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Episode 45: Web development is kind of horrifying

Posted on January 19, 2018February 5, 2018 by Christie Koehler

This week Audrey and I chat about the impact of Spectre and Meltdown, how easy it is to harvest credit cards numbers in the browser, and Kodak's new cryptocurrency. Enjoy!

Complete show notes & announcements: https://recompilermag.com/2018/01/19/episode-45-web-development-is-kind-of-horrifying

Episode 44: Spectre & Meltdown

Posted on January 18, 2018January 26, 2018 by Christie Koehler

This week Audrey and I chat about Spectre and Meltdown. Enjoy!

[10:17] Speculative Executive
[41:09] Chrome site isolation
[40:51] Mitigations landing for new class of timing attack (Mozilla Security)
[44:29] Intel CEO sells crap ton of stock before Spectre and Meltdown made public
[48:39] Google maps
[50:52] this is how much i’m striving to love myself this year
[51:27] TFW your 1979 VAX 11/750 is immune to the Intel kernel memory leak bug

Complete show notes: https://recompilermag.com/2018/01/18/episode-44-spectre-meltdown

Episode 43: 70 days, 9 hours

Posted on January 3, 2018January 16, 2018 by Christie Koehler

This week Audrey and I chat about algorithm accountability efforts in NYC, Reality Winner, sexual assault in the infosec community, and more. Content warnings for sexual assault are noted in the show notes in the relevant places, with timestamps so you can avoid those sections of the show if you prefer.

[01:15] Ring in the new year with The Recompiler
[02:38] Podcast equipment wishlist
[02:54] Podcast now has chapters
[06:23] CFP for Issue 10 Science extended
[07:04] Check out the new mug and tote bag in the Recompiler shop
[07:50] Attempting to make algoritms accountable in NYC
[10:12] Bill 1696 and Learning Old Systems
[16:14] In Ep. 38 we talk about how NYPD has no way to access it's forfeiture database
[16:55] Cathy O'Neil's "Weapons of Math Destruction"
[23:45] Portland City Council Meetings
[26:23] Who Is Reality Winner?
[28:41] Friends of Reality Winner
[49:49] [CW: sexual abuse] What happened when the infosec community outed its own sexual predators - The Verge
[55:30] [CW: sexual assult] The CCC: Men Who Hate Women
[56:53] Alternatives to 34C3 in Berlin
[58:10] Citizen Code of Conduct
[1:02:41] Code of Conduct Enforcement Warning Signs | Otter Tech Consulting
[1:05:07] American Girl & NASA: Girl of the Year Luciana

Complete show notes: https://recompilermag.com/2018/01/03/episode-43-70-days-9-hours

Episode 42: Usenet is still a thing!

Posted on December 29, 2017January 3, 2018 by Christie Koehler

This week Audrey and I chat about different efforts to preserve meaningful, community-oriented access to the web, a wild update to the Mirai botnet story, and more. Enjoy!