NASA Wake Up!

NASA, wake up!


I just read an article on CNN about a lady who's baby monitor is "picking up audio and video transmissions from the Shuttle".

Hogwash.

Her proof? A video of the baby monitor showing the audio and video transmission.

NASA's already said she's not getting it from the Shuttle... that it's coming from another source.

The manufacturers are already "investigating" this issue.

Wanna know what they're going to find? SIMPLE. One of her neighbors (probably her closest one, definitely the geekiest one) has a device that transmits video wirelessly from a source to a destination that just happens to be on the same frequency as the baby monitor. You can buy those for under $100. It's signal is just higher.

Why is this news?

Move on... nothing to see here.

~Andy

Google Video Is A Security Risk

Google Video Is A Security Risk

One of our main products is VideoPaste, that allows a person to quickly and easily convert video from any source to flash, and stream it on their website for pennies a day. Because of that, we're often asked what makes us different/better than the other folks doing video conversion out there today.

While we have a "stock" answer to that question, today I get to modify that answer.

An alert user has noticed (and provided proof to such) that if you use Google Video, to store your video, and then publish it to a social network such as MySpace, that your username and password are sent over the Internet in plain text for the world to see.

Wow.

Now, while I am sure Google will take steps to correct this, why would they allow it to happen in the first place? Who missed the meeting on privacy and security and user trust?

One of the things we strive for here is to keep our users information private and as secure as possible. Thankfully, our player doesn't require you to pass any sensitive information.

I encourage you to read the full article, complete with screen shots, over at http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/013820.html

~Andy