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01/21/22 • 78 min
Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Dave Huseby about privacy, cryptography, and authentic data.
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- Memorandum on Improving the Cybersecurity of National Security, Department of Defense, and Intelligence Community Systems | The White House — This memorandum sets forth requirements for National Security Systems (NSS) that are equivalent to or exceed the cybersecurity requirements for Federal Information Systems set forth within Executive Order 14028 of May 12, 2021 (Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity), and establishes methods to secure exceptions for circumstances necessitated by unique mission needs.
- Guess which government doesn't want you to use end-to-end encryption — From a privacy point of view, there is much to love about end-to-end encryption, as employed by the likes of WhatsApp. But while users may delight in the knowledge that their communication is free from surveillance, there are some groups that have a different opinion.
- I Got Access to My Secret Consumer Score. Now You Can Get Yours, Too. - The New York Times — Little-known companies are amassing your data — like food orders and Airbnb messages — and selling the analysis to clients. Here’s how to get a copy of what they have on you.
- Black Teen Kicked Out Of Roller Rink Over Face Recognition | News | BET — A face recognition-equipped Detroit roller rink reportedly kicked out a Black teen on June 10 after misidentifying her as a person who’d allegedly gotten into a fight there in March.
- The principles of user sovereignty | by dwh | UX Collective — The first time I heard the phrase “user sovereignty” was while working at Mozilla on the Firefox web browser. Firefox ostensibly follows user sovereign design principles and respects its users. Mozilla has even baked it into their list of design principles on page 5 of the Firefox Design Values Booklet. But what does “user sovereignty” actually mean and what are the principles that define user-sovereign design?
- A Unified Theory of Decentralization | by dwh | The Startup | Medium — All networks begin as only one thing; one neuron, one cell, one chip, one computer, or one user. One entity alone is not a network, but it is the starting point for understanding the unified theory of decentralization. One entity is fully sovereign, it has no connections to anything else that might influence or control it. One entity in isolation is empowered to act however it wants to strive for whatever results it seeks.
- The Web was Never Decentralized. Redecentralize the web is a fantasy | Design Warp — There are so many people today focused on “re-decentralizing the web.” They have a popular belief that when the web was invented it was a wonderfully optimistic vision of decentralization, governed by democratic principles and full of free information available...
04/16/21 • 53 min
Katherine Druckman chats with Petros Koutoupis and Kyle Rankin about FOSS (Free and Open Source Software), the benefits of contributing to the projects you use, and why you should be a FOSS fan as well.
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- Upstream (software development) - Wikipedia — In software development, upstream refers to a direction toward the original authors or maintainers of software that is distributed as source code, and is a qualification of either a version (released by the original authors, based on their upstream source code), a bug or a patch.
- osresearch/heads: A minimal Linux that runs as a coreboot or LinuxBoot ROM payload to provide a secure, flexible boot environment for laptops and servers.
- Heads — Heads is secure BIOS replacement that provides tamper-evident features to detect when the BIOS or important boot files have been modified. The official project page can be found at the official Heads GitHub page and we base our Heads BIOS off of this code. On Purism laptops Heads is built as an executable on top of the same coreboot BIOS that we have used in the past but instead of coreboot running SeaBIOS to detect and boot into your devices, coreboot runs Heads instead.
- evilsocket/opensnitch: OpenSnitch is a GNU/Linux port of the Little Snitch application firewall
- Some Thoughts on Open Core | Linux Journal — Why open core software is bad for the FOSS movement.
Episode 157: Cluetrain at 25
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03/02/24 • 32 min
Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman discuss the Cluetrain Manifesto on its 25th anniversary, how the world has and hasn't changed since, and about SCaLE 21x (Southern California Linux Expo) coming up March 14.
