4.8 • 770 Ratings
🗓️ 7 June 2022
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Amazon Echo, Google Nest and other devices can be hacked. Here's how. Plus, Val Kilmer makes a comeback in Top Gun, a judge rules that Ring video doorbells violate privacy and IBM's self-sailing Mayflower suffers another fault in crossing the Atlantic. Also, virtual children to play with will be common in 50 years. In this episode, you'll also learn why your home needs its own email address and how to remove yourself from creepy people search sites.
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0:00.0 | Hey, it's Kim Commando today, your daily podcast to keep you up to date with all things digital and beyond. |
0:08.1 | And I'd love to have you be a part of our podcast. |
0:10.9 | You can make an appointment to speak with me. |
0:13.2 | Just head over to commando.com. |
0:14.7 | And on the top right, there's a button that says email Kim, fill that out. |
0:17.6 | And that's it. |
0:19.5 | Don't say hello because you want to say goodbye. |
0:21.8 | A day in history took place this past week in New York City. |
0:24.4 | What happened? |
0:25.6 | The last payphone was removed from Midtown Manhattan, but it actually started back in 2015. |
0:31.0 | They put out this thing called Link, NYC, and these were these kiosks that they had all around the city. |
0:36.3 | And they would be used for, like like public Wi-Fi charging ports. |
0:39.4 | They had 911 buttons and some maps and screens and good things like that. |
0:43.0 | But it didn't quite work the way that the city wanted it to work, meaning, and I saw this myself, |
0:48.3 | in front of a kiosk, people would put, like, couches and then drape blankets over their heads, |
0:53.9 | and they'd have like tents there, |
0:55.7 | watch movies, watch porn, yeah, right there on the street. So they had to get rid of those too. |
1:03.3 | And I was also sad for Superman because now he has nowhere to change in public anymore. What are we |
1:08.6 | going to do? And on that happy note, welcome ladies and gentlemen, |
1:11.5 | boys and girls to yet another hour of America's most trusted source about all things digital. |
1:16.0 | It's the nation's largest weekend show that just happens to be about living the best digital life ever. |
1:21.7 | I'm, of course, America's beloved digital goddess. Kim Commando here with you once again, |
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