Episode 5 - Busting BIG TECH Myths

Overview

Tonight we are debunking "BIG TECH" Myths!

What is "Big Tech"? What's it like to work there? How do you get in there? What are these LIES we are going to uncover?!!

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The news articles we looked at on stream:

Trial started at Foodstuffs North Island stores today.
"actually captures the biometric data of each individual person who walks past the camera".
- It was like asking for customers' fingerprints every time they entered a store.
- And the tech is frequently wrong.
Foodstuffs working the Privacy Commissioner, some data storage policies in place, non-offenders data deleted immediately, no data under 18, offenders data kept 2 years, and no sharing or 3rd party.

“The elaborate scam saw the worker duped into attending a video call with what he thought were several other members of staff, but all of whom were in fact deepfake recreations, Hong Kong police said at a briefing on Friday.”
- Included the UK-based CFO
On at least 20 occasions, AI deepfakes had been used to trick facial recognition programs by imitating the people pictured on the identity cards, according to police.