QR code scams, Chinese hackers win big & speed up your old computer
The Current powered by Kim Komando
WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc
4.6 • 825 Ratings
🗓️ 7 August 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. |
| 0:08.3 | And I'd love to have you be a part of our podcast. You can make an appointment to speak with me. |
| 0:13.3 | Just head over to commando.com. And on the top right, there's a button that says email Kim, fill that out. |
| 0:17.8 | And that's it. I always like to start with something fun, and the way that we're finding photos just got |
| 0:22.8 | a huge upgrade. |
| 0:23.9 | Now, Google's out with it first, and it's only available on the web version of Google Photos. |
| 0:29.2 | But rather than simply searching for, like, a sunset, you can now search for, say, |
| 0:33.7 | a vibrant red and purple sunset. |
| 0:36.1 | And you can also add people to that search, too, and locations. So maybe it's a red and purple sunset. And you can also add people to that search too and locations. |
| 0:39.2 | So maybe it's a red and purple sunset in Maui with my kids. Super sweet. Now, of course, if Google has |
| 0:46.0 | this, Apple will have it also in no time at all. They always copy each other, doesn't it? Hey, and speaking |
| 0:51.6 | of photos, I have one of me with REM. And if you see it, that's me in the corner. Sometimes I just crack myself up. Hey, on that happy note, welcome, ladies and gentlemen and boys and girls. It's called The Kim Commando Show, because after all, I'm America's beloved digital goddess, Kim Commando here with you once again, and you're about to get more tech smarts because every single thing is now a tech thing. And if you're a new listener to the Kim Commander show, welcome. So happy to have you with us. And if you're already a listener, welcome back. And our T-Mobile Unlimited Listener Line is now open at 1-3-8-8252-54's way to join us. And if you're just too shy to come on a big time show and podcasts, I get that. |
| 1:49.3 | You can drop me your questions over at commando.com. In the upper right-hand corner, there's a link that says email Kim. And I'd like to thank getrefonds.com for helping to make this show possible. All right, to keep you in the loop on the top five tech news that you need to know at any given moment, and that would be this moment, I take a look at 30 different websites every single day. |
| 1:51.7 | And we're going to start with China and America. |
| 2:00.3 | Yes, and as we move closer to a real war, Chinese hackers are focusing more on the good old USA, and I'm sorry to say that they're winning. And it comes down to numbers. U.S. |
| 2:02.8 | cyber intelligence staff is vastly outnumbered by hackers based in communist China. Today, |
| 2:08.4 | China has a bigger hacking program than every other nation combined. Yes. And they've stolen |
| 2:14.6 | more of our personal and corporate data than all the other nations combined. And that's including Russia, Iran, and North Korea. And they've stolen more of our personal and corporate data than all the other nations |
| 2:17.5 | combined. And that's including Russia, Iran, and North Korea. And it's not just military |
| 2:22.7 | secrets that China's after. They want to know what Microsoft and Google and Ford and GM, what |
| 2:27.5 | they're doing. And they're constantly trying to hack our power grids to put us all in the |
| 2:31.3 | dark. They're also aiming for MIT and Mayo, Boeing, AT&T, |
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