Episode 3: Security is Political
Rae and Chris talk about what a 0-day vulnerability is and why you should care, the NSO group being used to attack Palestinian human rights and civil society organizations, why tech companies don't take security more seriously -- and a lot more....
November 15, 2021
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Episode 3: Security is Political
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Rae and Chris talk about what a 0-day vulnerability is and why you should care, the NSO group being used to attack Palestinian human rights and civil society organizations, why tech companies don't take security more seriously -- and a lot more.<br /><br />Rae on Twitter: @raraeraeza <br />Chris on Twitter: @cmg<br />Tech for the People: @techfortheppl on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram<br /><br />Rae's article: Corporeal moderation: digital labour as affective good - If you have institutional access, you can find it at Wiley Online or through your academic institution’s library <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1469-8676.13106" rel="noopener">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1469-8676.13106</a><br /><br />Elinor Carmi’s book Media Distortions (Open Access!): <a href="https://media-distortions.net/" rel="noopener">https://media-distortions.net/</a><br /><br />Sarah T. Roberts’ book on commercial content moderation, Behind the Screen: <a href="https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300235883/behind-screen" rel="noopener">https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300235883/behind-screen</a><br /><br />Kim Zetter, Countdown to Zero Day: <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/219931/countdown-to-zero-day-by-kim-zetter/" rel="noopener">https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/219931/countdown-to-zero-day-by-kim-zetter/</a><br /><br />Front Line Defenders - Six Palestinian human rights defenders hacked with NSO Group’s Pegasus Spyware: <a href="https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/statement-report/statement-targeting-palestinian-hrds-pegasus" rel="noopener">https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/statement-report/statement-targeting-palestinian-hrds-pegasus</a>
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