Episode 89: Never Let the Internet Name Anything

In this Episode:

• Shock Samsung Confession Risks Galaxy Smartphone Cancellation (1:48)


• Spies may have used an AI-generated face to infiltrate US politics (3:50)


• “Amazon’s Choice” Does Not Necessarily Mean A Product Is Good (6:30)


• Hackers, farmers, and doctors unite! Support for Right to Repair laws slowly grows (8:10)


• Samsung Deletes Tweet Warning Users to Virus-Scan Their Smart TVs (10:22)


• How to replace Google’s Trips app (13:40)


• Google turns to retro cryptography to keep data sets private (16:10)


• Firefox zero-day was used in attack against Coinbase employees, not its users (18:10)

Weird and Wacky (20:05):

• Boaty McBoatface mission gives new insight into warming ocean abyss


• The flying saddle: Would you give it a try?


• Genius hid a Morse code message in song lyrics to prove Google was copying them


• Lyrics Site Accuses Google of Lifting Its Content

Tech Recs (24:57)

Adam - Skitch

Sanjay - https://catalogchoice.org/

Links:

• Shock Samsung Confession Risks Galaxy Smartphone Cancellation
• Spies may have used an AI-generated face to infiltrate US politics
• “Amazon’s Choice” Recommends Some Obviously Crappy Products. Blame The Algorithm.
• Hackers, farmers, and doctors unite! Support for Right to Repair laws slowly grows | Ars Technica
• Samsung Deletes Tweet Warning Users to Virus-Scan Their Smart TVs
• How to replace Google’s Trips app - The Verge
• Google Turns to Retro Cryptography to Keep Datasets Private
• Firefox zero-day was used in attack against Coinbase employees, not its users | ZDNet
• Boaty McBoatface mission gives new insight into warming ocean abyss -- ScienceDaily