02/09/24 • 39 min
In this episode of 'Reality 2.0', hosts Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Ezequiel Lanza, an AI expert. The discussion centered on the potential of AI and its relationship to personal empowerment. Exploring the current state of AI, the hosts express concerns about data security and appropriately leveraging AI's capabilities for individual benefit. The conversation dives into the infiltration of AI into various sectors like fashion and art, and its capability to significantly alter the consumer experience. The hosts also emphasize the importance of cautiously handling the growing influence and application of AI, pointing out its susceptibility to misuse in fields like advertising.
00:00 Introduction and Welcome Back
00:08 The AI Discussion: A Different Perspective
00:35 Introducing the Guest: Ezequiel Lanza
01:00 AI and Personal Empowerment: A Blog Post Discussion
01:30 AI: A Tool for Individual Empowerment or a Category Error?
02:35 The Desire for Personal AI: Use Cases
05:08 The Feasibility of Personal AI: A Discussion
09:22 AI and Data Privacy: A Concern
13:57 The Future of AI: Personal Devices and Local Computation
18:51 AI: An Extension of Us or a Reflection of Our Flaws?
20:51 AI and Art: An Experiment
22:59 Exploring AI's Creative Capabilities
23:20 AI's Limitations and Ethical Boundaries
23:44 AI's Interpretation of Beauty
25:04 AI's Influence on Art and Fashion
26:05 AI's Role in Content Generation
26:36 AI's Impact on Individuality and Creativity
27:59 AI's Backward-Looking Approach
28:24 AI's Integration in Everyday Life
30:28 AI's Influence on the Internet and Content Consumption
35:28 AI's Role in Advertising and User Experience
37:26 Final Thoughts on AI's Potential and Challenges
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Special Guest: Ezequiel Lanza.
Episode 41: TikTok and App Censorship
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09/25/20 • 50 min
Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Kyle Rankin and Petros Koutoupis about TikTok and who controls your phone.
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00:00:37 The new contraband - TikTok
00:04:34 Is the US wanting to "play" China and censor?
00:08:19 Will this become an ugly precedent?
00:15:37 We're concerned about the implementation of this ban
00:17:25 The Social Dilemma on Netflix
00:21:11 Your phone is your castle
00:33:10 Defining the harm from mere content
00:44:59 Final thoughts - Portrait mode video
00:48:20 How does a visually impaired person use a phone? See link.
Special Guests: Kyle Rankin and Petros Koutoupis.
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- Trump admin orders TikTok, WeChat gone from app stores on Sunday — President Donald Trump signed executive orders banning TikTok and WeChat on August 6. Those orders gave the Department of Commerce a 45-day window to outline what, exactly, a ban would entail. That 45-day period expires on Sunday, September 20, so that is when the bans take effect. Not only will app stores not be allowed to permit new downloads, but Internet hosting services and content delivery network services will also be banned from "enabling the functioning or the optimization" of the apps, and "directly contracted or arranged Internet transit or peering services" will also be prohibited. All platforms will also be prohibited from providing services through WeChat specifically that allow anyone to transfer funds or process payment within the US.
- Your Phone Is Your Castle — If your home is your physical castle, your phone is your digital castle. More than any other computer, your phone has become the most personal of personal computers and holds the most sensitive digital property a person has
- The Castle Doctrine — Since you’re reading this online, let me ask, what’s your house here? What sacred space do you strongly guard, and never suffer to be violated with impunity?
- Video: Voiceover and Braille screen input. — Kristy Viers using voiceover and braille screen input to compose a tweet and show navigation.
Episode 150: How to Write a Tech Book
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08/08/23 • 55 min
Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Kyle Rankin about his new book for aspiring authors, discuss the publishing process, self-discipline, marketing, and share their expertise from their decades as authors.
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[00:01:04] Intro to Kyle's new book, "How To Write A Tech Book."
[00:04:52] Vetting your idea and pitching to a publisher
[00:09:24] On self-publishing vs. traditional publishers
[00:12:27] Print on-demand
[00:15:05] Market research and publishers
[00:18:03] Co-authoring vs solo authoring
[00:20:43] The Cluetrain Manifesto and The Intention Economy
[00:24:05] Return from social media to blogging and longer-form writing
[00:27:30] Marketing and promotion
[00:31:19] Find us at Defcon!
