Max and Phill revisit leaving Clojure, and what joy and developer happiness actually means. Produced by Katie Jensen. Your browser does not support the audio element. 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?…

Phill and Max discuss new spying powers in Canada, and the leak of GOP voter data. Produced by Katie Jensen. Your browser does not support the audio element. 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 spy…

Max and Phill talk about Reality Winner’s bad opsec and the huge phishing campaign unearthed by Citizenlab. Produced by Katie Jensen. Your browser does not support the audio element. Show Notes Real Talk on Reality TAINTED LEAKS: Disinformation and Phishing With a Russian NexusVon Appcanary

Max and Phill discuss, over breakfast, what Shopify should or should not do with regard to Breitbart. Produced by Katie Jensen. Your browser does not support the audio element. Show Notes Shopify CEO digs in against Breitbart backlash Shopify Backlash Shows Even Second-Degree Trump Ties Can Be Trouble…

Max and Phill tackle a Russian casino hacking ring, and pseudorandom number generators. Produced by Katie Jensen. Your browser does not support the audio element. 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 Giu…

In our inaugural episode, Max and Phill discuss MongoDB ransomware, and the opacity of algorithms. Produced by Katie Jensen. Your browser does not support the audio element. 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 6…