Supercharged

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223: Too Many Apps? Jan 10, 2019

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Tommy and Adam discuss the sea of apps we now have to chose from, whether or not it's a good thing, and how to handle the overload.

222: Surviving the Holidays (Financially) Dec 20, 2018

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Tommy and Adam talking about gift-giving and the holidays and the trouble that comes along with it.

221: Social Media Addiction Dec 13, 2018

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Tommy and Adam discuss most of the world's addiction to social media, what problems it causes, and what you can do about it.

220: The Trouble with Voting Nov 22, 2018

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Tommy and Adam discuss the issues with voting and why the methods can sometimes make it very confusing.

219: USA Really? Nov 08, 2018

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Tommy and Adam discuss the next phase of Russia's online strategy.

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USA Really
American news by Russia...?
New Russian Media Venture Wants to Wage ‘Information War’ in Washington, D.C.
The Daily Beast: "USA Really launched with a goal of stopping disinformation about Russia. A video it ran features an American flag and a Confederate flag alongside a MAGA poster of Donald Trump."

Thank you to White, Jacobs, and Associates for sponsoring this episode!

218: Hack Your DRM! Nov 03, 2018

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It's now legal to hack your DRM under very specific circumstances. Also, Apple releases some stuff and it's the usual mix of solid product updates and excessively high "fashion-brand" prices.

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In Groundbreaking Decision, Feds Say Hacking DRM to Fix Your Electronics Is Legal
Motherboard: "The new exemptions are a major win for the right to repair movement and give consumers wide latitude to legally repair the devices they own."
New Russian Media Venture Wants to Wage ‘Information War’ in Washington, D.C.
The Daily Beast: "USA Really launched with a goal of stopping disinformation about Russia. A video it ran features an American flag and a Confederate flag alongside a MAGA poster of Donald Trump."

217: The Best Way to Review an Android App Oct 28, 2018

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Tommy brings in a long list of Android app reviews that make no sense. He and Adam discuss the phenomenon of weird reviews online and why they exist.

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Google Play full of fake reviews
Theprogrammerx on reddit: "A bit of a rant here... How long will it take for Google to take reviews seriously? There seems to be no filtering of repetitive reviews. This is how some apps get close to 5 stars ratings. It's pretty annoying."
Amazon: Three Wolf Moon
One of the original weird review collections.

Thank you to White, Jacobs, and Associates for sponsoring this episode!

216: Corporate Espionage! Oct 18, 2018

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This week Tommy and Adam take go deep and tackle the topic of corporate espionage as Apple, Amazon, Google and others combat this fake or real trend.

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The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies
Bloomberg: "The attack by Chinese spies reached almost 30 U.S. companies, including Amazon and Apple, by compromising America’s technology supply chain, according to extensive interviews with government and corporate sources."
What Businessweek got wrong about Apple
Apple: "The October 8, 2018 issue of Bloomberg Businessweek incorrectly reports that Apple found “malicious chips” in servers on its network in 2015. As Apple has repeatedly explained to Bloomberg reporters and editors over the past 12 months, there is no truth to these claims."
Bloomberg responds to Apple’s denials with fresh evidence of pervasive hardware hacking
MS Power User: "Bloomberg has recently been embroiled in controversy after they accused industry supplier Supermicro of supplying motherboards infected with compromised chips which could be used to steal data from servers from companies such as Apple and Amazon. Because the compromise would be at the hardware rather than software level it would be very difficult to detect."
Google+ to shut down after coverup of data-exposing bug
TechCrunch: "Google is about to have its Cambridge Analytica moment. A security bug allowed third-party developers to access Google+ user profile data since 2015 until Google discovered and patched it in March, but decided not to inform the world. When a user gave permission to an app to access their public profile data, the bug also let those developers pull their and their friends’ non-public profile fields. Indeed, 496,951 users’ full names, email addresses, birth dates, gender, profile photos, places lived, occupation and relationship status were potentially exposed, though Google says it has no evidence the data was misused by the 438 apps that could have had access."

Thank you to White, Jacobs, and Associates for sponsoring this episode!

215: Give It Up! Oct 11, 2018

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This week on Supercharged, Tommy and Adam discuss giving things up, letting go, quitting bad habits, and things like that! If you've struggled to let go of something, this one's for you.

214: Social Media and the Law Oct 04, 2018

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Tommy and Adam take a look at how social media will affect legal proceedings in the future, when online evidence will be in surplus.

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