Direct download link: Episode 26.
This week Audrey and I chat about Meitu and how common it is for mobile apps to profile your device and collect other analytics and how AT&T turning off its 2G network in San Francisco caused the bus tracker not to work. We discuss the Guardian’s poor coverage of WhatsApp security, and finally, we share things we liked on the internet this week. Enjoy!
Show Notes
Meitu
- Megaviral Meitu “beauty” app’s data grab is anything but skin-deep | Ars Technica
- mjg59 | Android apps, IMEIs and privacy
- China Issues New Rules for Mobile Apps | Inside Privacy
AT&T 2G and SF Muni
- Why Muni Arrival Times Are Off This Week, and How We’re Working to Fix Them | SFMTA
- Stop the Cap! AT&T Shuts Down Its 2G Wireless Network Creating Problems for San Francisco’s NextBus System ·
- WhatsApp vulnerability allows snooping on encrypted messages | Technology | The Guardian
- Open Whisper Systems >> Blog >> There is no WhatsApp ‘backdoor’
- In Response to Guardian’s Irresponsible Reporting on WhatsApp: A Plea for Responsible and Contextualized Reporting on User Security | technosociology
- Diffie–Hellman key exchange – Wikipedia
Emergency Preparedness
- Disaster Safety Library | American Red Cross
- Build a Kit | The City of Portland, Oregon
- The Best Emergency Preparedness Supplies | The Sweethome
Things we like on the Internet
- Christie: Resistance Manual
- Audrey: “we don’t deserve capybaras” and “it’s back!! we don’t deserve capybaras: a(nother) thread”
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