Episode 97: #97: Less than Lethal Manbun

This week Dave and Gunnar talk about: smartphone messes, flying messes, policy messes, Uber messes. Image courtesy Capitol Hill Seattle. Apple Is Taunting Publishers With Ad-Blocking and Apple News Apple’s ‘Move to iOS’ app is now available on Android Android fanboys are trolling Apple’s Move to iOS app with 1-star reviews 9 year old with a Muslim name arrested for making bomb. Or clock. Whatever. There’s a guy collecting offers on how to help the kid. (h/t emorisse) Cheap Smartphones Quietly Becoming Popular In the US 20+ Chinese Android Smartphones Models Come With Pre-Installed Malware Remember all those app permissions you blindly agreed to? Android ransomware lures with porno, takes your picture and then ‘fines’ you D&G Quote of the Week: “From a gov­ern­ment side, our re­spons­ib­il­ity is to talk to folks and ex­plain to them: We’re not ma­ni­acs. The FBI is not an ali­en force im­posed on the Amer­ic­an people,” said FBI Dir­ect­or James Comey Coincidence? The X-Files returns on January 24 Totally not related: The Expert Back doors, like TSA luggage lock master keys (which are now self 3D printable and on github), don’t work Uber ride data publicly accessible through Google Meanwhile… Uber Gives $5.5M To Make Amends For Stealing Carnegie Mellon’s Self-Driving Car Scientists This week in “Airlines are garbage”: American Airlines flies uncertified plane to Hawaii Weaponized police drones are now legal in North Dakota California wants to enhance your driver’s license experience DoD looking to replicate the successes of 18F/USDS in Force of the Future plan (h/t matt.micene) Silicon Valley is more biased against women than USN (h/t matt.micene) Congressional polarization, visualized. (h/t emorisse) Cutting Room Floor How to Write an Error Message (h/t unwosu) Tiny fedora for your manbun Hipster Barbie Is So Much Better at Instagram Than You Artisanal Firewood Punk stock photography Directions to Schrödinger’s elevators in the Möbius building Man flying 54 propeller super drone 1976 NASA Graphics Standards Manual Interactive Tor map 15 Rules From the Hobo Ethical Code of 1889 Gunnar’s new homepage until further notice This AWS in Plain English is the best, esp. Direct Connect. What DevOps needs to learn from USSOCOM (h/t matt.micene) OpenOffice is a disaster We Give Thanks D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!