TWiT 1014: Just Say It's Capitalism - CES 2025, Meta News, Newag DRM

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Leo Laporte

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4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2025

⏱️ 179 minutes

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Summary

The panel discusses CES 2025
How Watch Duty's wildfire tracking app became a crucial lifeline for LA
Worst in Show awards 2025
Aaron Swartz v Sam Altman
We've not been trained for this: life after the Newag DRM disclosure
All the Meta stuff (fact checking, etc.)
Heritage Foundation plans to 'identify and target' Wikipedia editors
The Government Wants to Protect Robux From Hackers
Twitch Streamers Come Home After Big-Money Contracts at Rivals Dried Up
Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Nicholas De Leon, Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, and Cory Doctorow

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0:00.0	It's time for Twitter this week in tech.
0:03.4	Oh, oh, make some time for this episode.
0:06.5	We've got one of our best panels at their father, Robert Balliser is here,
0:10.9	the digital Jesuit from Consumer Reports, Nicholas DeLeon,
0:15.1	and Corey Doctor-O with his brand new book.
0:18.0	We have lots to talk about, of course, a CES post-mortem.
0:23.3	Maybe Mortum is the right term, too.
0:26.4	We'll talk about the big hack.
0:28.7	Turns out pretty much all of the apps you use on your phone
0:32.9	are leaking your location to data brokers.
0:37.6	And Corey Dr. O explains why we need a privacy law.
0:41.3	Bad.
0:42.1	It's all coming up next on Twit.
0:46.6	Podcasts you love.
0:48.5	From people you trust.
0:51.0	This is Twit.
0:58.7	Yeah. This is Twit. This is Twit. This week in Tech.
1:01.7	Episode 2014, recorded Sunday, January 12th, 2025.
1:07.9	Just say it's capitalism.
1:11.6	Okay. Just say it's capitalism. It's time for Twit this week in tech, the show where we cover the week's tech news.
1:21.6	And there has been a little bit of tech news.
1:24.6	Father Robert Ballasair is back from CES. He is, of course, our very own
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