Aug 10th 2014
This Week in Tech 470
Tainted Love on a Floppy
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
Black Phone, cookie panic, reverse Gruber, fiction empathy, and more.
Records live every Sunday at 5:15pm Eastern / 2:15pm Pacific / 22:15 UTC.
Guests:
Rob Reid,
Patrick Beja
Facebook Messenger controversy, USB security problems with BadUSB, Apple to announce a wrist wearable in September, why fiction readers are the best people, and more.
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Links
- Facebook Messenger Privacy Fears? Here's What You Need to Know
- We tested Secret's anti-bullying system... and it failed
- Black Phone - A secure smartphone for everything you do
- Wikimedia Wants You to Remember the Links Europe Wants You to Forget
- Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: HTTPS as a ranking signal
- BadUSB: Big, bad USB security problems ahead
- Turning USB peripherals into BadUSB
- Apple will announce a wrist wearable in September
- Macintel: The End Is Nigh
- Microsoft tip ends in arrest of alleged child porn hustler
- How Google scans your Gmail for child porn
- Windows 9 - Goodbye Charms
- Microsoft's new ‘Snipp3t' iPhone app tracks celebrities
- Hotel fines $500 for every bad review posted online
- Why Readers, Scientifically, Are The Best People To Fall In Love With
- Amazon responds to "Authors United" with letter encouraging authors to email Hachette's CEO