Podcast: Play in new window | Download
In this episode we talk about the recent tech bug that let people hack iPhone audio through FaceTime. We discuss the scandal with Facebook tricking teens into giving them access to their data. We mention how big tech has eroded the line between private and public in their rush to develop more effective and more profitable advertising schemes. This leads us to talk about social media in general and the cultural impact of the selfie. We talk about how technologies that seem radically democratic reinforce social and racial hierarchies. We discuss the intersection between beauty products and European standards of beauty, the self-centeredness it produces in society. We mention IG-related dates and the incentivizing of bad behavior.
