Security News This Week: Facebook Squashes 19-Year-Old Bug That Still Plagues the Web
Security News This Week: Facebook Squashes 19-Year-Old Bug That Still Plagues the Web
Security, Spoken · SpokenLayer
December 20, 20175m 27s
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Show Notes
The biggest story in tech this week—and maybe this year—was net neutrality, which the FCC effectively abolished by rolling back Obama-era rules that prevented the creation of internet “fast lanes.” They did so despite overwhelming evidence that the mandatory public comment period was overrun with bots, form letters, and over maladies. How bad was it? We tracked down all 39 Nicholas Thompsons who commented, and could only confirm that three were humans.
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