Published 13 November 2023
Michael and Michael get together to talk tech and cover an ocean of topics, including denial of service with Flipper Zero and the similarly named 1960s TV show, plethoras of popups, roundabouts, automotive data privacy, fun games, a 1m tall 3D printer and much more.
The co-hosts dive in for this episode with a denial of service story using the Flipper Zero. This sparks a conversation about the 1960s TV show about a dolphin named Flipper, and thankfully, Michael M refrains from singing the theme song. If you want to hear the song, a YouTube video is helpfully included in the show notes below.
After overing a couple of Apple stories about the upcoming spatial video capture capabilities of iOS 17.2 and the multitude (plethora?) of security popups in MacOS, Michael and Michael take an automotive turn. Briefly signaling their interest in the Waze feature that highlights where accidents have occurred in the past, they turn their attention to roundabouts. Then, the co-hosts open a conversation about garage doors. The Chamberlain Group, the parent company that owns the MyQ smart garage door controller, has discontinued Google Assistant and Apple HomeKit integration and announced it will shut off unauthorized access to its APIs. An interesting discussion continues on users accessing their own private data in their own home without the need for additional subscriptions. This continues with a decision in Washington state where a judge dismissed a class action claim that automakers have inappropriately collected driver data, including text messages. Andy and Michael R had a related conversation on the Mozilla Foundation’s findings for automotive privacy in September. Links are included below.
Switching to the last topics for this episode, Michael and Michael enjoy the Antidepressant or Tolkien character game, though neither had perfect scores. Michael R shares his thoughts on the new RoboCop game, and Michael M gives a shout out to Risk of Rain. The pair, missing Andy for this week, wrap up with a big 3D printer kickstarter that is over 1m tall.
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Selected Article Links
Flipper
The Verge article: This little tool can crash an iPhone running iOS 17
Games at Work e368 – Chaos Agent Without Pants (Flipper Zero discussion)
Apple
The Verge article: The iPhone 15 Pro is getting spatial video capture in iOS 17.2
Six Colors article: A picture is worth a thousand permissions requests
Automotive
Ars Technica article: Waze will now warn drivers about crash dangers using historical data
North Carolina Department of Transportation: Roundabouts
The Verge article: This smart garage door controller is no longer very smart
The Verge article: Your car can keep collecting your data after a judge dismissed a privacy lawsuit
Games at Work e432 – Monitoring Pirated Cars
Mozilla Privacy Not Included article: It’s Official: Cars Are the Worst Product Category We Have Ever Reviewed for Privacy
Games
Kotaku article: RoboCop: Rogue City: The Kotaku Review
3D printing
CNet article: Elegoo Has Launched a Glorious 3D Printer That’s 1 Meter Tall
Kickstarter: ELEGOO OrangeStorm Giga: Gigantic Volume Fast FDM 3D Printer
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