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Tech Talk - The Tech Podcast... for Everyone
by David Koff
TechTalk is a podcast that's meant to help absolute beginners and non-technical people learn about technology in a fun and informative way. We don't talk over your head! Instead, we use everyday language to make sure that you understand all of the important subjects and challenges that we discuss. Tech is important: let's learn about it together in a fun and funny way. www.technologytalk.net
Episodes
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Episode #119: Meta Admits Defeat
Episode #119 So Meta has just settled a lawsuit with State Attorneys General from many states. They’ll be paying up to $17.1 billion. The lawsuits against Meta, YouTube, TikTok, and other social media platforms - because of how they have designed addictive platforms - has begun. I wanted to dive...
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Episode #118: Spring Cleaning, Part I
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.technologytalk.net Most of us forget, digital spring cleaning when this time of year rolls around. Don't be one of those people this year! Join me today for a look on how to clean up your digital ecosystems.
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Episode #117 - The Scams Are Coming. Still.
I can’t stress this enough. The tool that allowed me to be able to make the heart of today’s episode is 33Mail. Even though you always find a recommendation for them in my footers, please: use them. It’s the email anonymizer tool that I use when subscribing to anything. ONLY use email addresses…
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Episode #116: How to Watch Videos That Won't Play
A reminder to subscribers: paywalls are erected on websites to protect digital media. Therefore, any methods for circumventing those paywalls violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), legislation that prohibits circumventing an effective technological means of control that restricts...
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Episode 115: Learn AI. NOW.
Friends, as promised in the video here are links to the products that I mentioned or used: The app I vibe coded: SoundQ - https://soundq.studio/ Google Gemini (free & paid plans): https://aistudio.google.com/ Anthropic’s Claude (free & paid plans): https://claude.ai/ Perplexity (free & paid…
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Episode #114 -When Unsubscribing is Hidden
Different browsers handle SPAM in different ways. Most email services today have robust and powerful filters to keep your inbox clean from junk. However… Some services flaunt the CAN-SPAM act - the law of the land here in the US - by not including a unsubscribe button on their emails or not…
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Episode #108: The Fastest, Cheapest, & Bestest Way to Stop Hacking
Here are some links that go back to those episodes — or specific parts of episodes — where I provide a deeper look at 2FA for those who’d like to explore more. I’ve unlocked these episodes to allow free subscribers to gain access as well: Episode #12: The Best Free Tools for Online Security…
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Episode #102: Digital Emergency Preparedness
Hiya, friends. I’ve decided to step away from the darkness that is the privacy world we currently inhabit. Instead, for now, my plan is to simply focus on how I can best help my readers & listeners understand, navigate, and then protect as much of their digital lives as possible. Before we jump…
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Episode #101: The End of Privacy
After almost FIVE MONTHS, I'm back with another episode, perhaps my last. The world of privacy has crumbled since I began writing about tech. Listen to learn more and then please: give me your feedback. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access…
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Episode #100: Taylor Swift, AI, & The Problem of Deep Fakes
For those interested in learning more about using AI to create deepfakes for the GOOD of humanity, I encourage you to check out the website I’ve been exploring for a few months now: HeyGen (affiliate link here). You can try it out for free - yes, seriously - to see how it works. If you like it...
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Quick Hit: AppCleaner
Video notes: * This quick take is 7.5 minutes long and is pretty goofy. You’re welcome in advance for that. * Anyone can view the video! Only paying members can comment or ask questions! * Download AppCleaner at its developer site: https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/ you’ll note that there are...
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Episode #96: What is the "Fediverse"?!
For most of us, social media is a daily part of our lives. We use it to connect with friends, share our experiences & cat photos, and debate strangers about Star Wars trivia. That’s the upside. But the downside is pretty awful… Social media platforms offer little or no control over our own data…
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Episode #90: There Is No "Free" in Technology
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.technologytalk.net The Sweet, Sweet Bait Friends, how would you like a state-of-the-art 55” flat-screen TV and sound system… for FREE? This is not a joke. You can totally get one of these and I’ll share the link with you after I...
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Episode #89: Quick Security on Your Cellphone
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.technologytalk.net In today's episode, I'll provide my readers with some shorter tips and tricks to help increase the security of their mobile phones, both Android and iOS.
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Episode #88: Amazon Wants Your WHAT...?!
