6 chapters across the catalog
A host describes a sophisticated social engineering attempt involving a caller spoofing Google Safety and Security. The scammer utilized sites.google.com to host a fake ticket-closing portal and attempted to verify legitimacy by citing the host's MX records and sending spoofed emails from no-reply@google.com. The interaction ended when the host challenged the scammer to send an email from a corporate @google.com address.
January 6th Investigation and Google Geofence Records
The FBI identified three Illinois men involved in the January 6th Capitol breach using Google location records that pinged their phones at the scene. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court cleared the way for the House committee to review 700 pages of Trump administration documents after President Biden declined to assert executive privilege over the records.
Facebook Chat Surveillance, Recorded Future, CIA Funding
Developers discovered that a cybersecurity firm called Recorded Future was accessing private Facebook chats. Adam Curry reveals that Recorded Future is funded by Google and In-Q-Tel, the CIA's venture capital arm. The hosts warn listeners that their private messages are being monitored and archived in databases, potentially for use by intelligence agencies.
Vivek Kundra, Google, Recorded Future Predictive Analytics
The professional ties between federal IT officials like Vivek Kundra, Aneesh Chopra, and private entities like the Advisory Board Company are examined. The discussion moves to "Recorded Future," a company backed by Google and the CIA's investment arm, In-Q-Tel, which uses real-time web monitoring to predict future events. Additionally, a Department of Homeland Security document is cited, listing social networks and websites currently under government surveillance.
VeriChip RFID Medical Implants, HealthLink Marketing
HealthLink is marketing the VeriChip, a small RFID device embedded in the body to provide emergency rooms with immediate access to medical records. The marketing campaign uses statistics about medical errors to justify the need for permanent tracking. The hosts express skepticism regarding the security of the online databases used to store this sensitive health information.
The launch of Google Health and the digitization of medical records are examined through the lens of insurance billing. Patient advocate Dave deBronckart discovered that his medical history was populated by insurance codes rather than clinical notes, leading to dangerous inaccuracies such as being mislabeled as schizophrenic due to chemotherapy side effects.
