Howdy,
The Super Bowl entertained us. We got to see a great game and interesting ads. It seems to me that the tail of this year's Super Bowl seems longer than any other. Is it that Patrick Mahomes is such a gracious champion? Is that Tom Brady was in an add? Was it the kids int he nest 100 to try and play and not be susceptible to CTE?
My attention this week centered around the Iowa Caucus mobile app. Nothing culminated until Motherboard posted the link on Wednesday afternoon. I scanned the app at work and also watched it reversed. It is really bad. And, you would be surprised to know some of the apps on your phone are just as bad or worse.
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As always, let me know how to help.
Cheers,
Scott
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How Not to Get Hacked: Learning From Jeff Bezos - A cybersecurity expert says businesses should not be relying on social media to communicate. However, many businesses and governments use social media to communicate after their systems get locked down with ransomware or they are breached. - The New York Times
Iowa Caucus app - The Iowa Caucus was tallied using an insecure app side loaded outside of the app stores on volunteers' personal phones built by a team that had never built a mobile app before. High school kids could have done a better job. I watched the app reversed at a hacker event in Dallas on Wednesday night and ran it through our scanner at work. It and the process it followed is complete nonsense.
Wall Street Journal on shoestring developer | Link to the app on Vice
Google Glass is coming back - Who remembers "glassholes?" The Verge
Google files trademark for new operating system called ‘Pigweed’ - Google filed a trademark application for the name “Pigweed.” Google states that the Pigweed trademark will cover “computer operating software.” - 9 to 5 Mac
Apple fined $27 million for slowing down older phones - If you thought your phone was running slow, you were right. The Next Web
Facebook's Bug Bounty Caught a Data-Stealing Spree - Researchers received $30,000 after submitting a bug that was siphoning data - Wired
Report: Homeland Security is using location data from games and weather apps to track millions of people - The location data is drawn from ordinary cellphone apps and is used to detect undocumented immigrants and others who may be entering the U.S. unlawfully, according to these people and documents. Fast Company
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Ignoring the obvious - This week Applebees started advertising for a new bowl dish using the hashtag #IrresistABowls. I had to take a second look to make sure my dyslexia wasn't over active and that the tag read IrresistABowels or IrritableBowels . Turns out I wasn't the only one. I am sure someone on the ad team at Applebees got their butt chewed out. Or, did they do it on purpose like when Starbucks would misspell your name on purpose?
Hulu - The Hulu ad that followed Tom Brady posing mysterious images on his Instagram were perfectly timed, using the perfect influencer. This will turn out to be a Win-Win for Brady and Hulu. Shows you have power if you build the audience.
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CFP Deadlines for DevOps Conferences - I put a list of all of the CFP deadlines left thus far for several of the biggest DevOps Conferences. Take a look and see what is left - Link
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Apple outsold the entire Swiss watch industry in 2019 - Apple Watch shipped 31 million units worldwide in 2019, compared with 21 million for all Swiss watch brands combined. Swiss companies, like Swatch, are losing the smartwatch wars. Strategy Analytics
How to create a traffic jam with no traffic - Artist Simon Weckert placed 99 smartphones in a wagon and slowly walked down the street. Google maps thought he was a traffic jam. Check it out on his blog.
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