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Co-Host: Travis Retriever

News of the Bogus:

• 0:50 – The Oracle-Google Case Will Decide the Future of Software http://www.wired.com/2016/05/oracle-google-case-will-decide-future-software/
  • Ep. 3: Early Copyright History – Copy-me http://copy-me.org/2014/10/copy-me-webseries-early-copyright-history-episode-3/
  • Google beats Oracle—Android makes “fair use” of Java APIs http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/05/google-wins-trial-against-oracle-as-jury-finds-android-is-fair-use/
• 14:41 – Elders way better at password security than millennials https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2016/05/25/elders-way-better-at-password-security-than-millennials/
• 23:36 – Should You Be Allowed to Prevent Drones From Flying Over Your Property? http://www.wsj.com/articles/should-you-be-allowed-to-prevent-drones-from-flying-over-your-property-1463968981

37:53 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: The W3C https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/04/save-firefox

46:02 – Idiot Extraordinaire: The FBI (double-hit!)

• FBI Agent Testifies That The Agency’s Tor-Exploiting Malware Isn’t Actually Malware https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160522/16420734519/fbi-agent-testifies-that-agencys-tor-exploiting-malware-isnt-actually-malware.shtml
• Congrats, FBI, You’ve Now Convinced Silicon Valley To Encrypt And Dump Log Files https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160525/00574034542/congrats-fbi-youve-now-convinced-silicon-valley-to-encrypt-dump-log-files.shtml

This Week’s Quote: “It’s impossible to overstate how bonkers the idea of sabotaging cryptography is to people who understand information security…Use deliberately compromised cryptography, that has a back door that only the ‘good guys’ are supposed to have the keys to, and you have effectively no security. You might as well skywrite it as encrypt it with pre-broken, sabotaged encryption.” —Cory Doctorow

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Co-Host: Charles Thomas

News of the Bogus:

• 0:50 – Study: No Scientific Basis for Laws on Marijuana and Driving http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/study-scientific-basis-laws-marijuana-driving-38998447
• 7:34 – Linksys WRT routers won’t block open source firmware despite FCC rules http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/05/linksys-wrt-routers-wont-block-open-source-firmware-despite-fcc-rules/
  • ASUS firmware will change the verification method http://www.snbforums.com/threads/asus-firmware-will-change-the-verification-method.32357/
• 16:21 – Hugo Chavez’s economic miracle http://www.salon.com/2013/03/06/hugo_chavezs_economic_miracle/
  • Sorry, Venezuela haters: this economy is not the Greece of Latin America http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/07/venezuela-not-greece-latin-america-oil-poverty

29:20 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Gizmodo or John McAfee http://gizmodo.com/john-mcafee-apparently-tried-to-trick-reporters-into-th-1776765480

38:07 – Idiot Extraordinaire: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/may/9/nyc-de-blasio-forces-bars-serve-pregnant-women/

This Week’s Quote: “If the government were to take over the Sahara Desert, in five years there would be a shortage of sand.” —Milton Friedman

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:45 – The Court of Appeal: thepiratebay.se and piratebay.se to be owned by the state http://www.dn.se/ekonomi/hovratten-piratebayse-ska-agas-av-staten/
• 3:43 – Donald Trump on the debt: “You never have to default because you print the money” http://www.vox.com/2016/5/9/11639292/donald-trump-default-print-money
• 9:08 – Ivy League economist ethnically profiled, interrogated for doing math on American Airlines flight http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ivy-league-economist-ethnically-profiled-interrogated-for-doing-math-on-american-airlines-flight/ar-BBsK6RQ?li=BBnb7Kz

15:57 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Paramount Pictures https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160508/00545234378/fight-over-copyrighting-klingon-heats-up-gets-more-ridiculous.shtml

25:08 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Colorado State University-Pueblo https://reason.com/blog/2016/04/19/female-student-said-im-fine-and-i-wasnt

