Show Notes

Buffer Overflow: Dr. Mr. Lobster Episode 172 Browser extensions, Fanciest of Bears, and Epically Sad Lawsuits

Hosts

Ned Bellavance https://www.linkedin.com/in/ned-bellavance-ba68a52 @Ned1313

Chris Hayner, Delivery Manager https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrismhayner

Longer Topics

Browser extensions: Essential for using the web and not going completely insane

• The modern web is filled with ads, bloat, malware, malvertising, and bad actors trying to use your browser for cryptomining.
• The online disinhibition effect
• uBlock Origin
• Nothing but clickbait trash bought by the lowest bidder and masquerading as real stories
• Privacy Badger
• Shut Up
• The Great Suspender
• Bad Actors are taking increasingly sophisticated approaches to tricking you into installing malware-infested addons

Lightning Round

• NSA and FBI release information about a Fancy Bear
• Docker kills stale images in cash grab
• I always knew productivity posts were a sham
• Google continues its attacks on a free internet by hiding the full address on Chrome 86
• Microsoft and Amazon are having a cloud fight over… naming things
• Epic Games sues Apple and Google after blatantly violating their terms of service

Music Credits

Intro: Jason Shaw - Tech Talk Outro: Jason Shaw – Feels Good 2 B 🔊 👉 #BufferOverflow