Episode 6 - Surveillance Capitalism

In this episode learn how to protect yourself against predatory companies who try to take advantage of your startup pretending to be government agencies, recommendations on two great Ted Talks, Subliminal Advertising is back again, details on how China is using Surveillance Capitalism to attack Social Media in Texas, and recommendations on tools we use to protect ourselves.

Show Notes

04:00 Managing Log Files (Large Files)
Notepad++ https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/
Baretail https://baremetalsoft.com/baretail/

13:45 Ted Talks and Blogs
Brent Brown Ted Talk on vulnerability https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_the_power_of_vulnerability
Tim Urban - Ted Talk - Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator https://www.ted.com/talks/tim_urban_inside_the_mind_of_a_master_procrastinator
Tim Urban - Blog What buy Why? https://waitbutwhy.com

33:40 Subliminal Messaging
Instances of Subliminal Messages - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instances_of_subliminal_messages
The shocking drink and coke history of subliminal advertising https://www.businessinsider.com/subliminal-ads-2011-5?op=1
The Deceptive Origins of Subliminal Messaging - Cheddar Examines - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU-eUcXcaqk

47:00 Surveillance Capitalism & Risks of Social Media Data
Social dilemma on Netflix - https://www.netflix.com/title/81254224
Surveillance Capitalism Definition - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveillance_capitalism
Instagram adds more protections for teenagers - https://www.wsj.com/articles/instagram-adds-more-protections-for-teenagers-11627390800?mod=article_inline
China using Social Media to attack rare earth metal mining executives in Texas - https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/chinese-posed-as-texans-on-social-media-to-attack-rare-earths-rivals/ar-AAYXze7
Tik Tok Employees can see US data - https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2022/07/03/2003781042
DHS persistent surveillance camera systems - https://www.dhs.gov/publication/wide-area-persistent-surveillance-camera-systems
Police sweep Google Searches to find suspects - https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/police-google-reverse-keyword-searches-rcna35749
Google to Delete Location History for Visits to Abortion Clinics - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/google-to-delete-location-history-for-visits-to-abortion-clinics/

59:00 Tools We Use to Protect Ourselves
Signal Secure Messaging - https://signal.org/download/
Firefox Focus for iOS and Android (private and tracking protection Browser)
DuckDuckGo (mostly private search) - https://duckduckgo.com
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/brave-roasts-duckduckgo-over-bing-privacy-exception/ar-AAYyIP2

1:06 Salt is Illegal?
Demolition Man (1993) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106697/