This Week’s Quote: “Charges of harassment are made so carelessly and on such slight grounds that we now have a genuine witch hunt on many of our campuses…Every man now stands to be accused if he’s ever been alone in a room with a woman.” —Christina Hoff Sommers

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Co-Host: Travis Retriever

News of the Bogus:

• 0:49 – Royal College of Physicians Says Vaping Saves Lives http://reason.com/archives/2016/05/02/royal-college-of-physicians-says-vaping
  • FDA Will Require E-Cigarettes and Contents to Be Reviewed http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/fda-brings-cigarettes-federal-authority-38897397
• 15:19 – WhatsApp, Used by 100 Million Brazilians, Was Shut Down Nationwide by a Single Judge https://theintercept.com/2016/05/02/whatsapp-used-by-100-million-brazilians-was-shut-down-nationwide-today-by-a-single-judge/
• 19:42 – The Proper Channels For Whistleblowers Are Still A Joke https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160312/14052833886/proper-channels-whistleblowers-are-still-joke.shtml

25:20 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Craig Wright http://archive.bogosity.tv/wright/

• How Craig Wright Privately ‘Proved’ He Created Bitcoin https://www.wired.com/2016/05/craig-wright-privately-proved-hes-bitcoins-creator/
• Satoshi: That’s not how any of this works http://blog.erratasec.com/2016/05/satoshi-thats-not-how-any-of-this-works.html
• Errata Security: Satoshi: how Craig Wright’s deception worked http://blog.erratasec.com/2016/05/satoshi-how-craig-wrights-deception.html
• Steve Gibson on Twitter: “I sure hope this clown is NOT Satoshi. Get a load of this latest spew of nonsense:” https://twitter.com/SGgrc/status/727566800116846592
• I’m Sorry. http://www.drcraigwright.net/

43:06 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Richard Burr and Dianne Feinstein http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/04/14/burr_feinstein_bill_prompts_protests/

• Darik’s Boot And Nuke | Hard Drive Disk Wipe and Data Clearing http://www.dban.org/
• Feinstein-Burr: The Bill That Bans Your Browser https://www.justsecurity.org/30740/feinstein-burr-bill-bans-browser/

This Week’s Quote: “Government, when it is examined, turns out to be nothing more nor less than a group of fallible men with the political force to act as though they were infallible.” —Robert LeFevre

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Co-Host: Chris Hangartner

News of the Bogus:

• 1:32 – England’s Doctors Walk Out of Emergency Wards in First Ever All-Out Strike https://news.vice.com/article/englands-doctors-walk-out-of-emergency-wards-in-first-ever-all-out-strike
• 10:56 – Veteran’s off-the-grid trailer condemned by Huntsville http://www.al.com/news/huntsville/index.ssf/2015/06/veterans_off-the-grid_trailer.html
  • Judge tosses one case against off-the-grid trailer, but owners aren’t home free yet http://www.al.com/news/huntsville/index.ssf/2015/09/judge_tosses_one_case_against.html
  • Marine veteran loses court fight, but vows not to move home http://www.al.com/news/huntsville/index.ssf/2015/11/marine_veteran_loses_court_fig.html
• 22:08 – The FBI paid more than $1 million to crack the San Bernardino iPhone https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/04/21/the-fbi-paid-more-than-1-million-to-crack-the-san-bernardino-iphone/

25:30 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Opera Software http://www.opera.com/blogs/desktop/2016/04/free-vpn-integrated-opera-for-windows-mac/

32:27 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Cindy Prior (nominated by evensgrey) http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/qut-student-faces-200000-bill-in-facebook-post-racism-row-20160415-go7951.html

This Week’s Quote: “The government enforces a monopoly over the production and distribution of its alleged ‘services’ and brings violence to bear against would-be competitors. In so doing, it reveals the fraud at the heart of its impudent claims and gives sufficient proof that it is not a genuine protector, but a mere protection racket.” —Robert Higgs