Glenn Fleishman

Technology Reporter

WiFi Holes, iPhone Jailbreaking, and DMCA
55 minutes, 25.4mb, recorded 2010-08-03

Glenn Fleishman writes about many aspects of current technology. He joins Phil and Scott to discuss a number of current networking and mobile issues. He begins with an examination of a newly found hole in the 802.11 standard and whether it is a major problem. He also discusses WiFi security issues and how both enterprises and the personal users are dealing with them. Glenn also reviews such topics as location data, the now legal ability to jailbreak the iPhone, and his objections to the DMCA.


Glenn Fleishman is a technology reporter based in Seattle who writes regularly for The Seattle Times, The Economist, Popular Science, and Macworld. He's an editor at TidBITS, an Apple-focused news and analysis site, and a columnist for The Seattle Times. Glenn programs in several languages, having started at the age of 11 cutting his teeth in machine and assembly on a 6502-based Ohio Scientific. He specializes in writing about wireless data technology, especially Wi-Fi.

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