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Episode 96 - Are legal backdoors a good idea?

Posted by Josh Bressers on May 13, 2018

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Josh and Kurt talk about backdoors in code and products that have been put there on purpose. We talk about unlocking phones. Encryption backdoors with a focus on why they won't work.

Show Notes

CALEA
Cellebrite unlocking phones
Schneier on Ray Ozzie's proposal
UK RIP act

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Episode 137.5 - Holy cow Beto was in the cDc, this is awesome!

Josh and Kurt talk about Beto being in the Cult of the Dead Cow (cDc). This is a pretty big deal in a very good way. We hit on some history, why it's a great thing, what we can probably expect from opponents. There's even some advice at the end how we can all help. We need more politicians with backgrounds like this.

Show NotesCult of the Dead Cow Phrack Beto in the cDc 2600 Off the Hook Stallman Hacker Song
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Episode 133 - Smart locks and the government hacking devices

Josh and Kurt talk about the fiasco hacks4pancakes described on Twitter and what the future of smart locks will look like. We then discuss what it means if the Japanese government starts hacking consumer IoT gear, is it ethical? Will it make anything better?

Show Notes@hacks4pancakes smart lock fiasco LockPickingLawyer Japanese government hacking devices
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Episode 129 - The EU bug bounty program

Josh and Kurt talk about the EU bug bounty program. There have been a fair number of people complaining it's solving the wrong problem, but it's the only way the EU has to spend money on open source today. If that doesn't change this program will fail.

Show NotesJosh's blog post Julia Reda EU bug bounty site Tidelift What motivates us
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