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🗓️ 27 January 2023
⏱️ 37 minutes
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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. |
0:07.3 | And I'd love to have you be a part of our podcast. You can make an appointment to speak with me. |
0:12.3 | Just head over to commando.com. And on the top right, there's a button that says email Kim, fill that out. |
0:16.8 | And that's it. Hey, I always like to start with something interesting. And this is a crazy story. |
0:22.5 | Nintendo Switch. You know what that is. That's a little handheld gaming console. Well, there was this |
0:27.2 | guy in Japan, and he's a YouTuber, and he set up a webcam on his fish tank. Now, using tracking |
0:33.5 | software, he turned the fish tank into a remote control for his Nintendo Switch. |
0:38.7 | Okay, there's like massive brain power going on here. |
0:41.2 | So essentially, if a fish swam from one side to the other, it would register in any game. |
0:45.5 | So one day, the game crashed. |
0:48.1 | But the controller kept registering the fish moving all around. |
0:51.9 | So the fish managed, I don't know how to do this, managed to get into |
0:55.8 | the Nintendo e-shop and download a whole bunch of digital goods. I mean, get this, talk about a |
1:04.0 | fishing scam. Oh, that was really bad. I know. Hey, listen, if you're a new listener, so glad to have you |
1:10.3 | with us. And if you join us all the time, welcome back. And we always love to get your feedback. |
1:14.4 | And you can send us an email to podcasts at commando.com. And this is Kim Commando today. This is Friday's show. |
1:20.0 | It's always different than Monday through Thursday. So be sure you subscribe or follow so you never miss an episode. And you can also watch us do the show on YouTube if you're more of a visual type of person. Head over to YouTube.com slash Kim Commando. |
1:32.2 | And joining me here on Friday's edition of Kim Commando today, of course, we have our amazing |
1:36.3 | content queen, Ali Seligman and Allie, what do you have for us today? I am going to tell you |
1:40.6 | what I think about whether you should keep your appliances connected to the |
1:44.4 | internet. And a really handy tip if you are the person that loses your phone from time to time, |
1:49.7 | how to find it even when it's dead. |
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