182: Trump for 500, Alex

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182: Trump for 500, Alex

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Oct 21, 2016

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Nomophobia; Bad hombres & nasty women; Uber drone ads; fact-checking fails; false unlimited data; 50TB of stolen classified data; Lessig’s high road; creepy VR games; Amazon Echo; new Queen; facial recognition; this check goes to $11; the unreadable web. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/182

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Oct 21, 2016

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Covering tech news, security, movies, tv shows, and books for tech savvy adults. A no-holds-barred show about the Internet and how it's affecting our lives for good or bad. Hosts Jason DeFillippo & Brian Schulmeister have over 40 years of online experience and aren't afraid to tell it like it is.

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182: Trump for 500, Alex

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