MobileViews Podcast 256: GDPR for lazy people; router malware; & more w/guests Paul Lawler & Ricky Li

I’m joined by guest panelists Paul Lawler and Ricky Li for this podcast. In it, we discuss:

  1. U. of Hawaii Vog map and Windy.com
  2. Rumoured Death of Essential Products, Inc. phone company the phone company started by the cocreator of android
  3. FBI tells router users to reboot now to kill malware infecting 500k devices

    “Researchers from Cisco’s Talos security team first disclosed the existence of the malware on Wednesday. The detailed report said the malware infected more than 500,000 devices made by Linksys, Mikrotik, Netgear, QNAP, and TP-Link.”

  4. GDPR for lazy people: Block all European users with Cloudflare Workers

    “Please don’t take us seriously
    This is an example of all the things you can do with Cloudflare Workers and our API. If you like it, please spread the word! But hey, don’t take us seriously. We just wanted to take the drama out from all the GDPR madness out there.”

  5. Blocking 500 Million Users Is Easier Than Complying With Europe’s New Rules
  6. Steam still rejected by apple, but apple says there’s a chance.

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