Did Furbys Spy on Us? 4. You Looking at Me?
Joanne McNally Investigates
BBC
4.3 • 598 Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Determined to get to the bottom of the rumours once and for all, Joanne lines up a meeting with one of the marketing brains behind the toy. She learns that the scandals which rocked Furby in 1998 did wonders for it's sales... and she wonders if it's still popular today because of the mystery around it.
Joanne also journeys to a toy shop, to do some hands-on research. And she finds out that the Furby is so coveted that it's kept inside a sealed glass container.
We also hear from an expert who explains why smart toys, and other smart devices, need to be treated with caution... and she meets an ethical hacker who was able to prove that some smart toys have been able to be hacked, and manipulated.
Joanne then hears some real stories of accidental espionage from her gaggle of followers. And she meets Jamie - a woman with a terrifying story of what can happen when your smart tech is infiltrated by strangers...
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.6 | Just to warn you, before you start listening, |
| 0:08.1 | there will be swearing and some sexual language in this series |
| 0:11.3 | because I'm a sweary sexual kind of person. |
| 0:13.8 | I know what I am, I swear like a soldier, |
| 0:15.6 | I'll try to keep it to a minimum. |
| 0:17.0 | But just in case you've got very sensitive ears, |
| 0:19.2 | you can't say I didn't flag it. |
| 0:27.0 | I wonder, how many of you have done some low-key spying and never tell to sell? |
| 0:31.8 | And I don't mean normal spying, which is just checking your fellas' Instagram DMs every time he leaves the room. |
| 0:37.3 | That's not spying. That's a relationship, because lads can't keep their digital dicks in their |
| 0:41.3 | pants. My bestie had a feeling her husband was cheating on her. She then listened in as he made |
| 0:47.1 | his way to work. He rang his bit on the side during his commute and she was able to listen |
| 0:51.2 | to the whole sordid thing. |
| 0:55.5 | Yeah, hi, Joanne. |
| 0:59.1 | I'm an epic story of how putting a tracker in my husband's glove box led me to discover he was living a double life. |
| 1:03.5 | Well, that is absolutely terrifying. |
| 1:06.1 | That is up there with some of the weirdest dodgiest stories I've ever heard, |
| 1:09.4 | and I have heard some dodgy shit. |
| 1:12.4 | This is a What's the Story Sounds production for BBC Sounds. |
| 1:16.4 | I'm Joanne McNally, and this is, |
| 1:18.7 | Did Furby's Spy on Us? |
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