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Kim Komando Today

Wi-Fi is illegal in this town - Digital magician Zach King - Email spoofing

Kim Komando Today

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Tech News, Technology

4.8770 Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Green Bank, West Virginia is home to a massive telescope and a rule unheard of in today's world — no Wi-Fi allowed. Kim chats with Chuck Niday, who works in the so-called Quiet Zone. Zach King is a social media darling; he's the second biggest creator on TikTok and he's got 22.7 million followers on Instagram. His fame is well-earned. Zach is a digital magician who creates stunning visual tricks. And Kim helps a caller with an unbelievable story about his long-distance bride.

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0:00.0

Well, a few weeks later, I get a knock on the door, and it's a social worker from the Department of Human Services, and she presents me a letter saying that I abuse the child.

0:11.6

Hey, welcome to Commando on Demand Insider, your fast-paced weekly update straight from Kim's desk to your ears.

0:17.5

I'm Mike James. The Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia is the only one like it in the

0:23.2

United States. It has a quiet zone that spans 13,000 square miles. And today we're going to talk to a guy

0:30.4

that drives around in his truck that's filled with various receivers to track down any interference

0:36.0

signals over that 13,000 miles. Plus, even though you're not

0:41.1

a terrorist, Homeland Security is probably tracking you. And we have a question about spoofing someone's

0:47.7

email, but he also has an unbelievable story about a Philippine bride that you're going to be blown away.

0:54.0

This stuff happens out there

0:55.3

and you need to know about it. Plus, Kim has this week's hot topic about teens and social media.

1:00.7

There's a new study out. We'll take a look. And if you haven't heard about TikTok, it's

1:05.0

taking the world by storm. And we're going to find out about it from one of the most successful

1:09.8

creators on TikTok

1:11.5

is Zach King.

1:13.0

And if you haven't heard of Zach's name before, well, don't worry, your kids have over 33 million followers.

1:19.2

He has a three-part book series that was optioned by Steven Spielberg's production company,

1:24.2

and we'll find out more about that as well.

1:27.0

And every week, we find a fun trivia question

1:29.3

for you and ask that you give us your best guess without using Google or Surrey or any of the other

1:34.6

search engines. And this week's trivia question is about Apple, a trillion dollar company, but it had

1:41.1

very humble beginnings. It was founded by a couple of 20-something college

1:45.2

dropouts in 1976. Now, one of those founders was obviously Steve Jobs. The other one is also

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