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.

Show Notes

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

Intro and outro music by James Bellavance copyright 2022

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Chaos Lever examines emerging trends and new technology for the enterprise and beyond. Hosts Ned Bellavance and Chris Hayner examine the tech landscape through a skeptical lens based on over 40 combined years in the industry. Are we all doomed? Yes. Will the apocalypse be streamed on TikTok? Probably. Does Joni still love Chachi? Decidedly not.