Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons Podcast

Facebook had a horrible, no-good, very bad week. Not only did Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp go completely offline for about six hours, a whistleblower came forward to show the world what most of us already knew: Facebook values money over its users' well being. And I have another story that backs that up, as well - one that you almost surely did not hear about. In other news: the FTC tells app makers to fess up when users private data gets loose; the governor of Missouri wants to sue a newspaper for revealing a horrible security flaw that exposed teachers' social security numbers; Apple's attempts to prevent user tracking on iOS are being undermined by unscrupulous apps; a company that you've never heard of with access to almost all cellular text messages was hacked over the course of five years; the VPN maker and VPN review industries are awash in conflicts of interest; Windows 11 is finally out, but it's not clear if and whether you should upgrade to it; and Firefox is searching for more ways to make