Basecamp the app is over 15 years old, which means Basecamp the company is responsible for safeguarding more than a decade's worth of customer data—including 370 terabytes of data stored in non-active accounts. In this episode, Basecamp data analyst Jane Yang talks about a big, ongoing project at the company to clean up those inactive accounts and give former customers what we all deserve: the right to be forgotten on the Internet. Two Basecamp alums also return to share the history of the company's data incineration protocol.
Show NotesJamis Buck on Twitter -
2:05Jason Fried's
tribute to Jamis -
2:22Eileen Uchitelle's
website |
Twitter -
3:15the tweet by @FiloSottile about data being uranium, not gold -
7:04our episode about the credential stuffing attack -
13:04blog post explaining how Basecamp notified customers about the credential stuffing -
13:32Basecamp's cancellation policy -
21:46Basecamp Personal -
21:53Tom Anderson from MySpace
is on Instagram now and his profile photo should look familiar -
23:48Mazes for Programmers by Jamis Buck -
26:24Basil & Fabian by Jamis Buck -
26:25