[00:44:13] Formatting code and technical content
[00:48:14] LaTeX and layout
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- Kyle Rankin - Books and Publications Spotlight | Lulu — Buy Kyle's Self-published titles.
- Sample Chapter - "How To Write A Tech Book"
- How To Write A Tech Book — Many technical professionals would like to write a book sharing their knowledge and experience, but most haven't. If you ask them why, it's not from lack of ideas or experience with technical subject matter. Instead, they just don't know how turn their idea into an actual published book. Even though there are some guides for publishing nonfiction books, tech books are unique in the publishing world, and there haven't been any guides that tackle the special process that goes into publishing a tech book. This book aims to change that. Rankin has authored and published a dozen books across multiple traditional tech publishers and also through self-publishing. This book distills his experience into an easy-to-follow guide that explains the full book writing and publishing process step-by-step. Topics include vetting ideas, creating an outline, pitching a publisher, writing a draft, editing, formatting, publishing, marketing, and planning future revisions.
- The Cluetrain Manifesto - Wikipedia — The Cluetrain Manifesto is a work of business literature collaboratively authored by Rick Levine, Christopher Locke, Doc Searls, and David Weinberger. It was first posted to the web in 1999 as a set of ninety-five theses, and was published as a book in 2000 with the theses extended by seven essays. The work examines the impact of the Internet on marketing, claiming that conventional marketing techniques are rendered obsolete by the online "conversations" that consumers have and that companies need to join.
- Intention economy - Wikipedia — The intention economy is an approach to viewing markets and economies focusing on buyers as a scarce commodity. Customers' intention to buy drives the production of goods to meet their specific needs. It is also the title of Doc Searls book: The Intention Economy: When Customers Take Charge published in May, 2012.
- Reality 2.0 Episode 144: Self-Publishing a Tech Book — Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to prolific tech author, Kyle Rankin, about how he recently self-published his latest book, and how that differs from his many experiences with traditional publishers.
Episode 149: Everything Is Personal
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07/21/23 • 49 min
Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Petros Koutoupis about rescuing personal archives, personal AI, and preserving our identities.
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Episode 38: Digital Convergence
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09/03/20 • 71 min
Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Kyle Rankin of Purism about Digital Convergence.
Links mentioned: https://puri.sm/posts/investing-in-real-convergence/
Show notes:
00:00:32 Today we're talking about the idea of Convergence
00:04:36 Green on black Linux is COOL! --Kyle R.
00:07:01 The realization of adaptive design and how do others handle it
00:10:28 Law enforcement can subpoena your iCloud content straight from Apple
00:12:55 The fundamental problem Apple and Goole have according to Kyle
00:15:17 What is the hassle developers are already living with???
00:21:53 What do people really want?
00:27:23 Doc is using metaphors to make an interesting point
00:37:12 You can't lock users to use only your product
00:40:36 The advantages of open source
00:42:21 Steve Ballmers key to success
00:49:26 Would you give your child a single non-trackable device "To rule them all"?
00:53:59 Digital parenting advice all parents need to understand!
00:57:25 The difference between parental control and eliminating the trail
01:00:33 How do you address your own and child's privacy when "forced" to use digital tools you disagree with
01:06:07 The "Digital Consent"
Special Guest: Kyle Rankin.
Episode 136: Happy New Year!
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01/11/23 • 46 min
Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk about Facebook's recent Irish problems, Google's Performance Max ad product, and digress into discussing the Houston food scene as we welcome back Reality 2.0 for 2023.
