Episode 106 – Data isn’t oil, it’s nuclear waste

Josh and Kurt talk about Cory Doctorow’s piece on Facebook data privacy. It’s common to call data the new oil but it’s more like nuclear waste. How we fix the data problem in the future is going to require solutions we can’t yet imagine as well as new ways of thinking about the problems.

Show Notes

• Mark Zuckerberg and his empire of oily rags
• Fitness app leak
• Operation Mincemeat
• Bancor cryptocurrency theft
• CryptoKitties

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