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Hi. I'm Jon Fedor and this is InCyber Regular, edition 20.5. Good to see you this morning! I've got some special news so let's get into it.

At InCyber I talk about cyber-related issues and security-awareness for smaller enterprises, the cyber-curious, and the security-conscious. Sometimes we talk tactics, sometimes theories; always, security.

Today:

1. InCyber Hiatus
2. Links to great security stuff including what happened at Facebook

Hiatus

I enjoy writing this newsletter and having a conversation with you each week (well, let's face it, more like every other week).

Personal security is one of my favorite topics to learn about, converse about, and teach about as well.

The reality is that I haven't been executing with excellence here in this publication. You can probably sense that and have been sensing it. I can and should do better.

In fact, writing a newsletter though simple in theory can be like trying to finish an entree at the Cheesecake Factory when you're already full. There's a lot to do particularly outside of the newsletter itself to get the message out there.

With these things in mind I'm going to be putting this on the shelf for the month of October. It's shelf I pass by every day; I'll still see InCyber Regular and think about it + do some planning for its return.

But it's on the shelf for now; for this month.

I'll see you soon :-)

So Facebook (and other news)

The temperature's been up up up in the digital ether over the past couple weeks. And yesterday it got HOTTER. Here's some fast news:

1. Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and other Zuck-owned digital properties crashed and burned hard yesterday. In fact, they were unavailable for many hours. For some of us, it was meh (especially y'all without social media). For Zuck...well, let's just say it cost him a cool $7B. Krebs on what happened.
2. In other news, the Risky Business podcast is *awesome*. Listen to it.
3. Darknet Diaries released a new episode on opp research against the cartel in Puerto Rico. Strong
4. AARP (yes, this AARP) published a great write up on privacy concerns with free mobile apps you can download on your phone.
5. For those of you who don't care how much sleep, if any, you get tonight: Yes, the machines are now writing code by themselves (sort of..). Here's a demo of an incredible tool from OpenAI called Codex which takes plain-language commands that you type into a box and turns them into code.

Thanks!

Hanging with you every week is the highlight of my week! Thanks for being here. I'll probably see you in November. Until then, hop in my inbox or Twitter / LinkedIn DMs!

If you ever have questions on personal digital security, cyber security news, a story you want to tell, or a favorite resource to share (etc) reply back and let me know!

Have a good'un, Good Lookin'.

~ Jon "On The Shelf" Fedor