Angry Tech News

Aug 05 2024 86 ep. 21 mins 433
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Tech news and opinion from an angry programmer with a microphone

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Angry Tech News #84: Guardrail Distraction

Aug 05 2024 37 mins  
A long overdue show! All the AI news you missed. Internet security is crap. Europe tries to make driving better. Google tries to make it worse. Links: Crowdstrike takes down the worldhttps://www.wired.com/story/crowdstrike-outage-update-windows/Snowflake breachhttps://arstechnica.com/security/2024/07/threat-actors-exploited-windows-0-day-for-more-than-a-year-before-microsoft-fixed-

Angry Tech News #83: Thereupon Classified

Jun 06 2024 39 mins  
Microsoft’s new Recall feature obsoletes all other spyware,You are participating in a worldwide wifi tracking network,and the end of ICQ (yeah, it was still around) Windows Recallhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsofts-new-windows-11-recall-is-a-privacy-nightmare/https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/20/24159258/microsoft-recall-ai-explorer-windows-11-surface-eventht

Angry Tech News #82: Subsystem Derision

May 08 2024 32 mins  
ATN is back after a small hiatus! Time to clear some tabs and pour sarcasm on some choice stories from the last three months. Forced updates, Insecure IoT doorbells, The craze to put AI into all the things, Tesla’s safety record, and a rundown of Windows 11 news Links Consumer Reports: many smart doorbells have […]

Angry Tech News #81: Subscribe Firstborn

Jan 31 2024 24 mins  
Google admits what we all know, Apple faces the music (or at least a few notes), and HP and Ubisoft seek rent Links Google admits it collects user data in incognito modehttps://www.engadget.com/google-now-admits-it-could-collect-data-in-chromes-incognito-mode-103807146.htmlApple concedes almost an inchhttps://www.engadget.com/apple-updates-us-app-store-guidelines-allowing-developer

Angry Tech News #80: Artist Proxy

Jan 03 2024 24 mins  
Apple wants to control your digital life, Google wants to control the entire internet, and artists finally get a weapon in the war against AI Links AI data poisoning tool “Nightshade”https://www.zdnet.com/article/data-poisoning-tool-lets-artists-fight-back-against-ai-scraping-heres-how/ Apple makes biometrics authoritative with “Stolen Device Protection” featurehttps://www.

Angry Tech News #79: Plan Malvertise

Oct 20 2023 17 mins  
Right to Repair in California, T-Mobile gets greedy, Google gets paid to install malware, and a WinRAR vulnerability Links CA Right to Repair SB 244 passedhttps://www.ifixit.com/News/84491/california-right-to-repair-signed-into-law T-Mobile migrates customers to new more expensive planshttps://tmo.report/2023/10/breaking-t-mobile-will-force-customers-onto-newer-plans-unless-you-opt

Angry Tech News #78: Houston Reactive

Oct 03 2023 21 mins  
T-Mobile failed update, Microsoft closes a loophole no one was using, Cruise cars meet Houston weather, and software developers hate diversity Links: Libwebp vulnerability assigned new maximum severityhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-assigns-new-maximum-rated-cve-to-libwebp-bug-exploited-in-attacks/ Libvpx vulnerabilityhttps://arstechnica.com/security/2023/09/n

Angry Tech News #77: Whiz Factor

Sep 19 2023 18 mins  
Google defeats multifactor authentication, Pixel Watch is unrepairable, Ring sells a pet collar, Toyota learns the value of IT, and yet another vulnerability in the Internet Links Retool MFA defeated by Google conveniencehttps://retool.com/blog/mfa-isnt-mfa/ Pixel Watches are unrepairablehttps://www.theverge.com/23874281/google-pixel-watch-cracks-no-repairs-warranty Ring Pet Taghtt

Angry Tech News #76: Snappy Spyware

Sep 12 2023 26 mins  
Spyware hacked for good, Apple OS hacked for bad, Windows hacked, but it makes things better, OpenAI confirms AI detectors are crap, and Automobiles are now officially the worst product category for privacy Links WebDetetive spyware hackedhttps://techcrunch.com/2023/08/26/brazil-webdetetive-spyware-deleted/ Windows bug improves performancehttps://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-f

Angry Tech News #75: Plonked Stratum

Sep 05 2023 19 mins  
Breaches, breaches, breaches! Google solves meetings. And a Microsoft service becomes a liability in time Links UMich attackhttps://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/08/30/um/70716806007/ Forever 21 breachhttps://techcrunch.com/2023/08/31/forever-21-data-breach-half-million/ Callaway breachhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/golf-gear-giant-callaway-data