Show Notes – March 9th, 2015

We were joined by guest – Jonathan Stribling-Uss an Attorney, technologist and co-director of the cybersecurity legal organization “constitutional communications”. I’m doing a Continuing Legal Education class on cybersecurity for lawyers at CUNY law on March 17th at 6pm. https://publicsquare.law.cuny.edu/events/cle/emerging-legal-issues-in-cybersecurity – The Ambassador who worked from a Nairobi bathroom to avoid State Dept. IT http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/03/the-ambassador-who-worked-from-nairobi-bathroom-to-avoid-state-dept-it/ […]

Show Notes – March 2nd, 2015

http://www.fcc.gov/openinternet    Check out the FCC Fact Sheet! https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-327105A1.pdf Engadget 78 Lyft rewards its drivers for picking you up more often A ridesharing service only helps you out if drivers want to pick you up in the first place, and Lyft clearly knows it — the company just countered Uber’s new perk system with one […]

Show Notes – February 23rd, 2015

Hacker Claims Feds Hit Him With 44 Felonies When He Refused to Be an FBI Spy – wired http://www.wired.com/2015/02/hacker-claims-feds-hit-44-felonies-refused-fbi-spy/ Don’t Want Your Laptop Tampered With? Just Add Glitter Nail Polish – wired http://www.wired.com/2013/12/better-data-security-nail-polish Spies Can Track You Just by Watching Your Phone’s Power Use – wired http://www.wired.com/2015/02/powerspy-phone-tracking  The Great SIM Heist How Spies Stole the […]

Show Notes – February 16th, 2015

Due to a cold instead of talking too much Lena decided to play a bunch of interesting TED talks for tonights show. She choose the theme of love, intimacy and the internet in honor of Valentines Day.

Show Notes – January 19th, 2015

Google opens its domain registration service to everyone in the US http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/13/7538197/google-domains-now-available-to-everyone-in-united-states * 3rd Annual Black Comic Book Festival http://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2014/01/17/3rd-annual-black-comic-book-festival * Mike Street  is calling in at 7:30p of @MrMikeStreet on twitter and Head of Blacks In Technology will recap last weeks >> http://madamenoire.com/503823/rev-jesse-jacksons-rainbow-push-economic-summit-focuses-paths-greater-tech-diversity/ Mike has launched SmartBrownVoices.com a podcast : https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/smartbrownvoices-celebration/id957351613?mt=2 – Other News –   […]

Show Notes – January 12th, 2015

Lorrie Faith Cranor: What’s wrong with your pa$$w0rd? Sally Kohn: Don’t like clickbait? Don’t click Nikey auto matic tying sneakers coming – http://consumerist.com/2015/01/09/nike-marty-mcflys-air-mag-sneakers-with-power-laces-will-arrive-in-2015/ Defining what ‘broadband’ menas http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/241361/fcc-chair-to-propose-redefining-broadband-as-25-mb.html Is Facebook a ‘video platform’? http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/241385/facebook-says-it-isnt-a-social-network-anymore-r.html WiMAX is being turned of this November http://www.dailytech.com/Sprint+Will+Turn+off+WiMAX+4G+in+Nov+2015+Downgrading+Older+Devices+to+3G/article36697.htm Enable Android’s Secret Right-to-Left Layout If You’re Left Handed Android: Your phone’s default […]

Show Notes – January 5th, 2015

Rose Regina is Angry about Go Go you should be too http://www.neowin.net/news/gogo-inflight-internet-is-intentionally-issuing-fake-ssl-certificates http://www.wired.com/2014/04/gogo-collaboration-feds/  * Damon Wayans (actor of the Wayans Bros) has a pretty cool app so says Martin  http://youtu.be/rL-_IDK5KT4?t=7m8s Martin Talks about a cool donation thing called – the extra mile http://thextramile.org/ “Our mission is simple. Collect frequent flyer miles from people who don’t need […]

Show Notes, December 15th 2014

http://www.ted.com/talks/catherine_crump_the_small_and_surprisingly_dangerous_detail_the_police_track_about_you ACLU – Report https://www.aclu.org/files/assets/071613-aclu-alprreport-opt-v05.pdf You Are Being Tracked – How License Plate Readers Are Being Used To Record Americans’ Movements http://www.ted.com/talks/kenneth_cukier_big_data_is_better_data?language=en MakeUseOf.com 29 Debian vs Ubuntu: How Far Has Ubuntu Come in 10 Years? Ubuntu recently released 14.10 “Utopic Unicorn”, which coincides with the fact that Ubuntu is now 10 years old! The king of Linux […]

Show Notes December 8th, 2014

Lena talks about how wonderful her new phone is.   Body Cams: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/storyline/wp/2014/12/04/bodycams-transformed-a-tiny-airport-police-force-they-could-do-the-same-for-the-rest-of-america/ complaints against Springfield Mo regional airport saw this massive drop in complaints from a couple a week to about once a month. complaints against officers in rialto CA dropped by 88%: https://ojpdiagnosticcenter.org/sites/default/files/spotlight/download/Police%20Officer%20Body-Worn%20Cameras.pdf annectdotal evidence of a similar phenomenon in phoenix http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-body-cameras-20140927-story.html#page=1 “A recent […]

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