Disney+ Problems, The Mandalorian, The Cyber Cold War, and EFF Wins in Federal Court

This episode we cover the weekly news starting with our initial thoughts on Disney+ and the Mandalorian.  The initial reviews have been written for Google Stadia and it is not looking good for the new gaming platform.  Then we discuss some news in tech starting with the cyber “Cold War” that is on the horizon. We provide examples all from this weeks news that highlights multiple cyber attacks by Chinese actors.  In Federal Courts this week, the Electronic Frontier Foundation wins a big victory in protecting our rights to digital privacy at the border. Steve voices his concerns with Google gaining access to health records and we also criticize the fundraising efforts of anti-vaccination ad campaigns.

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Links to topics discussed:

Disney Plus

• Outdated Cultural Depictions
  • https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/11/13/disney-plus-offers-warnings-over-outdated-cultural-depictions-in-classic-films?fbclid=IwAR2OXty18s6-s4MitggW-JgJxrFfXhVQBSZ29KAtHpSpRBERDvF-DFLpmMw
• Disney+ hacked
  • https://www.tomsguide.com/news/thousands-of-disney-accounts-already-hacked-what-to-do?utm_source=notification&fbclid=IwAR3bTbedWYzYcr7AZ79LztQbUv-C__G7t7UjbXtABfzf4tcrXbiuVVQbKyQ

Initial reviews of Stadia are bad

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2019/11/18/google-stadia-launch-review-a-technical-conceptual-disaster/?fbclid=IwAR1VfOrP3Uv2bGn381avDXd4t-5KPl_HOQh_fnBqkY0p_PwKWYIZA9gltWc#6572bf9e5ec7

Cyber “Cold War” on the horizon

• https://digit.fyi/new-cyber-cold-war-on-the-horizon-check-point-report-warns/?fbclid=IwAR1HpJR63FOCfKG6oahwJnAKN1GBN3R30f1up9DiC5OFjSOeHX3lLQddzsc

Huawei is paying employees $286 million in Bonuses for a counteracting trade sanctions

• https://www.businessinsider.com/huawei-reportedly-giving-employees-286million-dollars-for-circumventing-trade-sanctions-2019-11?fbclid=IwAR3Ptt8qEX7NNmPnW9eAUq-lbfW_UHIHT6UFucKB9onh-eHXxXQ1WDAf-IE

US Manufacturing group hacked by China

• https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-cyber-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-manufacturing-group-hacked-by-china-as-trade-talks-intensified-sources-idUSKBN1XN1AY?il=0&fbclid=IwAR2QyI7fny6kVeS3FdWJphICVpAuzj6tV1FdkIz7i8l1iOTq9TiX-kGtmEM

Federal Court Rules that suspicionless searches of digital items at the border is unconstitutional

• https://www.eff.org/press/releases/federal-court-rules-suspicionless-searches-travelers-phones-and-laptops?fbclid=IwAR1aFZjLkpCUnZUWBSEGBeezIII5KBeVVbcK-KlFYYk-CDeU6l_LGtBPzpo

Google is getting access to public health records

• https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-s-secret-project-nightingale-gathers-personal-health-data-on-millions-of-americans-11573496790

The majority of anti-vax adds funded by two organizations

• https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/13/majority-antivaxx-vaccine-ads-facebook-funded-by-two-organizations-study?fbclid=IwAR1Ws9MlTqhdHQGKxG4VAByjFwfCU54y5AhZp09U0B4aSQuJv69egXe9De4

PayPal suspends support of PornHub

• https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/14/20965167/paypal-pornhub-payroll-model-program-payment-options-paxum-verge-performers?fbclid=IwAR1MQ843TJ__mKEbRQGKnpG13_GIcSJdnA-G70wHbm3QBizrEKQcPenqMzc