Stephanie and Michael delve into the idea that our phones are listening to us, recording everything we say, and serving us ads based on those conversations.

A correction: Michael mentioned the "wires stopping" on Kauai, but he actually meant the Big Island of Hawaii. Off in the Northwest corner, the wires just end. (See the image on this post)

Baader-Meinhof phenomenon is named for a West German terrorist group, in 1994, by a St. Paul Minnesota online commenter, who'd recently heard of the group twice in 24 hours. 

Here's an example of how Google photos tries to catalog (blurring is mine) every face you upload. Once I've got those named, I can literally search my photos for "Aunt and Uncle" and get all the pictures with both. 

Tell us all about the groups or pages or interests you keep on your digital footprint because you think it'll game the algorithm into giving you a better experience on Twitter with the hashtag #GamingTheAlgorithm.

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