About what you would expect from the flower-children and associated ilk of ‘Password’ Podesta.
No worries, though, we’ll always have Russia.
Via, chutzpahticular

There is nothing, nothing, that a computer can’t do. Without meaning to sound deflating, retraining isn’t going to cut it. By the time a 40 year old finishes retraining for a new job the next generation of computer will have invalidated that career path. There will be unrest and a lot of it.
We’ll find out, though, that’s for sure.

THIS IS WHY.

Toshiba is in trouble. Big enough trouble that they’re selling the furniture.

NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite.

But don’t hold your breath for these batteries.

Yet another convenience product that compromises consumers privacy.
You can’t just pick up the phone and call?

Amazon Web Services big outage was caused by human error.
“Unfortunately, one of the inputs to the command was entered incorrectly and a larger set of servers was removed than intended.”
Whoops, indeed, but been there, done that.

For those of us who want a phone and not a vulnerability ridden, intrusive, open doorway into our data.

I have a great idea! How about I let China know everything about me so that I can look googly-eyed on my selfie.
Security of your person and privacy is and always has been your job. It’s a silly request, but I’d ask that people start taking that job seriously. Especially if you’re one of the special ones who demand access to the company network on your own device.
Things you should think about before installing anything:
1. Do I really need this application?
2. What do I know about the people who wrote this app?
3. If I install this app, do I know what it is really doing?
4. Is there anything past, present or future that I wouldn’t want Russia, China, the kid down the block or the mafia to know about me on this device?
5. If it requires a network connection, where and who in the physical world am I giving that information?
YMMV based on your level of paranoia, but those are my guidelines.

#CreditCardSafety – Always tug on the credit card reader at the gas pumps, you never know when someone has slipped a reader on there. pic.twitter.com/gwiXEJ5NQa

— NorthportPoliceDept. (@Northport_AL_PD) January 14, 2017

Not really an FM listener, but this may interest.

h/t B Deplorable

Georgia’s secretary of state: “DHS tried to breach our firewall”
(link fixed, sorry!)

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Examining the DDOS attacks from the Internet of Things (IoT).
Patching machines is a tough enough challenge for busy IT Departments the chances of the home consumer doing it are nearly nil, we already know this because of the millions of home routers that have never been patched. On top of that the profit margins on these products are so small the companies that manufacture them will have almost no incentive to create patches for identified security holes.
This is going to be a disaster.