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Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Shawn Powers and Kyle Rankin about protecting yourself online, password and security best practices, and a tragic tale. Subscribe to our newsletter. (https://reality2cast.com/newsletter) Reality 2.0 around the web: Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdvdT3quikpi9sd5SxTGk3Q) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guests: Kyle Rankin and Shawn Powers.

Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk facial recognition AI using our photos for training, and how we collectively negotiate our own privacy online. Subscribe to our newsletter. (https://reality2cast.com/newsletter) Reality 2.0 around the web: Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdvdT3quikpi9sd5SxTGk3Q) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast)

Katherine Druckman, Doc Searls and Petros Koutoupis talk Twitter's new Birdwatch experiment, Signal's resistance to moderation, and Redditors' impact on the stock market. Show notes: [02:06]: (https://www.reality2cast.com/56?t=130) Twitter outsourcing content moderation with expirimental Birdwatch feature. [13:32]: (https://www.reality2cast.com/56?t=815) Signal's founder has pushed back against internal efforts to have some sort of mechanism to prevent misuse of the platform. [26:25]: (https://www.reality2cast.com/56?t=1585) Redditors take on hedge funds and the stock market with Game Stop and others. Robinhood and Discord respond. Subscribe to our newsletter. (https://reality2cast.com/newsletter) Reality 2.0 around the web: Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdvdT3quikpi9sd5SxTGk3Q) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: Petros Kou

Doc Searls and Petros Koutoupis talk to Dean Landsman and Paul Walker about radio broadcasting, including long distance coverage. Subscribe to our newsletter. (https://reality2cast.com/newsletter) Reality 2.0 around the web: Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdvdT3quikpi9sd5SxTGk3Q) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guests: Dean Landsman and Petros Koutoupis.

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Evan Greer, Deputy Director of digital rights activism group Fight for the Future about Section 230, privacy, politics, de-platforming, and internet policy. Subscribe to our newsletter. (https://reality2cast.com/newsletter) Reality 2.0 around the web: Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdvdT3quikpi9sd5SxTGk3Q) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: Evan Greer.

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Kyle Rankin and Petros Koutoupis about the SolarWinds hack, and Facebook's reaction to Apple privacy initiatives. Subscribe to our newsletter. (https://reality2cast.com/newsletter) Reality 2.0 around the web: Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdvdT3quikpi9sd5SxTGk3Q) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guests: Kyle Rankin and Petros Koutoupis.

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Kyle Rankin about fragmentation and software development, the Amazon Halo, and surveilling school children. Subscribe to our newsletter. (https://reality2cast.com/newsletter) Reality 2.0 around the web: Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdvdT3quikpi9sd5SxTGk3Q) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Show notes: Katherine (41s): The concept of fragmentation as it applies to software development. Kyle (1m 44s): [I]f you're an application developer today and you're writing a program, you know, 20 years ago, what you had to do is think about, well, do I want my application to run on windows, Mac, or Linux, or what combination of those? And then depending on your decision, you would pick different frameworks, different languages, maybe, and each individual platform you had, the support basically made you had th

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman have a fun chat with Petros Koutoupis about open source in space, digital detox, World War 2 cryptography, and poop in the desert. Reality 2.0 around the web: Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdvdT3quikpi9sd5SxTGk3Q) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: Petros Koutoupis.

Doc Searls and Jon Lebkowsky talk reality, social constructs, the internet, and disinformation. Reality 2.0 around the web: Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdvdT3quikpi9sd5SxTGk3Q) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: Jon Lebkowsky.

Doc Searls, Katherine Druckman, Petros Koutoupis, and Kyle Rankin talk Parler and platform lock-in, the concept of data, software, and hardware ownership, and the open source social contract. Show notes: (49s): “I think the first one, maybe the that's that we could cover is, well, let's see, how do I put this without causing too much controversy? That's just the idea of siloed social, silos of any kind, but in particular social media and perceived censorship as it, as it applies to social media. That's a, that's a hot topic right now.” (1m 59s): “Do you not know about parlor? No. Oh, this is going to be a great episode!” (3m 54s): “And so, as a result, a lot of people who are concerned about censorship on Twitter and Facebook have moved over there. And, and in particular on the conservative side, just because like with any social network, there's a network effect.” (5m 11s): “It also reminds me of the early days of Google plus” (8m 53s): “I think we're moving from one moderator to, I mean, This happens on, o

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Professor Barbara Cherry of Indiana University about political division, legislation and regulation, technical evolution, and more. Reality 2.0 around the web: Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdvdT3quikpi9sd5SxTGk3Q) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: Barbara Cherry.

Doc Searls, Katherine Druckman and Petros Koutoupis talk to Hadrian Zbarcea about revolutions, both technical and other. Reality 2.0 around the web: Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdvdT3quikpi9sd5SxTGk3Q) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guests: Hadrian Zbarcea and Petros Koutoupis.

