Tech Talk With Hawke Talking Notes 2007-02-16

Intro Show & Randy (if present) This show is about technology and it's affect on privacy, security, and civil rights, and how it affects everyone. Mention website, downloads, and podcasts Mention KYRS streaming Disclaimers Topics preview Internet Weather Report NSA Top Ten Antivirus Headlines Quantum Computing Show Main Topic:

Internet Weather Report: Green.

Microsoft Black Tuesday patches - February 2007 http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=2232&rss Apple Security updates released http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=2256&rss Just to note that Mac is not immune to viruses, Mac OSX one of several published „virus“ „OSX.Leap.A“ „spreads via iChat Instant Messenger program.“ „Discovered back in February 2006.“ http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2006-021614-4006-99 Going Mobile – Palm Treo OS Users - http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=2250&rss „Users with physical access to the device are able to use the Find feature to locate data, even when the device is locked.“ Drive-by Pharming' Attacks Potential Threat to Broadband Users (Why it's critical you change your router's default password!) http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2095439,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594 Another Microsoft Word zero-day appears http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/436?ref=rss Old Firefox, IE flaw remains unfixed (and Opera): http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/433?ref=rss

Headlines Hacker forced to write Panda-killer http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=8040 Missing FBI Laptops Still a Problem http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FBI_LAPTOPS?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT „Three or four FBI laptop computers are lost or stolen each month“ „160 laptops lost or stolen over a 44-month period“ „ five years ago, the inspector general said 354 weapons and 317 laptop computers were lost or stolen during a 28-month“ „new report found that 160 weapons were lost or stolen during the 44-month“ Top 10 Big Brother Companies: (I don't totally agree with about 2/3 of the list, but some important tidbits of note) Ranking the Worst Consumer Privacy Infringers: http://www.businessintelligencelowdown.com/2007/02/the_top_ten_pri.html OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) project. http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2006/061906backspin.html Linux arrives on 50,000 Brazilian desktops „Brazilian federal government's "Computers for All" program“ „Estimated monthly deployment is about 10,000 desktops, with 50,000 desktops already delivered“ http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS8553667891.html Steve Jobs calls for no more DRMs on music. http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/02/no_drm_could_me.html Windows Vista users & Linux users share in hardware drivers pain http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/02/12/07OPopenent_1.html Viacom Tells YouTube: Hands Off – Viacom orders Youtube to remove 100,000 videos, but turns out many are „false positives“. More DMCA Insanity: Electric Slide on slippery DMCA slope: http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-6156021.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&

Other Topics to cover in future: Quantum Computing Roughly what it is What advantages What it means to security for the average user

The Father of Quantum Computing http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72734-0.html?tw=rss.culture

Scientists dubious of quantum computer claims http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/02/15/quantum.computer.ap/index.html?eref=rss_tech

Headlines for Sunday show? Verisign pumps up security to protect Net after last week's botnet strike takes out several of their root DNS servers. Eli Lilly Loses Effort to Censor Zyprexa Documents Off the Internet http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2007_02.php#005122 ViaCom's Dragnet Catches a Few "Dolphins" http://www.chillingeffects.org/weather.cgi?WeatherID=580 A Perfect 10 Storm for Google’s Book Search Program? http://www.chillingeffects.org/weather.cgi?WeatherID=539 rainy Studios Accuse Google of Benefiting from Piracy: WSJ http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2093951,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594

Summary Wrap up. Cite next week's show: Tech headlines affecting privacy, security, and civil rights Status report of the battle between the RIAA & MPAA and their continuing attempts at revocation of everyone's fair use rights. OR/and Status update on security improvements (and flaws found so far) in Windows Vista. Mention website and downloads and podcasts Mention show times. Mention KYRS streaming