This week Dave and Gunnar talk about: smartphone messes, flying messes, policy messes, Uber messes.
Image courtesy Capitol Hill Seattle. * Apple Is Taunting Publishers With Ad-Blocking and Apple News + Apple’s ‘Move to iOS’ app is now available on Android + Android fanboys are trolling Apple’s Move to iOS app with 1-star reviews * 9 year old with a Muslim name arrested for making bomb. Or clock. Whatever. + There’s a guy collecting offers on how to help the kid. (h/t emorisse) * Cheap Smartphones Quietly Becoming Popular In the US * 20+ Chinese Android Smartphones Models Come With Pre-Installed Malware * Remember all those app permissions you blindly agreed to? Android ransomware lures with porno, takes your picture and then ‘fines’ you * D&G Quote of the Week: “From a government side, our responsibility is to talk to folks and explain to them: We’re not maniacs. The FBI is not an alien force imposed on the American people,” said FBI Director James Comey + Coincidence? The X-Files returns on January 24 + Totally not related: The Expert * Back doors, like TSA luggage lock master keys (which are now self 3D printable and on github), don’t work * Uber ride data publicly accessible through Google + Meanwhile… Uber Gives $5.5M To Make Amends For Stealing Carnegie Mellon’s Self-Driving Car Scientists * This week in “Airlines are garbage”: American Airlines flies uncertified plane to Hawaii * Weaponized police drones are now legal in North Dakota * California wants to enhance your driver’s license experience * DoD looking to replicate the successes of 18F/USDS in Force of the Future plan (h/t matt.micene) * Silicon Valley is more biased against women than USN (h/t matt.micene) * Congressional polarization, visualized. (h/t emorisse)
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