542: The Sneaky Leakies
Grumpy Old Geeks25 Helmi 2022

542: The Sneaky Leakies

Everyone wants a piece of that sweet crypto-chain; inconsistent search sanitization; Meta has a minor problem with a global community development manager; linguistic fingerprints; AI art; more stolen NFTs, NFT gig economy bubble; bye, Hyperloop; John Oliver & Bill Maher; Mrs. Maisel; the King's Man; Tori Amos; mics, bands, Paste and Tots; Time Is, How Long Ago, we're old; Instagram losing daily time limits; Truth Social waiting lists; the Ninties, Chuck Klosterman; Michael Schur; Kanye's back in Moron of the Week; Snowden & Assange; a broken clock is right twice a day; Ukraine and 80s kids fears; AirTag stalking & a mischief of magpies.

Show notes at https://gog.show/542/

FOLLOW UP

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IN THE NEWS

Meta axes a head of global community development after he appears on video in underage sex sting

Who Is Behind QAnon? Linguistic Detectives Find Fingerprints

APPLE EMPLOYEES ARE UNIONIZING AND THEY’RE USING ANDROID PHONES TO KEEP APPLE FROM SPYING ON THEM

You can’t copyright AI-created art, according to US officials

OpenSea users lose hundreds of NFTs in likely phishing attack

Sotheby’s CryptoPunk Auction Canceled After Seller Withdraws

An NFT Bubble Is Taking Over the Gig Economy

VIRGIN HYPERLOOP JUST LAID OFF ALMOST HALF ITS EMPLOYEES


MEDIA CANDY

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Real Time with Bill Maher

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 4

The King’s Man

Tori Amos releasing ‘Little Earthquakes’ anniversary comic book & vinyl


APPS & DOODADS

BEACN Mic

NOMAD - Rugged Band - Black Hardware

Paste

Setapp

Tot

Tyke

Time.Is

How Long Ago

Instagram quietly bumps up the minimum daily time limit

Trump’s social network has launched on iOS

Cameo defends its decision to partner with the 'Tinder Swindler': 'Part of what makes Cameo special is the diversity and variety of personalities'


AT THE LIBRARY

The Nineties: A Book by Chuck Klosterman

How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur


SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Snowden was right: Pandemic surveillance is here to stay

AirTag stalking concerns continue; university study underway to measure the problem

iOS 15.4 beta 4 adds anti-stalking alerts to AirTag and other Find My accessories

A mischief of magpies defeated scientists' tracking devices


MORON OF THE WEEK

Kanye West says he’s raked in over $2.2million in Stem Player sales in just 24 hours

The Bunnies Have Left the Mansion: Inside Playboy’s Quest to Reinvent Itself as a Tech Company

MARK ZUCKERBERG’S SISTER POSTS SKIN-CRAWLINGLY HORRIBLE SONG ABOUT CRYPTO


CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Mark Lanegan, Grunge Pioneer and Screaming Trees Singer, Dead at 57

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