The Bogosity Podcast

The Bogosity Podcast


Bogosity Podcast for 22 January 2017

January 22, 2017

Co-Host: Daniel Wilcox
News of the Bogus:

* 1:00 – Surprise: President Obama Commutes Chelsea Manning’s Sentence https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170117/13431636504/surprise-president-obama-commutes-chelsea-mannings-sentence.shtml
* 6:14 – Illinois Man Sues Cops Who Arrested Him for Burning a Flag http://reason.com/blog/2017/01/16/illinois-man-sues-cops-who-arrested-him
* 10:38 – WhatsApp vulnerability allows snooping on encrypted messages https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/13/whatsapp-backdoor-allows-snooping-on-encrypted-messages

* There is no WhatsApp ‘backdoor’ https://whispersystems.org/blog/there-is-no-whatsapp-backdoor/
* WhatsApp Security Vulnerability https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2017/01/whatsapp_securi.html

18:58 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Oxfam http://fusion.net/story/380433/oxfams-davos-wealth-inequality-wrong-misleading/
25:02 – Silver Cluon Award: Cris Thomas http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/01/whos-winning-the-cyber-war-the-squirrels-of-course/
30:04 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Donald Trump https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170113/08415036481/rudy-giuliani-to-head-up-trumps-cybersecurity-team-as-internet-laughs-giulianis-security-bona-fides.shtml
Trump’s cyber-guru Giuliani runs ancient ‘easily hackable website’ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/13/giuliani_joomla_outdated_site/
This Week’s Quote: “National security is becoming an oxymoron in an age of cyberweapons. We need to work towards international security that works for everyone.” —Martin Hellman