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From commentary on current events to random musings, they chat (mostly) about security and technology topics. However, life is more than just the day job. From beekeeping adventures to hiking mountains to favorite shows, there's always something fun to wrap up the show.

392: Vibe Coding 06/14/2025

392: Vibe Coding Summer is here. WWDC has ... liquid glass? And many android features, evidently. Vibe coding is the "remarkably insecure" inevitable future, and a simple (dumb?) github policy bypass. For fun there's a new season of Phineas and Ferb on Disney+, and researchers discover a way to fully expose HIV in white blood cells. 0:00 - Intro 8:09 - 13:08 - 18:34 - 26:32 - 30:46 - /episode/index/show/secrandom/id/37010455

391: Potentially Being the Operative Word 06/07/2025

391: Potentially Being the Operative Word Graduation and Spring Cleaning. Solar Power systems on the internet. Oregon bans the sale of user's (precise) location data. IRS Direct File both in limbo and on GitHub. A Japanese company sets itself up for "third times a charm" landing on the moon and a brain-computer interface is tested on humans. 0:00 - Introduction 10:53 - 13:56 - 16:00 - 22:58 - 25:20 - /episode/index/show/secrandom/id/36901675

390: Scammer's Paradise 05/31/2025

390: Scammer's Paradise Springtime work and bathroom 'renovations'. Why prompts are the new IOCs and a tool to detect malicious prompts, a guilty plea in the PowerSchool breach from last year, and sanctions against a Philippines based company involved in pig butchering scams. For fun we have the Tianwen-2 launch to collect asteroid samples, and a desktop UV printer on kickstarter that looks amazing. 0:00 - Introduction 14:59 - 17:04 - 18:56 - 22:22 - 27:42 - 30:47 - /episode/index/show/secrandom/id/36799530

389: Spider Overlords 05/24/2025

389: Spider Overlords Eric solves a printing problem with money, Jon follows a band and gardens. Google uses ART to attack Gemini, o2 fixes an oopsie, genetically modified spiders produce red fluorescent silk, and Harvard's copy of the Magna Carta isn't what they originally thought. 0:00 - Introduction 9:56 - 14:36 - 21:28 - 25:02 - /episode/index/show/secrandom/id/36699380

388: Notoriously Difficult 05/17/2025

388: Notoriously Difficult Mother's Day door painting and flower planting. The damages for the NSO hack of WhatsApp (6 years ago!) are now in, how passkeys work, and the breach of the Signal Clone in widespread use by the US Government. A Soviet satellite launched more than 50 years ago crashes back to earth (Finally?!), and livestreaming a volcano off the Oregon coast. 0:00 - Introduction 9:15 - 12:45 - 18:29 - 22:06 - 25:09 - /episode/index/show/secrandom/id/36603925

387: All The Phalanges 05/09/2025

387: All The Phalanges Eric and Jon both had very boring* weekends. Reckless Rabbits and Scattered Spiders discussed along with xAI private keys. Amazon achieves space pinecone and astrophysicists track down the origin of heavy metals (well, some of them, at least). 0:00 - Introduction 7:04 - 10:56 - 13:53 - 17:54 - 20:43 - /episode/index/show/secrandom/id/36514145

386: Prompt Kiddies 05/03/2025

386: Prompt Kiddies Jon mows and auctions, Eric's thinking of game development. Misuses of Claude, World Passkey Day, and the FBI's IC3 report of scam impact in 2024. For fun we have the 'blank slate' -- a small EV truck coming soon, and making geometry dash with redstone in vanilla minecraft. 0:00 - Introduction 10:51 - 15:48 - 19:54 - 27:36 - 32:30 - /episode/index/show/secrandom/id/36419210

385: Dairy Adjacent 04/26/2025

385: Dairy Adjacent Eric makes it home and tries smoking a ham. Jon gets into his front door and the bees are good. Record breaking botnets. Cybersecurity reports. Peep origins. Extraterrestrial life. 0:00 - Introduction 7:38 - 11:23 - 22:46 - 30:12 - /episode/index/show/secrandom/id/36322470

384: Farm Macgyver 04/19/2025

384: Farm Macgyver Jon farms and Eric drives. Apple case in the UK won't be secret, don't blow up systems on your way out the door, and CVE gets a new maintainer. Ramp meters proven to work, and who doesn't need a little carrot cake in their life? 0:00 - Intro 7:40 - 9:23 - 13:12 - 19:55 - 24:57 - /episode/index/show/secrandom/id/36229790

383: Very Much Bombastic 04/11/2025

383: Very Much Bombastic Jon and Eric mull over a new podcast idea, Door Talk. Eric looks forward to a drive and Jon has bees, seedlings, and fond memories of an Explorer. AI is making password hacking easier while Patch Tuesday slides through with plenty of folks riding side-saddle. Question: Is bringing back extinct species a Good Thing? 0:00 - Introduction 9:59 - 13:21 - 18:40 - 23:31 - /episode/index/show/secrandom/id/36093665

