Fri. 8/24 - Facebook Summons the Five Families

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🗓️ 24 August 2018

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Tech’s version of the five families met today to get on the same page over election security, 23andMe shuts down its API just to be safe, robot puppies, and the weekend longreads suggestions. Links:Google finds evidence of attack linked to Iran state media (Axios)Tech Companies Are Gathering For A Secret Meeting To Prepare A 2018 Election Strategy (Buzzfeed News)Microsoft Hit With U.S. Bribery Probe Over Deals in Hungary (WSJ)23andMe will no longer let app developers read your DNA data (CNBC)The Impossible Job: Inside Facebook’s Struggle to Moderate Two Billion People (Motherboard) The Betterment Weekend Longreads Suggestions:Late to the Driverless Revolution (WSJ)Posting Instagram Sponsored Content Is the New Summer Job (The Atlantic)THE UNTOLD STORY OF NOTPETYA, THE MOST DEVASTATING CYBERATTACK IN HISTORY (Wired)The Vanishing Idealism of Burning Man (The New Republic)Welcome to the Age of Privacy Nihilism (The Atlantic)A monstrous primer on the works of H.P. Lovecraft (Polygon) Bonus Link!Sony Aibo hands-on: An adorable robo-pup that needs training (Engadget) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Meme Right Home for Friday, August 24th, 2018. I'm Brian McCullough.
0:09.0	Today, Tech's version of The Five Families met today to get on the same page over
0:15.9	election security. 23 and me shuts down its API just to be safe, robot puppies, and the weekend long read suggestions.
0:27.0	Here's what you missed today in the world of tech.
0:30.0	You had to figure this was coming at some point.
0:35.0	Google has announced that it has removed 39 YouTube channels,
0:40.0	six blogs from the blogger platform and 12 Google Plus accounts that it says are tied to an Iranian state media misinformation campaign.
0:51.5	As with the recent takedowns by Facebook, Google was also tipped off by Fire Eye, the same cyber security
0:58.5	firm that tipped off Facebook.
1:02.0	Quote technical data associated with the bad actors is strongly linked to the official
1:06.4	Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting IP address space.
1:11.4	And domain ownership information about these actors is strongly linked to IRIB,
1:16.3	account information, Google said.
1:19.3	One other tidbit, I did notice this line in the Axios piece mentioning this news.
1:24.3	Quote, Google warns that fishing attacks, attempts by bad actors to trick users into
1:29.1	hacking their devices and accounts, remain a threat to all email users, and it is
1:34.2	is recommending Gmail users to be vigilant."
1:37.0	End quote.
1:38.0	And given all this news about state-sponsored cyber activity this week, this is probably no surprise
1:48.2	either.
1:49.2	Apparently, the representatives of the top U.S. technology firms, including Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and
1:55.4	Snapchat are all meeting today at Twitter headquarters to discuss their tactics in
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