 10.6.2 Drops Atom Support – Hackintosh Netbooks dead in the water if upgraded to OSX 10.6.2 (currently in beta).
Music pirates spend more on Music – The results of a survey, announced yesterday, show that the biggest buyers of music are in fact those that pirate the most. The conclusions come from a poll of 1,000 people between the ages of 16 and 50, with 10% of those admitting they download music illegally.

Politics:

Anti-Net Neutrality Bill Introduced by John McCain – "Regulation kills innovation," McCain ends. "Let’s not kill the Internet."
Obama’s First Tweleve Months a Flop?

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