No, the zombie apocalypse has not yet happened but eavesdroppers, black-hat hackers, and other miscreants are coming for you. Our Security Tip of the Week reveals a new way you’ll be able to stay safe so don’t be scared. Happy Halloween!
Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is off).
Music: Hallow’s Eve Ritual by Darren Curtis under a Creative Commons License
The Podcast
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Past Week’s Top MN Stories
- Michael Jordan, Mark Cuban invest in parent of Minneapolis sports stats firm
- Richfield-based drone company has big plans
- Stratasys Invests In Direct 3-D Metal Printing Startup
- Comcast to save low-income broadband as Sprint technology fades
- Minneapolis Parking App Now Available To Everyone
- Seagate lays off 125 workers in Shakopee and Bloomington
Other Top Tech Stories
- Apple
- A legendary car executive thinks Tesla is facing the ‘trifecta of doom’
- Google Fiber in Kansas City suffers major outage during World Series
Steve’s Security Tip of the Week
- TIP: If you want to securely (end-to-end) chat with someone, keep an eye on Tor Messenger and use it when it’s released.
- Uses Off-the-Record (OTR) Messaging
- Encrypted messages travel over the Tor network
Cool Thing of the Week
- Phil: Leonardo’s Basement (successfully completed their Kickastarter campaign too)
- Tim: Follow Up: Chromecast Audio and my pick: The New Apple TV
- Steve: The Apple QuickTake 200 camera I re-discovered in my office closet (Note: was going to be the AppleTV too!)
Upcoming Events
- Long Now Exhibit & Talk at UST, St. Paul Campus Nov 3rd
- IoT In Retail, Thursday, November 5th, The Pour house, Minneapolis
- Product Camp Twin Cities 2015, Sat Nov 7th
- Ignite Minneapolis, Nov 9th, Riverview Theater
- Reverse Elevator Pitch Panel, Tuesday November 10th
- MobCon 2015, Nov 17-18th
- MHTA Tekne Awards, Nov 18th
- Techopolis 2015, November 19th, The DOJO Group