Nyedis Anarchy Series

Late last month Elon Musk used his X platform to voice his disgust at Microsoft for mandating users create an account with them giving access to your data in the use of AI. Community notes found a workaround, but it isn't exactly easy. This is why using Microsoft may not be the best idea with how things currently stand. We give some free alternatives to Microsoft that you can choose.

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For approximately ten years now, Apple has been teasing out an upcoming electric vehicle under the mysterious name “Project Titan.” Well, you can kiss it goodbye, because Apple just said it's giving it the axe last week.

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John Lester was one of the early hackers part of L0pht Heavy Industries who went by Count Zero. He has gone on to becoming a software executive and fintech developer. For our Episode 100 extravaganza we go a whopping 2 hours with John, diving into many topics including hacking in the 90s to now, blockchain technology, AI, and the classic computer game DOOM. Get yourself a beverage and kick back for this extended edition of the Nyedis Anarchy Series celebrating 100 shows.  

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Adam Callen & Ian Scotto sit down to discuss the recent Wyze camera outage, and dive into a greater discussion on privacy from there.

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Wyze Labs is a company that makes cameras for security including home security, and backs that data up on the cloud. Well, not only did Wyze experience a service outage, but that data from users security cameras became compromised. This is why we here at Nyedis preach multi-cloud backup!

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Dr. Jim Schleckser is the CEO & managing partner of The CEO Project, as well as the author of "Great CEOs are Lazy." Dr. Jim & Adam have a candid discussion on some strategies you can use as an entrepreneur in terms of delegation, negotiation, and efficiency. If you are a business owner, you are sure to use some of the tips discussed.

Check out Jim's company at https://theceoproject.com/ and pick up his book "Great CEOs are Lazy."

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Earlier this month, Tucker Carlson flew to Russia to interview Vladimir Putin. The Russian leader commented on a wide-array of topics, but most in our wheelhouse were his comments on AI. Adam watches these for the first time and gives his take on what was said.

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Adam sits down with super-producer Ian Scotto for an in-depth discussion on Apple Vision Pro, VR headsets in general, and the death of humanity.

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TechCrunch has exposed a major security breach that happened to Mercedes-Benz, and our CIO Adam is skeptical of what's being revealed here.

Read the full article here: https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/26/mercedez-benz-token-exposed-source-code-github/

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And now for something entirely different this episode having nothing to do with identity security or tech, I wanted to speak about what records I've been listening to from my collection. These include the Doom Soundtrack, Cult of Luna, Gojira, The Sword, The Northman, Post Malone, and OM. Let's dive into these and why I like them!

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Identity management company Okta has just laid off 7% of its workforce. Adam explains how this ties to massive hirings during COVID that companies could not sustain. If you are from Okta and lost your job, don't hesitate to reach out to Adam who may be able to help connect you with the right people: adam@nyedis.com

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William Morse is an identity management professional with decades of experience in the field. He is the founder of the consulting group Airitos. On this episode we discuss identity, and dive into privacy concerns that anyone sharing parts of their life online should be aware of. Learn more at https://www.airitos.com/

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Mike Engle is the co-founder and head of strategic planning at 1Kosmos. On this episode he sits down with Adam to discuss the future of the identity management space, and where he sees technological advancements heading. Some of this we get into include passwordless solutions, YubiKeys, and blockchain technology. We also discuss the challenges of being a younger company going up against giants like Microsoft. To learn more visit https://www.1kosmos.com/

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A "sophisticated hack" has beaten the New York City MTA turnstiles which cost the city $700K.

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On our Tech News of the Week episode (Episode 80,) we discussed several stories happening in the identity space. One of these was the social media platform TikTok suspiciously asking users for their Apple pins. We gave an accurate report of the story and also put a short of this on our TikTok @nyedisiam & as you can see, we got a strike for it and the post deleted! The censorship by this Chinese platform is out of control!

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If you are a user of Hadoop, there is a recent exploit that you need to know about. We explain what's happening here.

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Adam has worked as a consultant for a wide array of companies. From that experience comes wisdom, and on this episode Adam discusses negative experiences with project managers who don't know the technicalities of their work, and companies that don't value outsider opinion.

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Last week, you may have heard the uproar over the U.S. Security Exchange Commission getting their X account hacked and releasing a statement about the Bitcoin ETF approval prior to it being finalized. There was much speculation as to if this was a scheduled tweet released too early by accident, or if this was something more nefarious. Here in the identity management space we were probably even more blown away by the SEC not having 2-factor authentication enabled on their account, something that they've endorsed for people to do. They should know better.

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Just a quick update for you here this episode. GitLab has addressed the account takeover flaw. Here's some further info covering this news.

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We've been getting a ton of messages, comments, and even emails since starting the Nyedis Anarchy Series on how to get started in tech. That's a very broad topic, but we answer it as best as we can, and Adam gives you his own real world examples of advancing his career in the tech industry. If you are personally interested in sales in tech, we are hiring for a sales position at Nyedis! Just email Adam for further info: adam@nyedis.com

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