Episode 158 - The Highly Reviewed Episode

<p><strong>This week in InfoSec (11:36) </strong></p><p>With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield</p><p>26th June 1997: Communications Decency Act Declared Unconstitutional</p><p>The US Supreme Court ruled the Communications Decency Act unconstitutional on a 7-2 vote. The act, passed by both houses of Congress, sought to control the content of the Internet in an effort to keep pornography from minors. In an opinion written by Justice John Paul Stevens, the Supreme Court ruled the act a violation of free speech as guaranteed by the US Constitution.</p><p> </p><p>29th June 2007: The phone that changed everything</p><p>Nearly 6 months after it was introduced, Apple’s highly-anticipated <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_(original)">iPhone</a> goes on sale. Generally downplayed by Old Word Technology pundits after its introduction, the iPhone was greeted by long lines of buyers around the country on that first day. Quickly becoming an overnight phenomenon, one million iPhones were sold in only 74 days. Since those early days, the ensuing iPhone models have continued to set sales records and have completely changed not only the smartphone and technology industries, but the world as well.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Rant of the Week (19:19)</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/27/letmespy_stalkerware_app_hacked/">Miscreants leak texts and info siphoned by Android stalkerware app LetMeSpy</a></p><p>It's bad enough there's some Android stalkerware out there with the not-at-all-creepy moniker LetMeSpy. Now someone's got hold of the information the app collects – such as victims' text messages and call logs – as well as the email addresses of those who sought out the software, and leaked it all.</p><p>The stolen data has been circulating online for at least a few days, we're told, and the spyware's users – those who got the app to put on someone else's device – reportedly include government workers and a ton of US college students.</p><p>The Polish deve