The JaK Attack! Podcast

The JaK Attack! Podcast


The JaK Attack! Episode 17.9 - The JaK Attack! podcast

February 22, 2017

Welcome to show number 2017.9!
Show Notes

Kelly loses the stare-down.
We don't need no steenkin' badges! (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre)

Seguay into 1928....what?

04:00 (ish): Panopticon and Panopticlick

Shutting off Javascript makes you really secure but makes you about 250,000 times more easy to identify.
Choose between security and anonymity because it's pretty hard to get both
Web requests need to contain some information such as user agent, the requested resource, maybe the referer. But, do we really need to make things like system fonts, screen resolution and a list of plugins?
After disabling Javascript, almost no information was sent. But, my browser became unique to 1 in 1,200 vice 1 in 250,000 with Javascript running.
The TAILS Live CD Tor browser gave up more information, but that actually helped with anonymity because it made my browser more normal.

18:55: Kelly's Corner

Dirty computer terms.
More dirty computer words!
10 most annoying things non-geeks ask you to do.
Jon doesn't know what a taxi is. Srsly.

32:00 Cooperstown Crier

Polar jump, whaaaa?
Raised $128,400 for charity

36:00 Shout Outs & Bork Outs

Jon shares some of the people you can't buy a Coke (tm) for.
You cannot buy a Coke for Zoolander. Deal with it.

OGG ME!
The JaK Attack! 2017.9 - OGG