All posts on markn.ca covering cloud, security, privacy, and technology.
Cybercriminals don’t always use complicated technical attacks to get around your cybersecurity. Sometimes—probably more often than we care to admit—it’s the really simple stuff that works and what’s simpler than an email?
Facebook was recently called out for listening to users audio messages on Facebook Messenger. They aren’t alone. Apple, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft all have admitted to having contractors analyze audio from their voice assitants (and Microsof...
NULL is one of many special characters that has a long history in computing. What are the consequences of using NULL as a value provided via user input. The easy answer should be “nothing” but reality is a lot messier. Joseph Tataro set o...
Is application security (AppSec) dead? Did it every really work? Let’s discuss…
FaceApp (first released in 2017) is back in the news for the #AgeChallenge and a host of privacy concerns. There’s a lot of knee-jerk reactions around the app but what’s really going on? We dive in on this (as usual) no-BS episode…
Recently on Twitter a nerd fight started around the idea of a 10x engineer. VC Shekhar Kirani kicked things off by advocating that startups do anything to grab these types of employees. Needless to say, a lot of differing opinions were shared on the ...
Zoom.us had a pretty egregious security issue this week. Their response was poor despite the best efforts for responsible disclosure by the security research who discovered the issue. While this issue has dominated tech headlines, the real issue is m...
Cybercriminals don’t always use complicated technical attacks to get around your cybersecurity. Sometimes—probably more often than we care to admit—it’s the really simple stuff that works and what’s simpler than an email?
A quick update on why MwM has been missing the past couple of weeks and where this show is going in the future.
Recently a video of mine was flagged by YouTube’s automated ContentID system which may or may not have been justified. Regardless, it got me thinking of the mismatch in motivations for builders investing in cybersecurity and privacy.
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At Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), Apple made several announcements that focus on user privacy. In this episode, we’ll explore these features and what impact they may have on you.
On Kara Swisher’s show, Recode Decode, she recently hosted Gabe Weinberg from DuckDuckGo. Their conversation revolved around some core concepts in online privacy.
During that conversation, a few terms popped up that I think are often ...