Doc Searls, Katherine Druckman, and Kyle Rankin talk about facial recognition and surveillance technology in the hands of individuals, and how that affects the balance of power. Reality 2.0 around the web: Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdvdT3quikpi9sd5SxTGk3Q) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: Kyle Rankin.

Doc Searls, Katherine Druckman, and Petros Koutoupis talk social media regulation and its relationship to journalism and the threat to Section 230. Special Guest: Petros Koutoupis.

Doc Searls, Katherine Druckman, and Petros Koutoupis discuss the evolution of podcasting vs. radio. Show Notes: 00:00:57 Please subscribe to our Newsletter - a reminder :) 00:01:35 Radio vs Podcasting, is it like Godzilla vs Bambi? 00:06:51 What makes podcasting so accessible? 00:20:27 Where we host our podcast and a shoutout to fireside.fm 00:41:27 "Linux is free if your time has no value" --Jamie Zawinski 00:45:08 Scotch time, beer o'clock, or Blursday... Special Guest: Petros Koutoupis.

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Dr. Augustine Fou about his privacy analysis app, Page X-Ray, ad tracking, and data privacy. Show Notes: 00:02:17 Page Xray and Blacklight 00:07:27 While you interact with one web page, who else is harvesting your information? 00:14:13 Listen to which tracker Katherine used for about 10 minute, and promptly removed! 00:15:57 What is malvertising 00:18:55 What about the browser extension privacy trackers? 00:25:54 Who should use PageXray? 00:32:30 What are some good consumer tools? 00:42:26 What is "fingerprinting" and how does a site "fingerprint" you? 00:48:21 Covering your "privates" 00:51:32 Marketers are chasing the shiny object called Digital 00:53:26 what is the ratio of registered domains vs websites vs humans visitors vs real ad impressions? Special Guest: Dr. Augustine Fou.

Doc Searls, Katherine Druckman, Kyle Rankin, and Petros Koutoupis talk about Amazon's new flying camera, ad tech, and The Social Dilemma. 00:01:27 The spying based advertising business is on it's way out 00:05:55 The Amazon's April fools joke that is now a product 00:12:14 Doc's issue with 'Alexa' listening to you all the time 00:15:09 California's CCPA 00:16:14 Kyle's perspective on the Amazon drone 00:21:36 Scale of mass surveillance 00:30:28 Facial recognition 00:34:12 Katherine is looking for some good news... 00:35:58 Normalization of fear mongering 00:40:05 When can a company legitimately collect your personal information 00:41:12 What do regulators really hope to do 00:42:32 Lets talk about "the movie"... Special Guests: Kyle Rankin and Petros Koutoupis.

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Kyle Rankin and Petros Koutoupis about TikTok and who controls your phone. Notes: 00:00:37 The new contraband - TikTok 00:04:34 Is the US wanting to "play" China and censor? 00:08:19 Will this become an ugly precedent? 00:15:37 We're concerned about the implementation of this ban 00:17:25 The Social Dilemma on Netflix 00:21:11 Your phone is your castle 00:33:10 Defining the harm from mere content 00:44:59 Final thoughts - Portrait mode video 00:48:20 How does a visually impaired person use a phone? See link. Special Guests: Kyle Rankin and Petros Koutoupis.

Doc Searls, Katherine Druckman, and Petros Koutoupis talk about Amazon's Alexa for landlords program. Show notes: 00:00:23 For starters, let's begin with Normalization of Surveillance. 00:50:00 Amazon Alexa for landlords. 00:10:15 Is this really jus another way to discover new markets? 00:19:03 Doc the mechanic?! 00:27:49 If you're young do you really not care about privacy? 00:30:49 A couple of things that will clue people on privacy, are: Health data, and political issues Link mentioned: https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2020/09/amazons-alexa-for-landlords-is-a-privacy-nightmare-waiting-to-happen/ Special Guest: Petros Koutoupis.

Doc Searls, Katherine Druckman and Petros Koutoupis talk remote work, survival, and Facebook. 00:04:09 The three key subjects we're discussing 00:05:41 First subject - Remote work 00:17:41 Covid19 forced remote work, but Petros misses one thing in particular 00:23:24 The increasing disparity between people who can and can't work remotely 00:32:24 Scott Galloway 00:39:30 Moving onto Facebook 00:40:07 Katherine didn't use Facebook until she started WHAT?! 00:44:51 Facebook wasn't designed or built to fully account everything it does. 00:51:04 What is the big wake-up call Apple is sending out? These people have left big cities for good. Here's where they landed https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/31/success/leaving-the-city-for-suburbs/index.html Facebook’s fatal flaws - Doc Searls https://medium.com/@dsearls/the-human-solution-to-facebooks-machine-produced-problems-also-won-t-work-3364656bc257 Send your feedback to info@reality2cast.com Special Guest: Petros Koutoupis.