Random Adjacent Memories

Summary

Chris rages against the tyranny of MFA, Ned reminds you that Facebook still hates you, and we all feel nostalgic about floppy disks.

Stories

Security vs Convenience: When Convenience goes too far

• One attack that has been making the rounds recently is what’s being called MFA Fatigue
• Microsoft Authenticator push notifications called Number Matching in preview
• Many South American countries have an interesting solution to the problem of speeding

Lightning Round

• Linux 6.0 Kernel Coming in the Next Week
• CIS Benchmarks for Azure and AWS updated to version 1.5
• Different Name, Same Old Shit. Facebook Continues to be Awful.
  • Apple rolled out App Tracking Transparency, and Facebook instantly lost $10B in ad revenue?
• Morgan Stanley hit with fine for “Astonishing” security failures going back as far as 2015
• Limited Capacity Plus More Users Equals Slower Speed
• Not only do floppy disks still exist, there are still active customers for them