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A podcast of The Kitchen Sync, where the latest in technology and national security is discussed with the experts and thought leaders who are engaging and shaping these issues. www.thekitchensync.tech

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12:25

Friday Brief for 11 February 2022

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2022/02/11

Tech TermsSideload — The standard way to install an app on an iOS or Android device is to download it from Apple's App Store or Google's Play Store. Sideloading an app bypasses the app store, installing the app directly from a local device.***Heads Up***Yesterday, I responded to this essay in the New York Times. You can read it by clicking the “card” below.Restraint advocates, and particularly those on the “new right,” speak eloquently of a United States awash in freedom and resources, but never

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13:51

Friday Brief for 4 February 2022

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2022/02/04

Tech TermsTransformer — A transformer is a deep learning model that adopts the mechanism of self-attention, differentially weighting the significance of each part of the input data. It is used primarily in the field of natural language processing (NLP) and in computer vision (CV).FBI Director is Trying to Make a PointWhat’s New: FBI Director Christopher Wray gave a speech this week on “Countering Threats Posed by the Chinese Government Inside the U.S.”Why This Matters: Wray gave a similarly pointed

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12:08

Friday Brief for 28 January 2022

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2022/01/28

Tech TermsBoot Sequence — The initial series of processes a computer runs when starting up.China’s Olympics App is Pure SpywareWhat’s New: Cybersecurity researchers say the My2022 mobile app — the official app of the Beijing Winter Olympics — has serious security vulnerabilities and that “all Olympian audio is being collected, analyzed and saved on Chinese servers.”Why This Matters: The Chinese government is mandating all Olympic athletes, coaches, and attendees use the My2022 app and, as of

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13:30

Friday Brief for 21 January 2022

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2022/01/21

Tech TermsElastic Computing — The capability of cloud services to decrease or expand computer storage, memory, and processing to handle fluctuating demand.Don’t be Fooled by Russia’s Ransomware RoundupWhat’s New: The Russian government has arrested several members of the REvil ransomware syndicate, the group responsible for last year’s attacks against meat supplier JBS and customers of the IT company Kaseya. Why This Matters: REvil has been under pressure since its high-profile attacks last year and

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9:26

Friday Brief for 14 January 2022

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2022/01/14

Heads UpBill Drexel and I have a new article arguing that the United States and Taiwan need unprecedented cooperation in order to secure the island from Chinese invasion and cyber attacks.“In the domain of Sino-American tech rivalry, Taiwan is unique in two aspects: First, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC) remains the world’s tightest bottleneck in the global high-tech ecosystem, with exclusive capabilities to construct the most valuable, sophisticated computer chips in

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53:02

Cyber at the Center of Power

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2022/01/13

David E. Sanger is a White House and national security correspondent, and a senior writer. In a 38-year reporting career for The New York Times, he has been on three teams that have won Pulitzer Prizes, most recently in 2017 for international reporting. His newest book, “The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage and Fear in the Cyber Age,’’ and an HBO documentary by the same title, examine the emergence of cyber conflict and its role in changing the nature of global power.In our conversation, we discuss his

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14:35

Friday Brief for 7 January 2022

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2022/01/07

Heads UpI sat down with AEI’s big boss, Robert Doar, to chat about tech, culture, & national security. He asks me about "big tech", fake media, and Chinese aggression. You can listen to our conversation here.Tech TermsAir Gap — The physical separation or isolation of a system from other systems or networks.Anticipating Russia’s Use of Cyber in UkraineWhat’s New: Russian President Vladimir Putin is positioned for a military invasion of Ukraine and cyber capabilities are likely to feature heavily in

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12:08

Friday Brief for 17 December 2021

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2021/12/17

This is the last Friday Brief for 2021We’ll be back in 2022 and it’s gonna be great! In the meantime, I’ll be pushing out one or two more podcasts and — don’t forget — you can always gift a subscription to this newsletter for that certain someone special!Enjoy the holidays and happy New Year. KlonTech TermsFirewall — Firewall software is used to block unauthorized access to a computer system. All incoming and outgoing network traffic is monitored through a firewall so that it can block suspicious

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54:10

Should We Have "Expert" Twitter?

