Random Adjacent Memories [27]

Chris rages against the tyranny of MFA, Ned reminds you that Facebook still hates you, and we all feel nostalgic about floppy disks.

Show Notes

Random Adjacent Memories

Episode: 27 Published: 09/27/2022

Stories

Security vs Convenience: When Convenience goes too far

• One attack that has been making the rounds recently is what���s being called MFA Fatigue
• Microsoft Authenticator push notifications called Number Matching in preview
• Many South American countries have an interesting solution to the problem of speeding

Lightning Round

• Linux 6.0 Kernel Coming in the Next Week
• CIS Benchmarks for Azure and AWS updated to version 1.5
• Different Name, Same Old Shit. Facebook Continues to be Awful.
  • Apple rolled out App Tracking Transparency, and Facebook instantly lost $10B in ad revenue?
• Morgan Stanley hit with fine for ���Astonishing��� security failures going back as far as 2015
• Limited Capacity Plus More Users Equals Slower Speed
• Not only do floppy disks still exist, there are still active customers for them

Intro and outro music by James Bellavance copyright 2022

What is Chaos Lever Podcast?

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.