by alec on October 17, 2008
This morning one of the hot stories is about cell phone botnets, and the cybercrime economy. The theory is that bots invading cell phone handsets could be used to perpetrate massive denial of service attacks. Should we be worried, or is just science fiction?
Another security story is about several state-level legislatures passing laws requiring businesses to encrypt consumer data before transmission. Presumably this is to prevent identity theft, en masse. To me, however, it seems like one more bandaid in the patchwork of bandages already in existence. We discuss it. I’m unwilling to be dissuaded except by a cogent argument.
Lastly, there are a number of stories out this morning about Google’s G-1, their new handset. Reviews are comparing it to the iPhone, Walt Mossberg has declared a new category of pocketable computers lumping iPhone, G-1 and others into the category, and none other than eWeek’s venerable Microsoft Watch has declared Windows Mobile an “also-ran”.
On the Calliflower Conference Call today: Bill Volk, Jim Courtney, Jonathan Jensen, Sergio Meinardi, and Jeanette Fisher.
by Dan York on July 14, 2008
Do you remember the 1992 movie “Sneakers” with the phrase “My voice is my password”? Voice “biometrics” has come a long way since those days and today our special guests, David Standig and Patrick Osborne of VoiceVerified.com, talked about the current state of the industry and technology and also about what VoiceVerified brings to the picture. More info at: http://www.voiceverified.com/
On the call: Dan York (host), David Standig (guest), Patrick Osborne (guest), David Brown, James Body, Sandro Gauci, William Volk, Ian Hood, Jonathan Jensen, Jeanette Fisher, Carolyn Smith, Moshe Maeir, Ed Smith, Arshad Merali, Warren Bent.
Show notes and links can be found at either:
http://apps.facebook.com/calliflower/conf/show/34614
http://apps.calliflower.com/conf/show/34614
Production note: Unfortunately, shortly before the show was to be recorded, there was a problem with the phone system at VoiceVerified’s office. As a result, our guests had to join the call using a cell phone in speakerphone mode which resulted in audio quality challenges. We appreciate the effort they made to join the call and thank them for participating.
Full disclosure: VoiceVerified does have a business relationship with my (Dan York) employer, Voxeo, which I outlined in a blog post, but that had no bearing on my asking them to be on the show. I just think their technology is interesting and is something worth talking about.
