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Episode #952 Quiz

Quantum Computing Breakthrough
Date: 2023-12-12 | Length: 1.75 hrs | Episode page at twit.tv

About this episode

Wyden exposed secret gagged requests for Apple and Google push-notification metadata, enabling deanonymization; Messenger defaulted to Signal-based end-to-end encryption; Iran continued scanning default-password Unitronics PLCs; Cisco Talos found 2023 exploits heavily favored decade-old CVEs, especially Office RCEs; Log4j remains widely vulnerable; Quad9 beat Sony’s DNS-blocking suit; Harvard’s neutral-atom processor advanced quantum error correction.

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Question 1: According to the episode, what did Ron Wyden ask the DOJ to allow Apple and Google to do regarding push notification records?

Question 1

According to the episode, what did Ron Wyden ask the DOJ to allow Apple and Google to do regarding push notification records?

Inform customers and the public about the demands they receive Refuse all foreign requests for push notification records Encrypt push notification metadata so governments cannot request it Move push notifications entirely off Apple and Google infrastructure

Question 2: In the episode’s discussion of 2023’s most-exploited vulnerabilities, which CVE was identified as the number one most exploited vulnerability?

Question 2

In the episode’s discussion of 2023’s most-exploited vulnerabilities, which CVE was identified as the number one most exploited vulnerability?

CVE-2017-11882 CVE-2021-44228 CVE-2010-0806 CVE-2017-0199

Question 3: What did Veracode find about applications using Apache Log4j, as reported in the episode?

Question 3

What did Veracode find about applications using Apache Log4j, as reported in the episode?

Roughly 18% were using vulnerable versions Roughly 8% were using vulnerable versions Roughly 38% were using vulnerable versions Roughly 58% were using vulnerable versions

Question 4: What was the key architectural point Steve made about the Harvard quantum computing breakthrough?

Question 4

What was the key architectural point Steve made about the Harvard quantum computing breakthrough?

It used physical qubits to produce many more logical qubits It used superconducting circuits to eliminate the need for error correction It used logical qubits to reduce the need for physical qubits to zero It used photon-based qubits to avoid mid-circuit readout entirely

Question 5: How did Steve describe the difference between the clear web, deep web, and dark web?

Question 5

How did Steve describe the difference between the clear web, deep web, and dark web?

The dark web is a hidden Tor-only subset of the deep web The clear web is the authenticated portion of the deep web The deep web is a hidden Tor-only subset of the dark web The dark web is the same as the clear web but indexed privately

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