March 28, 2023
Anniversary Kitten BBQ: Biometrics for all the wrong reasons [51]
Chris is concerned about Amazon One, Ned is amazed by Accenture's size, and we all celebrate one year of Chaos Lever's existence.
Anniversary Kitten BBQ: Biometrics for all the wrong reasons
Episode: 51 Published: 3/28/2023
Biometric Authentication going mainstream for all the wrong reasons
- Panera Bread announced that they are rolling out biometric identification system as a part of their loyalty program
- Windows Hello was hacked back in 2021 with security researchers being able to fake a USB camera, feed Hello an image, and get Hello to unlock
- Amazon is closing the Go at a pace
- Amazon was also sued in New York City for inadequately informing customers of just how much surveillance goes on in there
- In 2021 a report came out showing that Amazon had no real security policy to speak of, and that all customer data was basically available to everyone inside the company
- There are many pages out there that list Amazon���s myriad failures to protect customer data
Lightning Round
- Even Consultants Get the Blues
- For the millionth time, we don���t have to change passwords every 90 days
- Look MA, the FTC is doing something good!
- TikTok CEO testifies to Congress: Everyone ends up looking bad
- Creator of the first Ethernet, Robert Metcalfe wins Turing Award
- CISA releases weirdly named tool to help investigate possible Microsoft 365 breaches
- Even Consultants Get the Blues
- For the millionth time, we don���t have to change passwords every 90 days
- Look MA, the FTC is doing something good!
- TikTok CEO testifies to Congress: Everyone ends up looking bad
- Creator of the first Ethernet, Robert Metcalfe wins Turing Award
- CISA releases weirdly named tool to help investigate possible Microsoft 365 breaches
Intro and outro music by James Bellavance copyright 2022