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Appcanary makes sure you never run vulnerable software on your servers. This is their podcast.
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Episode 6 - Clojure, Ruby, Joy and Developer Happiness
Max and Phill revisit leaving Clojure, and what joy and developer happiness actually means. Produced by Katie Jensen.
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Show Notes
Simple Ain’t Easy, but Hard Ain’t Simple: Leaving Clojure for Ruby
Simple and Happy; is Clojure dying, and what has Ruby got to do with it? -
Episode 5 - Spies and Voter Data
Phill and Max discuss new spying powers in Canada, and the leak of GOP voter data. Produced by Katie Jensen.
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Show Notes
The Trudeau government peels back bill C-51 — mostly
CSE getting ‘proactive’ mandate overhaul in major national security reform bill
Goodale asks Parliament to expand electronic spying powers
CSIS, Bill C-51 and Canada’s growing metadata collection mess
The RNC Files: Inside the Largest US Voter Data Leak -
Episode 4 - Leakers and Phishers
Max and Phill talk about Reality Winner’s bad opsec and the huge phishing campaign unearthed by Citizenlab. Produced by Katie Jensen.
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Show Notes
Real Talk on Reality
TAINTED LEAKS: Disinformation and Phishing With a Russian Nexus -
Episode 3 - Breitbart and Shopify
Max and Phill discuss, over breakfast, what Shopify should or should not do with regard to Breitbart. Produced by Katie Jensen.
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Show Notes
Shopify CEO digs in against Breitbart backlash
Shopify Backlash Shows Even Second-Degree Trump Ties Can Be Trouble -
Episode 2 - Casinos and Pseudorandom Generators
Max and Phill tackle a Russian casino hacking ring, and pseudorandom number generators. Produced by Katie Jensen.
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Show Notes
Russians Engineer a Brilliant Slot Machine Cheat-And Casinos Have No Fix
Gambler who won $9.6 million with ‘remarkable’ baccarat scheme has to pay it back, judge rules
Rudy Giuliani, Cyber Czar -
Episode 1 - MongoDB, Ransomware and Algorithms
In our inaugural episode, Max and Phill discuss MongoDB ransomware, and the opacity of algorithms. Produced by Katie Jensen.
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Show Notes
Improve Your Security: Port Scan Yourself
How the machine ‘thinks’: Understanding opacity in machine learning algorithms, by Jenna Burrell (Big Data & Society, Jan 6th 2016)
Machine Bias - Julia Angwin, Jeff Larson, Surya Mattu and Lauren Kirchner (Pro Publica, May 23rd 2016)
Benjamin Walker’s Theory of Everything
Macedonian Teens & Fake News
Geohot’s self-driving car