Technophobia Show Notes for June 17th, 2019

The Tech Show for Technophobes

The Dark Web, Part 1: Silk Road, Red Rooms, Smithereen.

What is the dark web? What's real and what's urban legend? Taylor and Si debate how frightened we should be of this mysterious secret internet.

Dark Web Discussion

• Ross Ulbricht, Creator of Silk Road Website, Is Sentenced to Life in Prison
• The Family That Built an Empire of Pain - The New Yorker
• Alex Winter's Ted Talk: The Dark Net isn't what you think. It's actually key to our privacy
• The Dark Web Isn't All That Dark - Kaveh Waddell - The Atlantic
• Evite e-invite website admits security breach
• Dark Web Drug Sellers Dodge Police Crackdowns

The Black Mirror Report

• Black Mirror S05E02 - Smithereens (Wikipedia)
• Black Mirror S05E02 - Smithereens (IMDb)
• Black Mirror - Wikipedia
• List of Black Mirror Episodes - Wikipedia

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Don't be dumb. There's nothing to be afraid of.