Episode 5: Awarded Farmers Lose Password Privacy to Psychos Drinking Coffee Noisly (aka The Empire Strikes Back)




Tech Talk Y'all show

Summary: <p>In this episode we talk about:</p> <ul> <li>Mark DiCristina at MailChimp scoring an award</li> <li>Farmers hacking their tractors</li> <li>LastPass (possibly) losing control of your passwords</li> <li>Congress voting to allow ISPs to sell your data without your consent</li> <li>CES gadgets that Adam now pines for</li> <li>Octane Coffee has been bought</li> <li>And why you can't sleep at night</li> </ul> <p>We wrap up with some app recommendations. For this episode we're joined by our in-studio guest Jeff Hilimire.</p><p>Special Guest: Jeff Hilimire.</p><p>Sponsored By:</p><ul><li> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.prototypeprime.com">Prototype Prime</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.prototypeprime.com">Prototype Prime is an incubator focused on early-stage hardware and software startups. We've got a design and development lab where hardware teams can utilize our 3D printers and our electronics manufacturing capabilities. In addition we've got a awesome podcast recording room where great shows like Tech Talk Y'all are recorded! </a> </li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul> <li><a title="Mark DiCristina named to Ad Age's 2017 40 Under 40" rel="nofollow" href="http://adage.com/article/special-report-40-under-40/meet-ad-age-s-2017-40-40/308139/#MarkDiCristina">Mark DiCristina named to Ad Age's 2017 40 Under 40</a></li> <li><a title="Why American Farmers Are Hacking Their Tractors With Ukrainian Firmware" rel="nofollow" href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/why-american-farmers-are-hacking-their-tractors-with-ukrainian-firmware">Why American Farmers Are Hacking Their Tractors With Ukrainian Firmware</a></li> <li><a title="LastPass password manager fixes serious password leak vulnerabilities in Chrome, Firefox, Edge extensions" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/3184153/security/lastpass-fixes-serious-password-leak-vulnerabilities.html?idg_eid=3338598ef12a2579ecfd41615c19a685&amp;email_SHA1_lc=d7c667062410371474ba582e1fdec6c9b7d6064e&amp;cid=pcw_nlt_pcw_tech_html_2017-03-23&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Top%20Stories%20%40PCWorld%202017-03-23&amp;utm_term=pcw_tech_html">LastPass password manager fixes serious password leak vulnerabilities in Chrome, Firefox, Edge extensions</a></li> <li><a title="LastPass is scrambling to fix another serious vulnerability" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/3185731/security/lastpass-is-scrambling-to-fix-another-serious-vulnerability.html?idg_eid=3338598ef12a2579ecfd41615c19a685&amp;email_SHA1_lc=d7c667062410371474ba582e1fdec6c9b7d6064e&amp;cid=pcw_nlt_pcw_tech_html_2017-03-28&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Top%20Stories%20%40PCWorld%202017-03-28&amp;utm_term=pcw_tech_html">LastPass is scrambling to fix another serious vulnerability</a></li> <li><a title="Senate votes to kill FCC's broadband privacy rules" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/3184410/security/senate-votes-to-kill-fccs-broadband-privacy-rules.html?idg_eid=3338598ef12a2579ecfd41615c19a685&amp;email_SHA1_lc=d7c667062410371474ba582e1fdec6c9b7d6064e&amp;cid=pcw_nlt_pcw_tech_html_2017-03-23&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Top%20Stories%20%40PCWorld%202017-03-23&amp;utm_term=pcw_tech_html">Senate votes to kill FCC's broadband privacy rules</a></li> <li><a title="For sale: Your private browsing history" rel="nofollow" href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/03/for-sale-your-private-browsing-history/">For sale: Your private browsing history</a></li> <li><a title="Congress has sold off your privacy—and U.S. security" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/3186524/broadband/congress-has-sold-off-your-privacyand-us-security.html?idg_eid=1e051cfcc8688652dbc0ec703e7c163d&amp;email_SHA1_lc=8042a4d072ad07c3c6014a55f14a64ff902f8cb8&amp;cid=ifw_nlt_infoworld_daily_2017-03-30&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=InfoWorld%20Daily:%20Morning%20Edition%202017-03-30&amp;utm_term=infoworld_daily">Congress has sold off your privacy—and U.S. security</a></li> <li><a title="Facebook is putting its latest Snapchat clone front and center" rel="nofollow" href="http://mashable.com/2017/03/28/facebook-camera-stories/?utm_cid=hp-hh-pri#mFd.ASCUsiqx">Facebook is putting its latest Snapchat clone front and center</a></li> <li><a title="The 265 members of Congress who sold you out to ISPs, and how much it cost to buy them" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/29/15100620/congress-fcc-isp-web-browsing-privacy-fire-sale">The 265 members of Congress who sold you out to ISPs, and how much it cost to buy them</a></li> <li><a title="Here are the must-have wearable gadgets of CES 2017 | TechCrunch" rel="nofollow" href="https://techcrunch.com/sponsored/here-are-the-must-have-wearable-gadgets-of-ces-2017/">Here are the must-have wearable gadgets of CES 2017 | TechCrunch</a></li> <li><a title="The Samsung Galaxy S8 will change the way we think about display sizes" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/3/30/15121526/samsung-galaxy-s8-vs-google-pixel-iphone-7-screen-size-comparison?utm_campaign=theverge&amp;utm_content=chorus&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter">The Samsung Galaxy S8 will change the way we think about display sizes</a></li> <li><a title="Octane Is Being Sold to Birmingham-Based Revelator Coffee Company" rel="nofollow" href="http://atlanta.eater.com/2017/3/30/15053500/revelator-coffee-buying-octane-atlanta">Octane Is Being Sold to Birmingham-Based Revelator Coffee Company</a></li> <li><a title="How Noisy Is Your Neighborhood? Now There's A Map For That" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/23/521227214/how-noisy-is-your-neighborhood-now-theres-a-map-for-that?utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=npr&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_term=nprnews">How Noisy Is Your Neighborhood? Now There's A Map For That</a></li> </ul>