Tue. 12/11 - Mr. Pichai Goes to Washington

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🗓️ 11 December 2018

⏱️ 18 minutes

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Meme Ride Home for Tuesday, December 11th, 2018. I'm Brian McCullough.
0:09.4	Today, Mr. Pachai went to Washington. Another bug prompts Google to kill Google Plus even sooner.
0:17.0	Currig for Beer makes no sense. And Doom turns 25. Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.
0:27.0	We all knew that Google was killing Google Plus because of that big exploit it discovered recently,
0:35.7	but now we know they're shutting it down even sooner. Why, pray tell? Well, Google found another bug.
0:43.8	Quoting Venture Beat, after discovering another security issue potentially impacting 52.5 million
0:49.2	users, Google today announced that the consumer version of Google Plus will be shutting down four months sooner in April 2019 instead of August 2019
0:58.8	Furthermore Google will shut down all Google Plus APIs within the next 90 days.
1:04.0	While we recognize there are implications for developers,
1:06.6	we want to ensure the protection of our users,
1:09.6	said David Thacker, G-suite Vice President of Product, end quote.
1:15.2	Apparently this new bug was introduced just in November,
1:18.9	and it affected the Google Plus API.
1:21.8	The company says that no third party exploited this bug and they have
1:25.2	zero evidence that app developers were even aware it existed during the six days
1:30.0	that it did exist. The bug was introduced, detected, and remedied all in the course of a week,
1:36.7	Google says. So no harm, no foul, right? Well, first of all, GDPR is now in effect and there can be fines and consequences if
1:46.2	Google wasn't properly conscientious.
1:49.9	And second, Google CEO Sundar Pacai, testified before the House Judiciary Committee today.
1:57.0	Yes, Sundar Pacai finally made his appearance before Congress today.
2:06.0	I didn't expect there to be any unusual headlines made and there weren't.
2:11.0	Sundar was polite and contrite. The Congress folk were chastising and prone to grandstanding
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