382: Strong Sitting Muscles 04/05/2025

382: Strong Sitting Muscles Jon returns from spring break, and Eric's getting (house) improvements done. Bezos' Kuiper project has to launch a lot of satellites in the next year, Wikimedia's bot problem and AI data poisoning projects, is there actually a Signal vulnerability, and 23 and Me's bankruptcy declaration. For fun we have the Artemis 2 patch reveal, and a (RISC-V compatible!) computer built inside the game Terraria. 0:00 - Intro 12:58 - 15:26 - 21:54 - 25:57 - 31:30 - 33:31 - /episode/index/show/secrandom/id/36019365

381: Hi! ...aaaand we're done 03/28/2025

381: Hi! ...aaaand we're done When is a podcast not a podcast? Eric answers that question. /episode/index/show/secrandom/id/35895850

380: Get Myspaced 03/22/2025

380: Get Myspaced Eric and Jon do #notMuch over the weekend; Apple's hearing over ADP begins, AI Search (referrals) are growing rapidly, Apple will support e2ee RCS (blue+green=teal?), and now (not?) to roll back CISA firings. Eric enjoys Real (Tasty) Ramen, and maybe we can regrow our teeth in a couple years. 0:00 - Intro 8:05 - 10:05 - 14:48 - 19:18 - 24:59 - 28:58 - /episode/index/show/secrandom/id/35819725

379: Backhanded Compliment 03/14/2025

379: Backhanded Compliment Jon takes care of bees and Eric finds AI fun in his spam folder. Apple declines to comment while hackers launder more crypto. Beware of Trump-themed cryptocurrency scams and knock-off Android TV boxes. Eric drops another reservation fee on an "ugly" vehicle while Jon makes swords. For middleschoolers. What could possibly go wrong. 0:00 - Introduction 9:32 - 11:26 - 13:19 - 15:53 - 21:07 - 25:01 - Jon Makes Swords /episode/index/show/secrandom/id/35681510

378: Tidyification 03/08/2025

378: Tidyification Eric tidies and Jon may have two hives. A US Army soldier is arrested in relation to the AT&T breach last year, scam compounds are using Starlink, and a huge info stealer dump loaded into HIBP. For fun we have the next step in cloning a mammoth ... gene edited mice, and potential genetic factors in how Greenland sharks live for more than 400 years. 0:00 - Intro 9:07 - 14:27 - 20:32 - 29:09 - 32:38 - /episode/index/show/secrandom/id/35587355

377: Competitive Puzzling 03/01/2025

377: Competitive Puzzling Eric finishes a magic puzzle and Jon checks in on his bees. GitHub hosts GitVenom while a TraderTraitor "borrows" more cryptocurrency. Apple drops its Advanced Data Protection in the UK but not because it wanted to. Eric finds fun things to print and Jon watches Gaia disappear. 0:00 - Introduction 11:12 - 15:54 - 18:59 - 23:38 - 26:00 - /episode/index/show/secrandom/id/35491120

376: Rebooting Works 02/22/2025

376: Rebooting Works Eric on the road, Captain America, Power Drama, and Civ7 impressions. Do we need an American Salt Typhoon? Does Argentina need to pump & dump crypto? Maybe we should all eat some frozen custard and make sure to recycle (our car batteries). 0:00 - Intro 14:29 - 19:53 - 24:27 - 27:32 - /episode/index/show/secrandom/id/35390210

375: It May Be Fun To Play 02/15/2025

375: It May Be Fun To Play Eric is on a roadtrip, Jon watched the Super Bowl. Mozilla is still using a partner not aligned to their values. Google updated their AI principles. Mandiant posts about Cybercrime. Its always DNS, oops, I mean S3 Buckets. Neutrino detection is a thing and Civilization VII is out! 0:00 - Introduction 8:38 - 10:41 - 11:37 - 16:37 - 20:47 - 23:45 - /episode/index/show/secrandom/id/35295265

374: Magic Piece 02/08/2025

374: Magic Piece Eric has a mysteriously good interaction with Government, and Jon says goodbye to the Explorer. The US Copyright Agency publishes reports about AI and copyright, and Google publishes a report about misuse of Gemini by bad actors. For fun we have the Magic Puzzle Company and the benefits (for Astrolab) and consequences of having Astrobotic's first moon landing fail last year. 0:00 - Intro 12:19 - 17:03 - 25:55 - 30:18 - /episode/index/show/secrandom/id/35204005

373: All The Things 02/01/2025

373: All The Things Eric has no memory while Jon recounts his iPad replacement travails. DeepSeek garners unwanted attention while Change Healthcare leaks your data. The Bennu asteroid reveals the building blocks of life (aka carbon) and Endurance's history is explored. 0:00 - Introduction 14:14 - 18:00 - 21:54 - 27:26 - /episode/index/show/secrandom/id/35106210

