Episode 95: Lobsters – Cockroaches of the Sea

Show Notes
Buffer Overflow: Lobsters – Cockroaches of the Sea
Episode 95
Apple and the Bug Bounty Boondoggle, Sick-shaming in the USA, and Spotify Buys Gimlet

Hosts
Ned Bellavance, Director of Cloud Solutions
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ned-bellavance-ba68a52
@Ned1313

Chris Hayner, Delivery Manager
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrismhayner

Kimberly DeFilippi, Project Manager, Business Analyst
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-defilippi-77b3986/

Brenda Heisler, Resource Coordinator
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brenda-heisler-b5431989/

Longer Topics
Apple and the Great Bug Bounty Boondoggle

• White Hat hackers are generally the good guys.
• For one thing, it’s calls a “show me your secrets” button for a reason.
• Apple has decided that it ‘may’ pay the 14-year old who discovered last week’s bombshell Group FaceTime bug.

Sick-Shaming in the USA 

• “the verbal or written condemnation of people exhibiting behaviors of illness in public (e.g. coughing, sneezing, nose blowing), or ill people in general.”
• About 71% of private-sector workers have some form of paid sick leave, and more than half reportedly still come to the office when feeling ill.
• “HEY PHLEGM-BOY!  GO HOME!”

Lightning Round

• Spotify buys super popular and awesome podcast company Gimlet Media for 200 million dollars
• 30 year old CEO of QuadrigaCX dies, taking $190 million with him
• Pacemakers could soon be powered by the movement of the hearts they help beat
• Hey Google, can you find my passwords?
• The Tesla and Amazon merger draws ever closer

Music Credits
Intro: Jason Shaw – Tech Talk
Outro: Jason Shaw – Feels Good 2 B