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Accidental Tech Podcast

40: The Compliance Shark

Accidental Tech Podcast

Marco Arment

Technology

4.32.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2013

⏱️ 108 minutes

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0:00.0

But where's my data, but I had a backup. I used time machine.

0:07.0

Alright, is this a show?

0:10.0

I guess.

0:11.0

I don't even know.

0:12.0

John, you have some FU, don't you?

0:14.0

Yeah, sure do.

0:15.0

Last week we talked about Cisco VPN enterprise software and all that stuff.

0:19.0

And I was trying to, like, let's tell you a story from my life with a rotor point about an enterprise software.

0:25.0

But the specifics of it were mostly got responses to one of the big responses.

0:31.0

It was, hey, do you need that new version of the Cisco VPN software?

0:34.0

Because even though you couldn't get it, because you don't have a service contractor or whatever,

0:39.0

here are various places where you can get it or do you want me to email it to you?

0:42.0

If you do Google search for this, you'll find it or someone's software.

0:44.0

So a lot of people were nice and offering me this piece of software.

0:48.0

Which I don't know if it's like, is that illegal software copying?

0:51.0

Is that a property software?

0:53.0

Probably, but anyway, thank everyone for their offers.

0:56.0

I did not take anyone up on their offer.

0:58.0

Because as I think I said at the end of the little segment last week,

1:02.0

the final result of that was that it was partly my fault for not reading the message

1:06.0

and that even if I could get the software, it didn't matter because I had to wait for my IT department to approve it for use.

1:12.0

Like it has to be, this new version has to be approved for use with all the other stuff they do.

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