Episode 156 – Tech Meets War in Ukraine, Deep Fake Faces, and Hacking North Korea

Topic 1: Public Databases Stumble into War in Ukraine

Early in the Ukraine invasion, Google Maps and Flight Radar 24 found that their data were being used by the Russians to view auto and air traffic inside Ukraine. We’ve touched on related topics like this for years, so we weren’t super surprised.

Links:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/02/25/google-maps-ukraine-invasion/ 

https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/a-look-at-some-military-activity-in-airspace-around-ukraine/ 

Topic 2: People  Find Deep Fake Faces More Trustworthy than Real Faces

You want beautiful symmetry? Program it!

Link:

https://singularityhub.com/2022/02/21/people-trust-deepfake-faces-more-than-real-ones-study-finds/ 

Topic 3: Hacker Gets Pissed Off and Takes Down North Korean Internet

Link: https://www.wired.com/story/north-korea-hacker-internet-outage/ 

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