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2021/12/16

Yuval Levin is the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). He also holds the Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Public Policy. The founding and current editor of National Affairs, he is also a senior editor of The New Atlantis and a contributing editor to National Review.Dr. Levin and scholars in the Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies research division study the foundations of self-government and the future of law, regulation, and

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11:13

Friday Brief for 10 December 2021

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2021/12/10

Tech TermsCryptomining — the process of validating a cryptocurrency transaction.What I saw in CaliforniaWhat’s New: I spent the last four days in Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA meeting with engineers, founders/executives, and venture capitalists to get their perspectives on all things tech and foreign policy.Why This Matters: I’m encouraged by the growing consensus concerning China, national defense, and the need for deliberate efforts to ensure American prosperity and security.Key Points:*

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9:43

Friday Brief for 3 December 2021

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2021/12/03

Tech TermsWeb 3.0 — It’s complicated; but, you’re going to be hearing more about this and so here’s the best concise introduction I could find (5min 18sec).Heads UpThis week I published an essay with The Hoover Institution/Lawfare Blog — The Business of Knowing: Private Market Data and Contemporary Intelligence (see the attached PDF below). Bottom Line: Many U.S. federal agencies are purchasing private market data. This paper argues that U.S. government access to at least some private market data —

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12:57

Friday Brief for 26 November 2021

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2021/11/26

Among my many blessings, is you! Thank you for your support and for making The Kitchen Sync such a success. I hope you’re having a very happy Thanksgiving holiday.Tech TermsPayment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) — A set of security standards that are designed to ensure that all organizations that accept, process, store, or transmit credit card information maintain a secure environment. Failure to comply with PCI requirements can lead to steep fines and penalties, revocation of credit

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12:26

Friday Brief for 19 November 2021

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2021/11/19

Tech TermsWatering Hole Attack (wa·ter·ing hole at·tack) — a cyberattack targeting a particular organization, in which malware is installed on a website or websites regularly visited by the organization's members in order to infect computers used within the organization itself.American AI is Getting PLAedWhat’s New: The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is buying a lot of artificial intelligence (AI), according to the Center for Security and Emerging Technology, and U.S. companies and investors

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11:25

Friday Brief for 12 November 2021

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2021/11/12

Tech TermsDigital “Realities” — Augmented Reality (AR) adds digital elements to a live view often by using the camera on a smartphone. Virtual Reality (VR) implies a complete immersion experience that shuts out the physical world. Mixed Reality (MR) combines elements of both AR and VR, where real-world and digital objects interact. And, Extended Reality (XR) is an umbrella term that covers all of the various technologies that enhance our senses, whether they’re providing additional information

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13:39

Friday Brief for 5 November 2021

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2021/11/05

Tech TermsMeta Data — Data providing information about one or more aspects of other data; it is used to summarize basic information about data which can make tracking and working with specific data easier.Time to Go, NSOWhat’s New: The Department of Commerce has added four foreign companies, including the Israeli spyware company, NSO Group, to the Entity List, according to a government press release.Why This Matters: Commerce says these actions are part of a broader effort to make human rights more

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10:23

Friday Brief for 29 October 2021

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2021/10/29

Tech TermsDevSecOps (dev·sec·ops)—short for development, security, and operations—automates the integration of security at every phase of the software development lifecycle, from initial design through integration, testing, deployment, and software delivery.Releasing the Hounds on RansomwareWhat’s New: Governments around the world are fixing their sights on the ransomware scourge — and things are getting real.Why This Matters: The number of annual ransomware attacks doubled in just the first half of

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11:53

Friday Brief for 22 October 2021

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2021/10/22

🚨🚨🚨Heads Up🚨🚨🚨I joined Steve Hayes and Sarah Isgur on The Dispatch podcast to talk about the latest on China’s hypersonic missile test, my views on the growing tensions between Washington and Beijing, and how the U.S. Intelligence Community thinks about these things. Be sure to listen and linked below is my op-ed from earlier this week.Tech TermsFork (fôrk) — In software development, a fork is a new application developed from an existing one. When an application is "forked," it creates a new,

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11:55

Friday Brief for 8 October 2021

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2021/10/08

Tech TermsMesh Wifi — A mesh Wi-Fi system is a series of Wi-Fi routers that work together to create a single wireless network. The goal is to provide a reliable and consistent wireless signal across a large home or workspace.Facebook And Bad Guy GovernmentsWhat’s New: A Facebook “whistleblower” says authoritarian regimes are using the social media network to track and manipulate users — particularly oppressed minorities and political dissidents.Why This Matters: While only a very small part of the

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71:20

Putting The Pieces Together

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2021/10/07

How can the US level the playing field in its tech competition with China? What role does the private sector need to play, and what is Google’s Jigsaw up to? Is public discourse as polarized in America as it seems?I discusses these questions and more in a wide-ranging conversation with Jared Cohen, founder and CEO of Google’s Jigsaw, and Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Building off of the ground breaking work of the “China Strategy Group” led by Jared and Eric Schmidt, we consider

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1:43

Preview: Putting The Pieces Together

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2021/10/06

Coming TomorrowHow can the US level the playing field in its tech competition with China? What role does the private sector need to play, and what is Google’s Jigsaw up to? Is public discourse as polarized in America as it seems?I discusses these questions and more in a wide-ranging conversation with Jared Cohen, founder and CEO of Google’s Jigsaw, and Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Building off of the ground breaking work of the “China Strategy Group” led by Jared and Eric

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