Today we discuss Opportunistic Waste Management - in other words, taking a waste byproduct and finding a good use for it. Of course, my mind goes directly to the zillions of 1-year-old PCs wasting away in people's closets. These PCs could be faster than new, by simply ripping out any fake security software.Then, we spend the rest of the episode tormenting a scammer who can't figure out if he's impersonating Amazon or MasterCard!

Today we discuss Opportunistic Waste Management - in other words, taking a waste byproduct and finding a good use for it. Of course, my mind goes directly to the zillions of 1-year-old PCs wasting away in people's closets. These PCs could be faster than new, by simply ripping out any fake security software. Then, we spend the rest of the episode tormenting a scammer who can't figure out if he's impersonating Amazon or MasterCard!

4 Wasted PCs and Confused Scammers

We&#39;re increasingly dependent on technology. Our business and personal lives rely on it, but as you&#39;ve probably noticed, it&#39;s unreliable.They promise it&#39;ll get better, but it usually gets worse. Our computers are slow, so we end up squinting at smartphones. We live in constant fear that something&#39;s going to happen to our personal data. So we&#39;re scared into paying for fake protection that proves useless when disaster strikes.The jokers we pay to fix our stuff have no clue what they&#39;re doing, so they wipe out our precious photos and tell us to buy a new machine.If we only had someone to explain it all in Plain English, so we can start protecting ourselves. If only, we had... The Computer Exorcist Podcast, with your host, Marc-Anthony Arena!This show is for intelligent people who are intimidated by technology, and think it&#39;s somehow their fault. Once people learn what the industry is doing to them, they&#39;re ready to get torches and pitchforks.We expose Update Attacks, Fake WiFi, Cloud Control, and many more industry scandals that are designed to keep the gravy train flowing.Oh yeah, and we also do a little bit of scambaiting! We answer calls from phone scammers and torment them until they pop.Visit www.teknosophy.com or www.thecomputerexorcist.com to buy my book &#34;How to Protect Yourself from Your Computer&#34;, and support the show by buying something ethical from my recommendations page!NOTE: I have obtained written permission from the bands to use their music!

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We're increasingly dependent on technology. Our business and personal lives rely on it, but as you've probably noticed, it's unreliable.They promise it'll get better, but it usually gets worse. Our computers are slow, so we end up squinting at smartphones. We live in constant fear that something's going to happen to our personal data. So we're scared into paying for fake protection that proves useless when disaster strikes. The jokers we pay to fix our stuff have no clue what they're doing, so they wipe out our precious photos and tell us to buy a new machine.If we only had someone to explain it all in Plain English, so we can start protecting ourselves. If only, we had... The Computer Exorcist Podcast, with your host, Marc-Anthony Arena! This show is for intelligent people who are intimidated by technology, and think it's somehow their fault. Once people learn what the industry is doing to them, they're ready to get torches and pitchforks. We expose Update Attacks, Fake WiFi, Cloud Control, and many more industry scandals that are designed to keep the gravy train flowing. Oh yeah, and we also do a little bit of scambaiting! We answer calls from phone scammers and torment them until they pop. Visit www.teknosophy.com or www.thecomputerexorcist.com to buy my book "How to Protect Yourself from Your Computer", and support the show by buying something ethical from my recommendations page! NOTE: I have obtained written permission from the bands to use their music!

We're increasingly dependent on technology. Our business and personal lives rely on it, but as you've probably noticed, it's unreliable.They promise it'll get better, but it usually gets worse. Our computers are slow, so we end up squinting at smartphones. We live in constant fear that something's going to happen to our personal data. So we're scared into paying for fake protection that proves useless when disaster strikes.The jokers we pay to fix our stuff have no clue what they're doing, so they wipe out our precious photos and tell us to buy a new machine.If we only had someone to explain it all in Plain English, so we can start protecting ourselves. If only, we had... The Computer Exorcist Podcast, with your host, Marc-Anthony Arena!This show is for intelligent people who are intimidated by technology, and think it's somehow their fault. Once people learn what the industry is doing to them, they're ready to get torches and pitchforks.We expose Update Attacks, Fake WiFi, Cloud Control, and many more industry scandals that are designed to keep the gravy train flowing.Oh yeah, and we also do a little bit of scambaiting! We answer calls from phone scammers and torment them until they pop.Visit www.teknosophy.com or www.thecomputerexorcist.com to buy my book "How to Protect Yourself from Your Computer", and support the show by buying something ethical from my recommendations page!NOTE: I have obtained written permission from the bands to use their music!

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