Tom explains the encryption debate, Foxconn’s got worker controversy, an Apple rumor, Net neutrality! It’s like a greatest hits of tech news!
With Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Patrick Beja.
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Show Notes
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- News You Should Know
- (00:50) Meg Whitman…stepping down [as CEO] | Business Insider
- (01:10) YouTube is back on Amazon’s Echo Show | The Verge
- (01:30) Skype disappears from mobile app stores in China | The Verge
- (01:55) iPhone X supplier under fire over student labor | cnet
- More Top Stories
- (02:15) …FCC chair releases plan to deregulate ISPs | Ars Technica
- FCC will also order states to scrap plans… | Ars Technica
- (04:25) Google collects Android users’ locations… | Quartz
- (06:35) Tencent…first Chinese tech firm valued over $500B | TechCrunch
- (09:30) Sonos One…can…[use] Alexa to play Spotify music | TechCrunch
- (12:25) The HoloPlayer One lets you interact with 3D holograms | Circuit Breaker
- (02:15) …FCC chair releases plan to deregulate ISPs | Ars Technica
- Discussion (16:05)
- Keys Under Doormats: Mandating insecurity… | MIT
- “Going Dark:…the Balance Between Public Safety and Privacy” | U.S. Senate
- Encryption Working Group Releases Year-End Report | U.S. House of Representatives
- Mandated encryption backdoors?… | ZD Net
- The Risks of Mandating Backdoors in Encryption Products | Schneier on Security
- Keys Under Doormats: Mandating Insecurity | Lawfare Institute
- #316 Instacast,…Asymmetric Encryption, Hashing Functions | Podfeet
- Messages of the Day
- (27:30) Daniel – Unexpected cell phone
- (29:00) Ron Ladd – ATSC 3
- Today’s Contributor