242: ‘The Butts Incident’ With John Moltz

John Moltz makes his long-awaited return to the show. Three big topics this week: the Facebook VPN app fiasco (and the company’s pattern of ethical violations), the Group FaceTime bug that allowed callers to listen to audio before the call was answered, and Apple’s quarterly results.

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Links:

• Bugs in Group FaceTime Allow Callers to See and Hear Recipients’ End Without Them Answering.
• TechCrunch: Facebook Pays Teenagers to Install VPN That Spies on Them.
• Google Was Doing Something Similar.
• Apple’s Q1 2019 Financial Results.
• Lisa Brennan-Jobs on Craig Mod’s “On Margins” podcast.

This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.