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Jan 22, 2024 33 min

057 Dangerous games

from The Happy Jōb Records Hosted by Russ Waddell

Fresh off of a long series on learning (for adults), Russ has some scary questions for returning guest Larry Grate. A consensus is reached that doing is in fact the best way of learning; Russ remains concerned that his personal information may be compromised by some rookie mistake when “learning” cybersecurity. A questionable set of experiments are conceptualized. 0m 20s Honeypots are real. 2m 12s Making attractive targets for “hackers” then attempting basic cybersecurity hygiene. 5m 40s Cost is not a factor for this particular contrived human-robot mousetrap, or more accurately it is strongly preferred that it have no cost. 7m 30s Hacker trapping as a service (HTAAS, pronounced hot-tass). 8m 47s “A little knowledge is the most dangerous of all knowledge.” 12m 30s If someone really wants into your network, how likely is it that they’re getting in? True second hand stories of human engineering and treacherous emotional manipulation. 18m 22s First, build a semi-secure device that you are going to depend on to live. Next, put it in your body. Finally, don’t let it get hacked. 25m 12s The technical details on your basic home internet of things doohickies versus hardened, industrial grade internet of thingamajiggers.

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