In this episode, we'll discuss Amazon's history of protecting our data and privacy, their treatment of their own employees, and how their newest devices promise a new age of convenience based on our giving the company access to our biometrics. Biometrics are unique parts of our bodies that can be...
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Episode #82: The Rise of AI
In this episode, #81, we'll discuss the latest artificial intelligence tools Lensa and ChatGPT. How do they work, why are they so compelling, and what are the current privacy, security, and ethical issues at play for users who wish to take advantage of this new breed of tools? All of this - and...
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Episode #79: The Fall of Cryptocurrency
A retraction? An apology? Well... not really. Our handful of episodes on cryptocurrency created a false sense of security for some of you. I thought I could do better. So, at the end of last year, I decided to write an episode that was more of a cautionary tale. This is that tale. In this…
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Episode #76: Who The F@(% Started Bitcoin?!
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.technologytalk.net The story of Bitcoin is fascinating and begins, as all good stories do, with a mystery. Our story begins way back in 2008. This was the year that the original white paper describing how Bitcoin would work was...
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Episode #75: How Does Cryptocurrency Work?
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.technologytalk.net Episode #75: How Does Cryptocurrency Work?!? Cryptocurrencies are digital currencies. Like traditional currencies, people can use them to pay each other for goods, services, or gifts. Unlike traditional…
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Episode #74: Protecting Your Data, Part 2
How To Prevent Malicious Hackers from Using Security Flaws to Compromise your Data or Computer. I shouldn’t even need to write or share about this, but I do: not enough people update their machines automatically. This article makes clear that 36 percent of all security/privacy professionals don’t...
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Episode #69: Protecting Your Data, Part 1
In this episode — part one of this series — the creator of TechTalk, David Koff, will focus on the data we keep on our computers and mobile devices. A few of us have access to restricted or classified materials, accessible only to people with the proper background checks or elevated security...
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Episode #60: Games People Play
I have clients, friends, and family who have been hacked or scammed and lost as much as tens of thousands of dollars and scores of hours of time to repair the damage done. This includes crap like calling vendors, banks, and law enforcement agencies and dealing with sleepless nights and lost data....
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Episode #55: The Russian Threat
Fear Is the Mind Killer… An unusual number of friends and readers have been reaching out to me privately over the past two weeks, all asking the same question: “What can I do to protect my computers from the Russians?” I understand the fear. I’m also glad that current events are making so many...
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Episode #54: A Game-Changer For Watching TV
Paid subscribers got access to Episode #53, which was about Cloudflare’s free DNS which anyone can use to help better protect their personal data AND speed up their web browsing. Free subscribers only receive access to a third of what I research and write; paid subscribers have access to every...
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Episode #52: What's Next...?
The Great Merge It’s been a while. Thank you for your patience. I’m usually introspective when the year ends and a new year begins. It’s a good time to take stock and examine where I am in regard to my relationships. We, humans, are both blessed and cursed in that ability… Trees and animals don’t...
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Episode #49: The Ongoing Facebook Funeral
A Steaming Bag of S**t Longtime readers of mine - both here in my Substack newsletter and on my Medium page - know that I’m a vocal critic of Facebook: * I’ve written about their deceit in the Cambridge Analytica scandal * I’ve authored an article on how to limit the data that you share with...
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Episode 47b: The Apple Has Turned
Well, that was fast… In my previous episode (#47), I explained the features in Apple’s upcoming iOS 15 which are so controversial and have deeply alarmed security and privacy experts. You can read that episode here. I stressed repeatedly that time would tell on some of these matters and… not even...
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Episode #43: Torrenting & The Law
The Background Torrenting was born in 2001 and pioneered a new way for people and companies to share files. It was relatively easy to use and - because it allowed for anyone to share or download albums and movies - it got popular VERY quickly. How popular? Well, in 2009, it was estimated that...
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Episode 24: What a VPN Actually Provides
The Background The title for today’s episode comes from a question submitted by one of my subscribers. I think the topic of VPNs is an important one for many reasons, but, as with most topics in technology, it’s sometimes difficult to understand. Additionally, the marketplace is full of…
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TechTalk is a podcast that's meant to help absolute beginners and non-technical people learn about technology in a fun and informative way. We don't talk over your head! Instead, we use everyday language to make sure that you understand all of the important subjects and challenges that we discuss. Tech is important: let's learn about it together in a fun and funny way.
www.technologytalk.net
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David Koff
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