Lydia Shompole

S2E8 - Latinas: From The Block To The Boardroom

"Latinasb2b Collaboration podcast with @thecrosspods @tech_creepy-Lydia Shompole, on data privacy and DNA tracking and what that means for people of color. Can you trust TikTok, Google, and Apple? There’s so much to unpack in this episode, but the reality is companies want our data to build new products, and we can’t even get hired in tech with hiring numbers less than 3%?! We’ve started a movement to be seen, now we need to be on the tech platforms to help our communities, not profile and police them through technology, especially during COVID-19 tracking. Ask questions, it’s your right to know the truth about where your data is going." "Latinas: from the Block to the Boardroom is a podcast based on the idea that wisdom comes from everywhere. The podcast is intentionally conversational as its goal is to encourage the sharing of this wisdom through intergenerational community conversations. "

Thank you @LatinasB2B for a great discussion.

S2E7 - Coronavirus - Tracking You & Cyber Espionage

This week we’ll be doing a deep dive into the tech side of Coronavirus specifically how companies and governments are using apps to track, monitor & assist with slowing down the spread of the virus also known as COVID-19. As well as the recent claims that China is using cyber espionage to collect the research that governments are doing about this virus.

Lets take a look into apps that specifically track the spread of COVID-19. When it comes to our behavior and the places we go, it’s safe to say that over the past few years it has become much harder for us to keep this kind of information private. When we drive from our house to a new store, or friends house we use our cell phone to give us turn by turn directions.

S2E6 - Coronavirus - Ride Sharing & Tracking The Spread

This week we’ll be doing a deep dive into the tech side of Coronavirus specifically how companies and governments are using apps to track, monitor & assist with slowing down the spread of the virus also known as COVID-19. As well as the recent claims that China is using cyber espionage to collect the research that governments are doing about this virus.

S2E5 - Replika - Your Chatbot Best Friend

This week we’ll be doing a deep dive into Chatbots, specifically a few that have been growing in popularity.

Chatbots have been around for quite some time, the first one was developed by a professor at MIT in the 1960’s.

He (Joseph Weizenbaum) named it ELIZA, his goal was to create a program that would use pattern matching and substitution methodology to simulate a conversation.

Initially the programs design essentially mimicked basic human conversation. ELIZA would pass words that an individual entered into the computer, and then it would pair it with a list of scripted responses that best fit the entered text.

creepy technology, Podcast, Season 2Lydia ShompoleDecember 17, 2019Replika AI Chatbot, creepy tech, Season 2Comment

S2E4 - Cameras – United & American Airlines

The note says “Cameras - United, American – That’s just creepy.”

It only took a few moments for this note to remind me exactly what I was thinking about at that time.

Now, back in the first few months of 2019 a bunch of articles came out about these two airlines and possibly a few others (including Singapore Airlines).

Apparently one passenger noticed that on the seatback entertainment system, there was a small camera looking back at them.

In an article on Market Watch they explained that, “A passenger on a Singapore flight posted a photo of the seat-back display last week, and the tweet was shared several hundred times and drew media notice.”

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S2E3 - Cyber Attacks, Swatting & Gang-Stalking

This week we are going to do a deep dive into cyber warfare, the gang stalking cult, swatting. Most of you may have heard about cyber warfare or swatting, maybe just a vague mention in an article or video somewhere on the world wide web.

Over the last decade or so, this understanding and definitions of what Cyber warfare is, has grown in its range to include so many types of crimes that its astounding.

Recently, two amazing individuals sent me a request on Instagram & Twitter to cover both swatting and gang stalking *A quick thank you to both of you! I truly appreciate the requests! *

After looking a bit more into both Swatting & Gang Stalking, I decided to combine them all into one episode since they can both be placed under into the Cyber warfare group which I was planning on covering this season.