Are We Living Under A Microscope? - Episode 34

Magnetic Mismatch

Have you ever downloaded an app on your phone or gone to a website, but before you can get any further you must accept the company's terms and conditions? Be honest, did you really read the fine print or did you just blindly click accept? In today's digital age where the internet and social media reign supreme, it's no surprise that many if not all of us have been guilty of accepting terms and conditions we don't fully understand, cookies that track our behaviors or allowing access to our mobile devices that can oftentimes contain a lot of very personal information.

As technology continues to advance and becomes more and more integrated into our lives, we often wonder at what cost? What are we willing to give up in exchange for convenience and seemingly harmless aides to make life easier?

0:00 Intro

1:16 Welcome banter

2:20 Start of topic

5:21 Baby monitor from hell

7:31 Smart homes & devices

8:51 Dark side of technology

13:54 Tracking your behavior

17:56 Social outcast

20:50 Check in location

24:13 Unplugged

28:03 Invasion of privacy

30:13 Facial recognition & fingerprints

32:52 Retinal scans & DNA

37:17 Takeaways & lessons learned