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- Data Protection Commission tries to make victory of its U-turn on Facebook and Instagram – The Irish Times — Watchdog forced to toughen its decision on data protection complaint after European intervention
- Data Protection Commission announces conclusion of two inquiries into Meta Ireland | 04/01/2023 | Data Protection Commission — The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has today announced the conclusion of two inquiries into the data processing operations of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (“Meta Ireland”) in connection with the delivery of its Facebook and Instagram services. (Meta Ireland was previously known as Facebook Ireland Limited).
- Inside Google’s Ad Display Network Black Box: Porn, Piracy, Fraud — ProPublica — Google’s ad business hides nearly all publishers it works with and where billions of ad dollars flow. We uncovered a network containing manga piracy, porn, fraud and disinformation.
- Meet Performance Max, The Blackest Black Box Of All Google Ad Products | AdExchanger — Lost in the Sturm und Drang of Q4 (Q for quarantine) 2020, Google introduced a beta program called Performance Max, its first ad product spanning all Google-owned media.
- GitHub - dmarti/CAPCA: California Advertising Placements on Criminal Activity Act
- LastPass Data Breach: It’s Time to Ditch This Password Manager | WIRED — The password manager’s most recent data breach is so concerning, users need to take immediate steps to protect themselves.
02/04/22 • 36 min
Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Petros Koutoupis about how big tech navigates the ad tech landscape, for better or worse.
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- Subprime Attention Crisis: Advertising and the Time Bomb at the Heart of the Internet (FSG Originals x Logic): Hwang, Tim: 9780374538651: Amazon.com: Books — In Subprime Attention Crisis, Tim Hwang investigates the way big tech financializes attention. In the process, he shows us how digital advertising―the beating heart of the internet―is at risk of collapsing, and that its potential demise bears an uncanny resemblance to the housing crisis of 2008.
- Amazon has a $31 billion a year advertising business — Amazon revealed Thursday just how big its advertising business has become. It generated $31.2 billion in revenue in 2021, with fourth-quarter sales rising 32%, according to the retailer’s fourth-quarter earnings statement.
- Facebook and Google stocks have diverged, and the reason is Apple — Facebook’s apps rely almost entirely on Apple and Google for distribution. So when Apple changed its privacy policy last year, limiting the ability of app developers to target users, Facebook was suddenly stripped of one of its most important assets.
- A public apology - on screwing up by not questioning assumptions - my talk at #BIF10 - Ethan Zuckerman — About a month ago, I wrote an article about a simple idea. I asked whether anyone really believed that advertising should be the main way we supported content and services on the internet. Given how poorly banner advertising on the web worksGiven that nobody likes banner ads, and given that the current system puts users under surveillance, which in turn seems to inure us to government surveillance, I wondered whether there might be a better way.
- Doc Searls Weblog · Apple vs (or plus) Adtech, Part I — If you haven’t seen it yet, watch Apple’s Privacy on iPhone | tracked ad. In it a guy named Felix (that’s him, above) goes from a coffee shop to a waiting room somewhere, accumulating a vast herd of hangers-on along the way. The herd represents trackers in his phone, all crowding his personal space while gathering private information about him. The sound track is “Mind Your Own Business,” by Delta 5.
- Fighting FLoC and Fighting Monopoly Are Fully Compatible | Electronic Frontier Foundation — Are tech giants really damned if they do and damned if they don’t (protect our privacy)?
- Facebook says Apple iOS privacy change will cost $10 billion this year — Facebook said on Wednesday that Apple’s App Tracking Transparency feature would decrease the company’s 2022 sales by about $10 billion.
- Google Drops FLoC...
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How many episodes does Reality 2.0 have?
Reality 2.0 currently has 156 episodes available.
What topics does Reality 2.0 cover?
The podcast is about Open Source, Security, Infosec, Podcasts, Technology, Privacy, Linux and Cybersecurity.
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The episode title 'Episode 156: AI: The New Tool for Individual Empowerment?' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Reality 2.0?
The average episode length on Reality 2.0 is 53 minutes.
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Episodes of Reality 2.0 are typically released every 7 days.
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The first episode of Reality 2.0 was released on Oct 4, 2018.
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