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Security Now! Transcript of Episode #437 Page 1 of 35 Transcript of Episode #437 New Year's News Catch-Up Description: This first podcast of 2014 catches us up on all of the news that transpired over the Christmas and New Year's holidays - and there was a LOT of it! (Like it or not, the NSA news just keeps on coming!) High quality (64 kbps) mp3 audio file URL: http://media.GRC.com/sn/SN-437.mp3 Quarter size (16 kbps) mp3 audio file URL: http://media.GRC.com/sn/sn-437-lq.mp3 SHOW TEASE: It's time for Security Now!. Steve is back. Our first show of the new year, what are we talking about: the NSA and the ANT protocols. Lots of security news. We'll catch up next on Security Now!. Leo Laporte: This is Security Now! with Steve Gibson, Episode 437, recorded January 7th, 2014: New Year's News Catch-Up. It's time for Security Now!, the show that covers your security and privacy online, your safety online, with the guy in charge, the "Explainer in Chief" we call him, Steve Gibson. Oh, my goodness, Happy New Year, Steve. Steve Gibson: Yes, indeed. And I was wearing my Explainer in Chief T-shirt for the day up there with you for... Leo: I loved that. Steve: I didn't make it 24 hours. Actually I had a lot of people asking me, "Where did you get that TNO T-shirt?" And it was from one of our listeners. I'm so sorry that I've, like, it was so long ago, it was a couple years ago, and I just kept the T-shirt for the right occasion. I thought this was the right occasion. Leo: It was the right occasion. Steve: It was someone who prints T-shirts professionally, and he just sort of sent me that as a gift to thank me for the podcast. And many people were saying, "Oh, where did Security Now! Transcript of Episode #437 Page 2 of 35 you get that?" as if maybe they want one. So if you're still listening to us, Mr. T-Shirt Maker, tweet me or drop me a note or something. Leo: We should make them. Steve: Certainly, yeah, it was very nice. Leo: It said "TNO" in big letters. Steve: Big letters. And then down along the bottom, "Except the Explainer in Chief." Leo: So, Steve, so we've got a lot of - it's been, like, it's only been two weeks, but it feels like a year. Steve: It does. Leo: We've got a lot to talk about. But first I'd say, Steve, thank you for coming up to our New Year's Party. We did 20 - it was going to be 24 hours of 2014. It was, like, 23 hours and 48 minutes of 2014. Steve: Okay. Yeah, I bailed at about 1:30 a.m. Leo: Did you? Steve: Well, because it was beginning to feel like it was petering out. And I thought, okay, don't think... Leo: Yeah, it was a perfect time to leave. Steve: ...much more is going to happen. Leo: What was going on there, I think it was me, Brian Brushwood, Justin Robert Young, and Will Harris. Steve: Filling time, basically. Leo: No, it was like standing around at the bar. It was great. Steve: Oh, okay. Security Now! Transcript of Episode #437 Page 3 of 35 Leo: If you think of it as filling time, then that's fine. Steve: Well, I didn't see it. I didn't see it, so... Leo: You know what we did see, and I have footage, I don't know if I - I don't know. I don't want to embarrass you or anything. Steve: Of me with Chad's hair, navigating? Leo: That was fun. Steve: Oh, my goodness. Leo: And then of course at midnight, at midnight we played in the new year. And Steve apparently danced with Captain Kirk. Steve: Well, yeah, you know... Leo: And you're quite the dancer. Kirk was not very responsive. Steve: No, no. Leo: But you? You know how to dance. Steve: And I was sober, believe it or not. That was - actually, I couldn't have done all of that jumping around and spinning and twirling. Leo: You were fired on coffee. If you didn't - now, we're taking a lot of that New Year's Eve broadcast. There was so much. I went to bed that night, and you know how sometimes you kind of go over the day's events and think about them. I couldn't. There was so much stuff from that 24 hours. We did so many things, including... Steve: Plus, in fact, toward the end we were talking about things that had happened that morning as if they were yesterday. I mean, it felt like it was a long time ago... Leo: Well, it was. Steve: ...that that happened. And it was four hours, or 12 hours, yeah. Security Now! Transcript of Episode #437 Page 4 of 35 Leo: So, but, Steve, thank you for coming. You showed up almost at the very beginning. We made coffee. So what I was about to say is there were so many things, we didn't want to just put out a 24-hour video. So our editors, once they recover, are working on chopping it into bits. And one of the bits will be Steve making coffee. Steve: Yup, we did that, as I had promised our listeners a long time ago when I came. Leo: Awesome. Steve: Thank you. Yes, you did like it. Leo: And then you were very good as the navigation officer aboard the Starship Artemis. Steve: Yes, twice. I got the hang of it the first time, and then - or, yeah, by the end of the first time. And then we were much better navigating the second time. So... Leo: First time I was the captain. I wasn't so good. Then we let Justin Robert Young and Brian Brushwood captain the starship. They were different. A lot of shouting. Steve: But that was, you know, also toward the end of the night. And, yeah, lot of fun. Leo: Anyway, we decided that the event was so much fun that we're going to do it again. In fact, I think we'll be doing it every New Year. Steve: Well, and the beer tasting that you and I did, I think, was another one of... Leo: Wasn't that fun. Steve: ...the highlights that were sort of unexpected. Leo: Yeah. With Mary Jo Foley. Steve: Yup. And a number of people, that very first beer, I've seen tweets thanking us for introducing them to that sweet pink one. Leo: The Kriek Lambic, yeah, Lambic. It was a cherry-flavored lambic beer that, you're right, you loved. Security Now! Transcript of Episode #437 Page 5 of 35 Steve: Well, it was the first one. And I agree, after we went into the tar beers, then... Leo: You're not a beer drinker. Steve: ...going back to the cherry was like, whoa, okay. Wait a minute, that's a little fruity. Leo: It's from a Belgian brewer. It's Lindemans Kriek, and it had cherries in it. It was almost like a fruit punch. So, yeah, that will be another segment we'll chop up. Steve: So where will our listeners find these pieces of history, which will be preserved for all time? Will you guys be hosting them? Will they be on TWiT.tv? Because Simon Zerafa, our friend of the show, commented that he was seeing them appearing on the Inside TWiT YouTube account. Leo: That's where they'll be appearing. So if you go to YouTube.com/insidetwit, so far we've got three segments up. You know what, I am not fully in control of this. What I would like eventually is to have this chopped up even more. But we do have, from the very beginning... Steve: The first Game of Geeks... Leo: Yeah. But, I mean, we have - this is an hour from the - there's three segments; okay? So there's three chopped-up segments. Anyway, YouTube.com/insidetwit. I can't make the editors work too hard. So I think what they're doing, it looks like, is an hour at a time. Steve: Well, and I would - I have to tip my hat to your whole crew. I mean, you were standing there asking them, okay, now where should I stand? Now what's next? I mean, because this whole day was mapped out and planned and designed by them. And it was just fabulous. It was an absolute success. Leo: I think if nothing else we've demonstrated that the studio is an amazing place; that with our very, very talented and motivated staff, we can do amazing things. And I just look forward to doing this every - in fact... Steve: And none of the champagne corks broke anything. I was amazed. I mean, I kept waiting. I mean, they were violent; and, you know, there were 24 of them because we kept blowing champagne every hour. And nothing broke. Leo: I think you're in Hour 3. Yeah, here's the coffee-making. So Hour 3 stream. [Crosstalk] Security Now! Transcript of Episode #437 Page 6 of 35 Leo: Because when I was out wine tasting - here we are, Steve and I, making coffee, wearing his TNO shirt.