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Favoriting September 25, 2017: Jessamyn West sues Equifax; the Copenhagen Letter challenges techies to do better

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  This week, a challenge for techies and designers to focus more on the humans who are affected by technology. Mark talks about "The Copenhagen Letter." Also, a call from Jessamyn West, who has begun her own lawsuit against Equifax.
Tomaš Dvořák  Game Boy Tune   Favoriting Machinarium Soundtrack  0:01:03 (Pop-up)
Mark Hurst  The Copenhagen Letter   Favoriting   0:05:36 (Pop-up)
Jessamyn West  The Techtonic Interview   Favoriting   0:14:03 (Pop-up)
Mark Hurst  The Grandparent Scam   Favoriting   0:25:03 (Pop-up)
Mark Hurst  Phone Calls   Favoriting   0:30:00 (Pop-up)
Mudboy  Swamp Thing   Favoriting   0:39:04 (Pop-up)
Mark Hurst  Uncanny Valley   Favoriting   0:39:17 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

  6:00pm
melinda:

Howdy!
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geezerette:

Yo!
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Mark Hurst:

Welcome, everyone! Hi, Melinda - hi, geezerette!
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Michael 98145:

An interesting timeline: www.netvalley.com...

No, we didn't anticipate all this back in 1990 ...
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chris:

hi, everyone. here's a link to the letter site - copenhagenletter.org

signed.
  6:12pm
davidellsworth:

casino's have great food! :-)
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Fox:

It's not just tech, it's all art and media through the modern lens of the tech age. Every art school graduate I've met under 35 (especially who has graduated from FIT) treats art like a commodity; something that is judged in clicks and likes, in quick turnover and successful branding.
  6:15pm
davidellsworth:

Should evolve into a class action
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Mark Hurst:

Here's Jessamyn's story so far: medium.com...
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chris:

one of the best overviews of the equifax breech and what it means to you - www.kalzumeus.com...
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geezerette:

@Fox, you are so right. It's frightening, the sameness of absolutely everything.
Avatar 6:17pm
geezerette:

It's unsustainable and extremely destructive.
  6:21pm
Dean:

I'll recommend a (by now) old book by Kevin Robins & Frank Webster, The Times of the Technoculture: From the Information Society to the Virtual Life. It's a good antidote, then and now, to unrealistic claims about technology.
  6:24pm
davidellsworth:

www.consumer.ftc.gov...
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geezerette:

Dean, I used to read Wired when it was new and it consisted entirely of hype. Early warning.
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geezerette:

It's a mine field.
  6:28pm
Dean:

I abandoned Wired a l-o-n-g time ago. I can't fathom the naivete.
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chris:

don't do it! 1) their security sucks 2) you are clicking away your right to sue them. do not use the equifax site to see if you were effected by the breach (breech?).
  6:32pm
Dean:

Also, I have a hard time reading a magazine in which I can't distinguish the content from the ads.
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geezerette:

Dean, I actually read it to see how the growing industry represented itself to rest of us. Head smacking!
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Switchblade Batman:

I'd say, it's a job for the Bureau of Consumer Protection. If it hasn't been completely gutted.
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northguineahills:

Nice discussion. Time to leave work, laters woofmooers!
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geezerette:

Hasta la vista,NGH. :)
  6:34pm
T:

Smart talk.
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chris:

the FTC is investigating criminal charges against the equifax senior managers who sold stock prior to the announcement of the breach. its a start. the CPB should be making equifax pay to let consumers know if they were effected and how to address it.
  6:34pm
davidellsworth:

When I entered my last name and last 6 of my SSAN they came back with "Thank You, based on the information provided, we believe that your personal information may have been impacted by this incident. Click the button below to continue your enrollment in TrustedID Partner. Enroll.
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melinda:

The Equifax site told me I was not affected by the breach. Whew. But then I read articles about how vulnerable everyone is regardless and all the crap you have to do to protect your identity. Some day I will do it.
  6:37pm
south jersey listener:

Isn’t the problem here the fact that all these companies are run by folks who know nothing about technology.
And they rely on IT people who are only concerned with keeping their CEO’s in the dark. Ensuring job security.
They don’t want things secure.
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geezerette:

!!!
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chris:

i would say, here's my letter of resignation (i.e. go to hell)... its probably inevitable, but its a bad precedent, and i'll bow out, thank you. :) #keepyourchipsoutofme
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geezerette:

Mark,exactly! Our culture is changing so fast we almost can't see it, which is why your show is such a valuable addition to lineup.
  6:45pm
herb.nyc:

Acceptable in society? The idea of privacy has been heavily diluted. -- As for chips in hand, has any company used BARCODES on employees? It could be linked to ID and other things. I'd demand a lil kitten icon next to my barcode.
Avatar 6:49pm
Fox:

The implant isn't too different a concept from the EZ-Pass or credit card linked MetroCard.
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melinda:

Hell no the chip.
  6:52pm
south jersey listener:

The collection of Data fell upon deaf ears and my kids school. They use google classroom for everything because it’s “cheap”.
I asked if they were concerned about google gathering all this info and all I got Wes’s silence. And they weren’t sure what google was doing with our children’s info.
  6:56pm
herb.nyc:

Aside- TOUCH makes me think of Ken Stringfellow's TOUCHED cd, released 9/11/01. Amazing set of songs.
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melinda:

Thanks Mark!
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Michael 98145:

yes, thank you
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chris:

my opinion is that there's no point in knowing that one's information was stolen. its out there in any number of ways already. i will keep an eye on my credit report and address it with this advice - www.kalzumeus.com...
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geezerette:

Thanks, Mark!
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chris:

great show! thanks, Mark. important stuff.
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Mark Hurst:

Thanks, everyone! Here's that NYT story about the embedded chips - www.nytimes.com...
  8:32am
Mary Aviles:

Equifax is not the first of the big three/four to have these issues of course. Experian has also had major security breaches. Here's a link to an interactive infographic you might find interesting: http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/worlds-biggest-data-breaches-hacks/
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