Podcast Episode 4: Recalculating...your brain?

The guys offer smart suggestions, discuss the ever expanding role that technology plays in our day-to-day lives, and debate the motives of the hacktivist group "Anonymous."

Links from this podcast:

• How do Japanese multiply?
• Pat Paulsen for President
• WiFi QR Share
• The Tallest Man on Earth / Tiny Desk Concert
• The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption

Featuring the songs "Requiem for a Fish" (The Freak Fandango Orchestra) / (CC BY-SA 3.0) and "The Hug" (The Freak Fandango Orchestra) / (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Cyber Terror and the Mexican Drug Cartel

Hollywood couldn't write a better script than this. A Mexican cartel has been given an ultimatum by a group of sophisticated computer hackers: release a captive hacker or risk public release of the names, photos, and addresses of cartel-friendly individuals.

The hacker group, known simply as Anonymous, have given the cartel the deadline of November 5th, which makes sense, given their love of the film and graphic novel V for Vendetta, and their penchant for wearing Guy Fawkes masks. Some people claim the attack is a hoax or have suggested that it has been called off. The group has previously attacked scientology, Paypal, and, more recently, Child Pornography websites.