As the scale of the epic security fail at the Equifax credit bureau comes into focus, El Kaiser and J.D. throwback to Episode 159 and a previous conversation about freezing your credit to ice out identity thieves. Among other headlines this week: The end of NASA’s historic Cassini mission to Saturn. Later in the show, El Kaiser shares his tips for dumping useless followers on social media and J.D. has advice for parents dealing with new teenage drivers. Oh, and Apple did a thing a few days ago, too. Spin up Episode 247 and join in!
Links to Stories in This Week’s Episode
- Pop Tech Jam Episode 159: Put Your Credit on Ice…Online
- Failure to patch two-month-old bug led to massive Equifax breach (Ars Technica)
- FTC probes Equifax; top Democrat likens it to Enron (Reuters)
- Ayuda! (Help!) Equifax Has My Data! (Krebs on Security)
- Congress will hold two hearings on the massive Equifax data breach (Recode)
- Equifax’s credit report monitoring site is also vulnerable to hacking (ZDNet)
- We tested Equifax’s data breach checker — and it’s basically useless (ZDNet)
- Here are all the big products Apple announced on Tuesday (CNBC)
- iOS 11 to be released to the public on September 19 for iPhone and iPad (9to5Mac)
- October 4th is new Pixel day, confirmed by Google with video and billboard (Android Police)
- Privacy enhancements coming to the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (Windows Experience blog)
- Trump administration orders purge of Kaspersky products from U.S. government (Reuters)
- DHS Statement on the Issuance of Binding Operational Directive 17-01 (Department of Homeland Security)
- Mueller Probe Has ‘Red-Hot’ Focus on Social Media, Officials Say (Bloomberg)
- Facebook bans monetization of violence, porn, drugs, hate (TechCrunch)
- Cassini Spacecraft Makes Its Final Approach to Saturn (NASA)
- Excitement and Tears as NASA Goddard Team Prepares for Cassini Finale (NASA)
- Cassini’s End of Mission (NASA)
Social-Media Ghostbusting Services
(Hopefully) Helpful Hint
- Apps to Provide Peace of Mind With a Teenager Behind the Wheel (The New York Times)
- Eyes on the Road, Not on the Phone (The New York Times)