Maintaining Internet Security: The Role of Volunteer Software Developers

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This chapter sheds light on the critical role of open-source software volunteers in maintaining internet infrastructure, emphasizing the risks of vulnerabilities like the Heartbleed bug. It stresses the need to support these volunteers for better internet security and mental well-being.

The dengue-fever case counts now break regional records every year—and the structural reasons behind the spike suggest this sometimes-deadly virus will soon threaten more of the world. Breaches and security holes keep revealing how much of the internet’s innards are maintained by volunteers; we ask why (09:45). And the case for moving over, not up, at work (17:10).

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