EPISODE · Apr 8, 2022 · 1H
548: N(ot) F(or) T(rek)
from Grumpy Old Geeks
Jason's new office; Facebook's misinformation fail; Amazon union; TikTok's scraping "growth hack"; Pinterest calls itself bold & brave; Elon buys stake in Twitter, gets on board; Jack misses the world he destroyed; Moonfall is unbearably bad; Star Trek seems to be moving in the right direction except for that NFT stuff; Somebody Feed Phil returns; Wyze security debacle; Cash App breach; FBI removes malware without asking; DOJ, German dark-web takedowns; Google bans data-harvesting software with government ties; it's Opening Day, Orioles fans!Show notes at https://gog.show/548This episode of Grumpy Old Geeks is brought to you by:Kolide - You can try Kolide with all its features on an unlimited number of devices for free for 14 days; no credit card required! Try it out at kolide.com/gog1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1passwordFOLLOW UPA FACEBOOK BUG LED TO INCREASED VIEWS OF HARMFUL CONTENT OVER SIX MONTHSIN THE NEWSAmerica finally gets an Amazon unionAmazon's planned worker chat app would reportedly ban words like 'union'Two key tech execs quit Truth Social after troubled app launchTikTok owner ByteDance scraped content from Instagram and others to push predecessor appPinterest bans all climate change misinformation on its platformElon Musk now owns a 9.2 percent stake in TwitterElon Musk will join Twitter's board of directorsTwitter confirms it will test an edit buttonTwitter is wiping embeds of deleted tweets from the webIndieWebJack Dorsey regrets his role in creating a centralized internetMEDIA CANDYMoonfallThe entire ‘Next Generation’ cast will appear in 'Star Trek: Picard' season threeThe latest ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ trailer promises a return to formFFS. "Star Trek gets into NFTs"'Somebody Feed Phil' Season 5 Release Date Announced at NetflixSECURITY HAH!The CyberWireDave BittnerHacking HumansCaveatI’m done with WyzeCash App breach impacted over 8 million usersCompanies were slow to remove Russian spies’ malware, so FBI did it for themDOJ seizes $34 million of crypto from the dark web sellerGermany seizes the world's largest, longest-serving dark web marketGoogle Bans Apps With Hidden Data-Harvesting SoftwareSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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