372: Bee In My Bonnet 01/25/2025

372: Bee In My Bonnet Eric tidies the nest and Jon putters about. Stackoverflow down to 2009 question volume and Texas sues Allstate for their data collection and use practices. Hubble's 10 year compilation of the Andromeda galaxy, and regenerative agriculture restoring arid lands in Africa. 0:00 - Intro 12:19 - 21:08 - 30:48 - 34:24 - /episode/index/show/secrandom/id/35005805

371: Done or Done Done? 01/18/2025

371: Done or Done Done? Eric finishes* painting, gets Paramount+ for "free" and construes adventures in 3D printing. Jon builds shields and drives a lot. TikTok's clock runs out while Scholastic entertains a bored hacker. Is it the Ad Industry or the Surveillance Industry or is there a difference? Here comes the Woolly Mammoth and Mars rises over the Moon. /episode/index/show/secrandom/id/34901955

370: Metronomical 01/11/2025

370: Metronomical Eric sends his kids back to school, and both Eric and Jon attend the last Harry Potter Oregon Symphony performance. HTTP is (evidently) still a (big) thing, and a roundup of the new Mac malware discovered in 2024. Los Angeles fires are still raging (donate to the Red Cross to help). For fun we have a startup that wants to bury its plant a mile underground, and scientists discovered the volcano that erupted in 1831 and wreaked havoc. 0:00 - Intro 13:49 - 21:13 - 32:05 - 36:39 - 38:01 - /episode/index/show/secrandom/id/34816320

369: Ham Gravy 01/03/2025

369: Ham Gravy Happy New Year! Jon explains "Y2K" to his children, Eric continues to check off small projects around the house. NASA's Parker Probe is alive! Eric translates a VW data leak article from German and then gets side tracked by the new VW Buzz while Jon admires the Karmann Ghia before chatting about hacked Chrome extensions. For fun, Eric talks Thorium and Jon shares what's new on Public Domain Day! 0:00 - Introduction 7:40 - 8:39 - 13:54 - 15:24 - 21:49 - 26:02 - /episode/index/show/secrandom/id/34716005

368: Rooting For Meta 12/28/2024

368: Rooting For Meta Eric and Jon enjoy the holiday break with family. Ascension begins notifying people from the May breach, and NSO is ruled liable for WhatsApp hack in 2019. The Parker space probe does the closest (and fastest) flyby of the sun, and Jon visits the Chacchoben Ruins and Kennedy Space Center. 0:00 - Intro 11:06 - 14:43 - 18:21 - 21:43 - 26:48 - /episode/index/show/secrandom/id/34637985

367: Self-deprecating Humor and Salmon Hats 12/21/2024

367: Self-deprecating Humor and Salmon Hats Jon is on a ship and Eric is not. Microsoft Recall is making its way back to your PC while Project Zero hunts driver bugs. Nate Bargatze is funny (or at least Eric thinks so) and Jon thinks Orcas wearing salmon hats is funny. 0:00 - Introduction 4:17 - 9:03 - 16:24 - 17:59 - /episode/index/show/secrandom/id/34558670

366: Megafaunal Specialists 12/14/2024

366: Megafaunal Specialists Eric and Jon get Treed and ready for holidays. AI for MacOS threat creation, and a buncha prompt attacks against various models and tools. Blue Origin says they're ready for testing, and science says the Clovis people ate Mostly Mammoths. 0:00 - Intro 13:17 - 16:16 - 23:43 - 26:38 - /episode/index/show/secrandom/id/34452645

365: A Year's Worth of Weeks 12/06/2024

365: A Year's Worth of Weeks Thanksgiving happened. Maybe don't threaten a security researcher. Phishers like cheap TLDs. Attacking LLMs for fun and profit. Students send a rocket beyond the Kármán line and Jon gets a ChipDrop. 0:00 - Introduction 3:31 - 6:36 - 14:02 - 22:07 - 25:29 - /episode/index/show/secrandom/id/34317865

364: All Bluesky Night 11/30/2024

364: All Bluesky Night Eric and Jon prep for Thanksgiving with Tech Support Woes. Bluesky's day has come -- including 'interesting' persistence capabilities. Macy's 154 Million Dollar finding, and Starbucks has to resort to pen and paper timekeeping. For fun we have McKean's Inversion, BART on camera, Reality Builder TV, and a lost city in Greenland. 0:00 - Intro 15:22 - 20:01 - 24:33 - 29:00 - 31:21 - 33:05 - 35:39 - /episode/index/show/secrandom/id/34206725

363: Something Went Wrong 11/23/2024

363: Something Went Wrong We're trying out Bluesky! Eric hates painting, Jon fixed his shower. Is Google catching up with Shielded Emails? Phishing with an SVG inception. Apple patches some things. Finastra is (sorta) frank with its customers. Rats in Cars getting Froot Loops. New species of bee discovered... 0:00 - Introduction 11:05 - 13:43 - 15:12 - 17:23 - 18:57 - 22:24 - 26:33 - /episode/index/show/secrandom/id/34117541

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