Episode 225: Block Party

Grumpy Old Bens tackles sextortion whether it be real or AI generated, we talk about WD saying your drives are too old, Amazon shutting down a customer’s smart home devices for a “racist comment,” and a whole lot more. Thanks for listening!

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JoelW
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NOTES / LINKS:

FBI warns about “sextortion”
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sextortionists-are-making-ai-nudes-from-your-social-media-images/

Western Digital is age-shaming drives
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/06/clearly-predatory-western-digital-sparks-panic-anger-for-age-shaming-hdds/

“My Week Without Amazon”
https://medium.com/@bjax_/a-tale-of-unwanted-disruption-my-week-without-amazon-df1074e3818b

Musk suggests Twitter to remove “block”
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/06/09/elon-musk-says-twitter-is-going-to-get-rid-of-the-block-feature-enabling-greater-harassment/

Amazon shuts down customer’s smart home for a week
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12189915/Amazon-shuts-customers-smart-home-week-driver-claimed-heard-racist-slur.html

Block Party Browser Extension
https://www.blockpartyapp.com/waitlist/

Influencers overtaking journalists as news source
https://news.yahoo.com/influencers-overtaking-journalists-news-source-003712369.html

FBI ‘Unintentionally’ Spied On ‘278,000’ Americans
https://dailycaller.com/2023/06/13/hawley-fbi-official-abate-unintentionally-spy-americans/

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