Episode 166 - The Potato Quality Episode

<p><strong>This week in InfoSec (11:51)</strong></p><p>With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield</p><p>6th September 1987: Thomas Haynie was accused of intentionally jamming Playboy's satellite network with a text-only message. Haynie was an uplink engineer at the Christian Broadcasting Network and was on duty at the time of the jamming. He received 3 years of probation. </p><p><a href="https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/09/19/CBN-engineer-denies-pre-empting-soft-porn-movies/1437653716800/">CBN engineer denies pre-empting soft-porn movies</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1302620593322438656">https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1302620593322438656</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Rant of the Week (20:12)</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/07/smart_devices_privacy/">If you like to play along with the illusion of privacy, smart devices are a dumb idea</a></p><p>Depressingly predictable research from Which? serves as another reminder, if one was needed, that furnishing your home with internet-connected "smart" devices could be a dumb idea if you'd rather try to preserve your privacy.</p><p>The consumer rights organization's analysis of a number of IoT products – from speakers and security cameras to TVs and washing machines – found that they all demand customer data above and beyond what is needed for the product to perform its function, and then distribute that information to a horde of faceless corporations.</p><p>Consumer campaign group Which? pointed out that this means consumers are not only in many cases paying thousands for the product itself, with all its "smart" connected bells and whistles, but continue to pay in the form of their personal data.</p><p>The outfit broke down what information is required to set up an account with the product manufacturers, what permissions the associated apps request, and what customer activity companies are tapping into.</p><p>Spoiler alert: it's all for ads and marketing.</p><p>Dis