December 14, 2022
Administrivia: The holidays are coming up fast and output from the infosec community is slowing down. I will be taking time off as well. I haven’t figured out the exact dates, but definitely for 24th through the 2nd. Possibly a reduced posting schedule until then.
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Mobile tech is a duopoly run by two companies - Google and Apple - with a combined market cap of $3.5 trillion. Each company uses a combination of tech, law, contract and market power to force sellers to do commerce via an app, and each one extracts a *massive* commission on all in-app sales - 15-30%!
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Cory Doctorow: "Mobile tech is a duopoly run by two companies - G…" - La Quadrature du Net - Mastodon - Media Fédéré
Attached: 1 image Mobile tech is a duopoly run by two companies - Google and Apple - with a combined market cap of $3.5 trillion. Each company uses a combination of tech, law, contract and market power to force sellers to do commerce via an app, and each one extracts a massive commission on all in-app sales - 15-30%! 1/
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A look at why so much spam is getting through Gmail recently.
Why you've been getting so much Gmail spam about Yeti coolers
This phishing campaign uses several sophisticated techniques, including IP filters, re-directs, personalized links, and other tricks.
Via: https://infosec.exchange/@Ginger_hax/109511847409279018
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To this day one of the most common typos on vendor assessment questionnaires is the question “do you check your environment for rouge wireless access points?”, and the only acceptable way to answer is “yes, our bleu team does this quarterly”
Mike Sheward: "To this day one of the most common typos on vendo…" - Infosec Exchange
To this day one of the most common typos on vendor assessment questionnaires is the question “do you check your environment for rouge wireless access points?”, and the only acceptable way to answer is “yes, our bleu team does this quarterly”
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Fantastic talk by @Quinnypig@awscommunity.social on failure. True to style this is very different to the usual inspirational talks on these topics, but at the same time connects more profoundly and personally than most like it. Well worth the 20 minutes.
Sascha Wenninger: "Fantastic talk by @Quinnypig@awscommunity.social …" - Mastodon
Fantastic talk by @Quinnypig@awscommunity.social on failure. True to style this is very different to the usual inspirational talks on these topics, but at the same time connects more profoundly and personally than most like it. Well worth the 20 minutes. https://youtu.be/VGdNrewDw3M
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And I am going to tell you'all why it is a completely stupid vehicle. And I won't even want to talk about (1)
