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The useful uselessness of SBOMs

It’s once again time for the outrage generators on social media to ask if SBOMs have any value. This seems to happen a few times a year. Probably lines up with the pent up excitement while we wait for the McRib to return. I could dig up a few examples of these articles but I can’t be bothered, and it doesn’t matter. I’d rather spend my time searching for a McRib … I mean, writing this blog post. ...

October 15, 2024
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Episode 284 - What happens when we DRM power tools?

Josh and Kurt talk about a Home Depot plan to put DRM on power tools. Anyone can add a computer to anything for a few dollars now. How secure is any of this. What does it mean when the things we buy start to acquire DRM? There are a lot of new questions we don’t have any real answers for. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_284_What_happens_when_we_DRM_power_tools.mp3 Show Notes Home Depot power tools Ray Ozzie’s IoT board First-sale doctrine

August 16, 2021