Wake Up, Neo
summary
Industry metrics show >1 billion user records exposed and frequent breaches caused by open Elasticsearch instances and careless APIs; a banking app leaks secrets and lacks SSL pinning, Android’s download manager vulnerability lets apps steal session data, IoT hacks (Mirai, car theft via range extender) persist. Mobile UX examples: Business Insider shows only 25% useful content, a Russian bank app crashes daily on Android 9, Twitter lags on S9. Women represent ~7% of programmers in Russia, ~20% in the US, Stack Overflow audience is 9% and ~50% of women leave STEM. The remedy urged is product ownership: fix security, stability, and inclusion.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction and welcome
- 1:43Reality check of IT industry
- 3:10Security disasters in IT
- 8:05Quality problems in apps
- 10:51Inclusivity and diversity issues
- 14:41Philosophy of responsibility
- 16:47Call to action and conclusion
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