Internet2 Network Security SIG

[Adair Thaxton <>]

Sorry about the short notice for the canceled meeting last week!  I'll 
get out a meeting invite for October later today.

The Washington Post published an article about how often Siri can be 
activated accidentally.  "Apple said it would stop using contractors to 
listen in on users through Siri to grade the voice assistant’s accuracy 
after an Apple whistleblower had told the Guardian that the contractors 
responsible for “grading” the accuracy of the digital assistant 
regularly overheard conversations about doctors’ appointments, drug 
deals and even couples having sex. Their job was to determine what 
triggered Siri into action — whether the user had actually said, “Hey, 
Siri” or if it was something else, such as the sound of a zipper."  
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/08/02/apple-says-its-contractors-will-stop-listening-users-through-siri/)

Of course, Google and Amazon have people listening too.  Quick article 
on how to preserve your privacy:  
https://www.techhive.com/article/3429568/how-to-keep-amazon-and-google-from-listening-to-your-alexa-and-assistant-voice-recordings.html

If you missed our first RPKI webinar, you can check out the recording 
and slides here: 
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ZNw58j1JJieojQKKSyDzoDeyPTt5VbZs  
The purpose of this webinar was to convey the value of implementing 
RPKI, as well as its prerequisites.  Subsequent related sessions will be:

Time: Aug 21, 2019 11:00 AM Indiana (East)
Topic: Merit IRR & RADb webinar
Purpose: A practical introduction to the Internet Routing Registry 
(IRR), Routing Policy Specification Language (RPSL), and usage of the 
RADb.net web platform to register IRR objects.
https://internet2.zoom.us/j/993488896

Time: Sep 4, 2019 10:00 AM America/Indiana/Indianapolis
Topic: RPKI ROA Creation Workshop
Purpose: Participants of the ROA Workshop will be walked through the 
process of creating ROAs for their IP prefixes.
Click here to see a list of prerequisites required for this workshop
https://internet2.zoom.us/j/108929934

Adair