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If you’ve ever missed a show, do not make it this one.
This week’s show has a little something for your house, your phone and your wallet. Mostly bad news for the bad guys.
Delivery drivers wearing AI glasses. A photo that hijacks your iPhone. And a man who beat a police camera with a fast-food receipt. Grab it before the weekend gets away from you.
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📬 IN THIS SHOW
🎧 This week’s show: Smile, Amazon’s got your front door on camera.
🧊 Number of the week: Facebook lied about your data.
⏩ Jump to a segment: 12 must-hear stories, one tap each.
👤 Meet the guest: He went for lemonade. He came home to 4 cops.
🎲 Real or Not: 2 picture-day stories. One is fake. Can you beat Andrew?
✂️ Cutting-room floor: 3 bonus tips you won’t hear on the show.
🥁 Worst jokes of the week: 3 so bad Andrew groaned.
🎧 ON THIS WEEK’S SHOW
Amazon is photographing your house + the iPhone photo hack
Your package shows up. So does a camera. Amazon delivery drivers wear AI smart glasses that snap a picture every few seconds. One shift can add up to thousands of photos. Your porch. Your yard. Your kids on the lawn.
Can you opt out? No. When a reporter asked, the Amazon exec running the program said, “We haven’t thought about that.” Here’s the twist: Amazon owns Ring. For years, your doorbell filmed the driver. Now the driver films you back.
Then the one that made me grab my phone. One booby-trapped photo can let a hacker take over an iPhone, and almost 4 out of 5 of the devices were exposed. The fix takes 30 seconds, and I walk you through it.
You cannot afford to miss this week’s show. Really.
🧊 NUMBER OF THE WEEK: 43,899,725
That’s how many times a New Mexico jury says Facebook lied about how it handled your personal data. At up to $5,000 a pop, the state wants more than $219 billion.
Do the math. That’s over $100,000 for every man, woman and child in New Mexico. That’s not a fine. That’s a house. Watch the whole story here.
Keep scrolling. There’s more good stuff below. 👇
🛡️ Why I fired LifeLock
I had LifeLock for years. Every renewal, the price crept up. And every year, the scams got smarter while my protection stayed stuck in the past.
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⏩ JUMP TO A SEGMENT
The 12 you can’t miss. Tap any line to go straight there on YouTube.
▶ Amazon checks up to $200 are coming. They vanish in 60 days.
▶ Facebook could get hit with a $219 billion fine.
▶ TikTok pays $100 million and gives teens a midnight curfew.
▶ One booby-trapped photo can take over your iPhone.
▶ Same Big Mac, different price. Thank AI.
▶ The button that tells you if a Prime Big Deal Days “deal” is real.
▶ Middle schoolers are secretly chatting in podcast comments.
▶ The FBI raids a 200-acre scam city targeting your parents.
▶ A Flock camera vs. a Wendy’s receipt. Guess who won.
▶ Amazon drivers are photographing your house.
▶ Is flirting with AI cheating? Pick a side.
▶ Luke 3D prints free wheelchairs for kids.
Want all 41 stories? Here’s the full chapter list.
👤 MEET THE GUEST: AMADEUS PURCELL
It’s late. Amadeus wants one thing: a strawberry lemonade from Wendy’s.
He gets it. He drives home. He pulls into his own driveway in North Carolina, takes the first sip and looks up. There’s a cop car.
“I have you on camera,” the officer tells him. A Flock license plate camera says Amadeus blew down Scale Street at 100 miles an hour. Within minutes, his Ring doorbell catches at least four patrol cars filling the street. Officers put their hands on his hood. “The car is still hot. It’s gotta be you.”
Amadeus is a professional photographer. He knows what a picture can prove and what it can’t. Then he remembers the receipt in his cupholder.
What was running through his head in that driveway, and the setting on your phone that could be your alibi, is in the interview.
Keep scrolling. My best jokes are still to come. 👇
🎲 REAL OR NOT
It’s school picture day. One of these stories is real. One I made up. Andrew had to pick. Now it’s your turn.
Story A: A school district lets kids ditch the boring blue backdrop. For $5 extra, the photographer’s AI swaps in any background the kid wants.
Story B: A mom of three didn’t want to pay for three sets of school pictures. So she lined her kids up against a plain wall at home, snapped them on her phone and uploaded the shots to ChatGPT.
Lock in your answer, then see if you beat Andrew. No peeking. (And wait till you hear what some parents did with the photographer’s watermarks. A lawyer might want a word.)
✂️ CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR
Three tips that didn’t make the show. Email readers only.
Kick your ex off your Netflix. Go to Account > Manage Access and Devices. You’ll see every TV and phone signed in to your account. Spot a smart TV that isn’t yours? Tap Sign Out. Buh-bye, freeloader.
Never book an Uber without peeking at Lyft. A Columbia Business School study found Uber wait times are up 19% since 2023, and prices per mile are up 53%. Do the math: a $20 ride from 2023 now costs about $30. Open both apps side by side before you tap. Same trip, different price, all the time. Done.
Mirror, mirror, chatbot. ChatGPT lets you virtually try on clothes. Tap “Try on” on a product listing, upload a selfie and a full-body photo, and AI dresses you up. Screenshots from any store work, too. Here’s the fine print: Photos from personal accounts can be used to train OpenAI’s AI unless you opt out. Before you upload, go to Settings > Data controls and turn off Improve the model for everyone. I went to the store to buy camouflage pants, but I didn’t see any.
🥁 WORST JOKES OF THE WEEK
What does the letter “P” in Facebook stand for? Privacy.
Amazon finally delivered something I didn’t order. A refund.
I started a waterfowl migration service with my friend. I call it Two Men and a Duck.
(Andrew groaned at all three. That’s the only review I trust.)
🙏 THANK YOU, COVERON
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P.S. Only got 8 minutes? Start here. Amadeus went out for a strawberry lemonade and came home to a driveway full of cops. His receipt was his alibi. Talk about a Frosty reception. 😂
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