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Josh and Kurt talk about the FBI telling everyone to use end to end encrypted messengers. This is a pretty drastic deviation from messages in the past. The reason for this is it appears the US telephone networks are pwnt beyond repair at this point, which is concerning. The only real solution now is to treat the phone network as untrusted and encrypt all the traffic. https://traffic.libsyn.com/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_458_FBI_endorses_E2E_encryption.mp3 Show Notes Salt Typhoon U.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid unprecedented cyberattack LTT Hacked phone Security Cryptography Whatever Telegram Secure Messaging Apps Comparison

Josh and Kurt talk about a new program from the Sovereign Tech Fund to fund open source work. It’s a great looking program with an acceptable amount of money behind the program. We also talk about a story claiming millions of perfectly good hard drives are destroyed per year. They’re probably not OK at all. https://traffic.libsyn.com/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_380_A_new_Sovereign_Tech_Fund_program_and_the_BBC_on_destroying_hard_drives.mp3 Show Notes Sovereign Tech Fund Challenges Why millions of usable hard drives are being destroyed LTT Buys Storage Array

Josh and Kurt talk about dark patterns. A dark pattern is when a service tries to confuse a user into doing something they don’t want to, like unknowingly purchasing a monthly subscription to something you don’t need or want. The US Federal Trade Commission is starting to discuss dark patterns in webs sites and apps. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_270_Hello_dark_patterns_my_old_friend.mp3 Show Notes Dark Patterns Types of Dark Patterns FTC Bringing Dark Patterns to Light LTT Dell Warranty