Episode 129 - The Difficult 129th Album

<p><strong>This week in InfoSec (07:14)</strong></p><p>With content liberated from the “today in infosec” twitter account and further afield</p><p>12th November 2000 <a href="https://thisdayintechhistory.com/11/12/microsoft-declares-tablets-are-the-future/">Microsoft Declares Tablets Are the Future</a></p><p>Bill Gates demonstrates a functional prototype of a Tablet PC. Microsoft claims “the Tablet PC will represent the next major evolution in PC design and functionality.” However, the Tablet PC initiative never really took off and it wasn't until Apple introduced the iPad in 2010 that tablet computing was widely adopted.</p><p>17th November 2018: US President Donald Trump signed a bill into law, approving the creation of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The bill was the CISA Act.</p><p><a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/trump-signs-bill-that-creates-the-cybersecurity-and-infrastructure-security-agency/">Trump signs bill that creates the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1328528180500717568">https://twitter.com/todayininfosec/status/1328528180500717568</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Rant of the Week (18:44)</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/16/germany_world_cup_apps/">Germany says nein to Qatari World Cup spyware, err, apps</a></p><p>World Cup apps from the Qatari government collect more personal information than they need to, according to Germany's data protection agency, which this week warned football fans to only install the two apps "if it is absolutely necessary." Also: consider using a burner phone.</p><p>The two apps are <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.moi.covid19&hl=en_GB&gl=US&pli=1">Ehteraz</a>, a Covid-19 tracker from the Qatari Ministry of Public Health, and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pl.qatar">Hayya</a> from the government's Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy overseeing the Cup locally, which allows ticket hol