In the Weeds with Dexter Johnson

By Dexter Johnson

Quick and unscripted, deep dives into how the technological world impacts real life. Each episode is meant to empower, educate and inform the masses.

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August 11, 2021 434: All the details on Apple's Expanded Protections for Children!!
The white paper has been read. The internet has responded and many are wondering has Apple gone too far? We all believe that children across the world should be protected, but what are we opening ourselves up for if governments and other obtuse agencies want matching done of device? It's still our private little iPhone right?
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Apple's white paper: https://www.apple.com/child-safety/. EDF privacy concerns: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/apples-plan-think-different-about-encryption-opens-backdoor-your-private-life
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August 06, 2021 433: Apple wants to scan US iPhones for child abuse imagery!!??
What happened to "What's on your iPhone stays on your iPhone"? What happened to "Privacy is a human right"? Guess that doesn't matter when big bad law enforcement wants more and more information? This needs to be stopped -- what type of precedent could this set?
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August 04, 2021 432: New Pixel phones announced with Google built SoC!!!
Google has announced their soon to come Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro devices with its own custom Tensor chips powering the devices. This could be game changing for Google and Android.
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https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/2/22605094/google-pixel-6-pro-tensor-processor-specs-ai-ml
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August 03, 2021 431: Zero day vulnerabilities explained!!
What is a zero day vulnerability? Essentially, it's an error or bug in software that the developers have not had the opportunity to fix -- leading to potential exploitation. What can we do to keep ourselves safe?
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-day_(computing)
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July 31, 2021 430: Amazon hit with GDPR fine!!
$887 million. That's the fine that's been levied against Amazon for breaching GDPR. Consumer data and privacy is a serious thing and technologists have long complained about Amazon being able to change the market to their favor.
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July 28, 2021 429: Facebook and Instagram limiting advertisers??
You read that correctly. Facebook and Instagram are limiting advertisers' ability to to track -- teens. Not you and me, just our teenagers. Hopefully, this gets pushed to us all; however, until then, work to take your privacy back by installing browser extensions that block ads and trackers such as Privacy Badger from EDF and UBlock Origin.
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Links from this episode:
https://www.engadget.com/facebook-instagram-limit-targeted-ads-teens-130055774.html?src=rss
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July 21, 2021 428: Blue Origin's space flights only for the wealthy?
Space is the final Frontier is what "they" say, but what are we proving? At this moment, this technology is limited to the extremely wealthy, but what can these advances do for us average consumers? Nothing now, but the future may be bright.
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Links from this episode:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Origin
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/blue-origin-rocket-launch-jeff-bezos-space-flight-first-mission-2021-07-20/
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July 19, 2021 427: Leave our pre-installed apps alone!
Companies are crying about lack of diversity in top apps used on both iOS and the Play Store and noting that we need to limit the amount of Pre-installed apps on each. I say, make a better product and leave the consumer user experience alone.
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Links from this episode:
https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/7/22549338/apple-google-apps-comscore-study-facebook
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July 16, 2021 426: Potential Pitfalls of the Electric Car Industry!!
With more and more Tesla vehicles and competitors hitting the road, we have to start thinking about the implications of the maintenance of these vehicles. Batteries do not last forever and hacks are a possibility -- how can we protect ourselves? Also, could there be an alternative way to protect and save our environments?
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July 14, 2021 425: TPM for Windows 11? What is TPM?
What is the Trusted Platform Module chip used for? TPM is used for many things such as disk encryption and prevention of hardware changes.
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Links from this episode:
https://www.pcworld.com/article/3622952/what-is-a-tpm-where-do-i-find-it-and-turn-it-on.html
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Platform_Module
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