Summary: As the scale of the epic security fail at the Equifax credit bureau comes into focus, El Kaiser and J.D. throwback to Episode 159 and a previous conversation about freezing your credit to ice out identity thieves. Among other headlines this week: The end of NASA’s historic Cassini mission to Saturn. Later in the show, El Kaiser shares his tips for dumping useless followers on social media and J.D. has advice for parents dealing with new teenage drivers. Oh, and Apple did a thing a few days ago, too. Spin up Episode 247 and join in! <br> Links to Stories in This Week’s Episode<br> <br> * <a href="http://www.poptechjam.com/hopefully-helpful-hint-frozen/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Pop Tech Jam Episode 159: Put Your Credit on Ice…Online</a><br> * <a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/09/massive-equifax-breach-caused-by-failure-to-patch-two-month-old-bug/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Failure to patch two-month-old bug led to massive Equifax breach</a> (Ars Technica)<br> * <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-equifax-cyber-ftc/ftc-probes-equifax-top-democrat-likens-it-to-enron-idUSKCN1BP1VX" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">FTC probes Equifax; top Democrat likens it to Enron</a> (Reuters)<br> * <a href="http://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/09/ayuda-help-equifax-has-my-data/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Ayuda! (Help!) Equifax Has My Data!</a> (Krebs on Security)<br> * <a href="https://www.recode.net/2017/9/8/16278030/congress-hearing-massive-equifax-data-breach-hack-security-privacy-data" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Congress will hold two hearings on the massive Equifax data breach</a> (Recode)<br> * <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/article/equifax-freeze-your-account-site-is-also-vulnerable-to-hacking/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Equifax’s credit report monitoring site is also vulnerable to hacking</a> (ZDNet)<br> * <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/article/we-tested-equifax-data-breach-checker-it-is-basically-useless/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">We tested Equifax’s data breach checker — and it’s basically useless</a> (ZDNet)<br> * <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/12/apple-iphone-x-event-live-blog.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Here are all the big products Apple announced on Tuesday</a> (CNBC)<br> * <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2017/09/12/ios-11-release-date/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">iOS 11 to be released to the public on September 19 for iPhone and iPad</a> (9to5Mac)<br> * <a href="http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/09/14/october-4th-new-pixel-day-confirmed-google-video-billboard/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">October 4th is new Pixel day, confirmed by Google with video and billboard</a> (Android Police)<br> * <a href="https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2017/09/13/privacy-enhancements-coming-to-the-windows-10-fall-creators-update/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Privacy enhancements coming to the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update</a> (Windows Experience blog)<br> * <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-security-kaspersky/trump-administration-orders-purge-of-kaspersky-products-from-u-s-government-idUSKCN1BO2CH?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Trump administration orders purge of Kaspersky products from U.S. government</a> (Reuters)<br> * <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2017/09/13/dhs-statement-issuance-binding-operational-directive-17-01" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">DHS Statement on the Issuance of Binding Operational Directive 17-01</a> (Department of Homeland Security)<br> * <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-13/mueller-probe-is-said-to-have-red-hot-focus-on-social-media" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Mueller Probe Has ‘Red-Hot’ Focus on Social Media, Officials Say</a> (Bloomberg)<br> * <a href="https://techcrunch."></a>
