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Josh and Kurt talk about the incredible Reddit debacle. At the center of it all is an API. What does it mean to be using an API and how does this relate itself back to our own risk. Many of us rely on APIs for countless things, and if a company decides to cut off that API somehow, it could create a mess. https://traffic.libsyn.com/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_381_WTF_Reddit_APIs_and_risk.mp3 Show Notes Grimace’s Birthday Reddit’s new API pricing will kill off Apollo on June 30 Cory Doctorow enshitification Wal Mart pickle story Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg agree to hold cage fight

Josh and Kurt talk about the question will we ever fix all the vulnerabilities? The question came from Reddit and is very reasonable, but it turns out this is REALLY hard to discuss. The answer is of course “no”, but why it is no is very complicated. Far more complicated than either of us thought it would be. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_304_Will_we_ever_fix_all_the_vulnerabilities.mp3 Show Notes Will cyber security vulnerabilities ever “stop existing” ?

Josh and Kurt talk about the uproar around Cloudflare’s “Is BGP safe yet” site. It’s always interesting watching how much people will push back on new things, even if the new things is probably a step in the right direction. The clever thing Cloudflare is doing in this instance is they are making the BGP problem something anyone can understand. Also send us your funny dog stories. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_195_Is_BGP_actually_insecure.mp3 Show Notes Is BGP safe yet? Reddit BGP conversation Hacker News BGP conversation Stealing cryptocurrency with BGP Show Tags #BGP Comment on Twitter with the #osspodcast hashtag ...