Nicole Nguyen
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636 appearances
12 recordings
3 series
first heard Apr 2025
last heard 11 Sep
Nicole Nguyen’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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So buying from the phone makers directly and also wireless carriers who are part of this gigantic secondhand refurbished industry and they repair and renew models professionally, you can avoid a lot of these problems.
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I would say if you are running into any issues on a secondhand phone, if that phone is running hot, if the battery drains really fast, if there are
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Migration issues which could point to potential malware being installed on the device, stop using the phone and return it immediately.
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A lot of people don't pay enough attention to warranties when they're buying new phones.
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If you're buying from the original manufacturer, you'll typically get a one year warranty, which is the gold standard.
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Ninety days is okay, but I'd say if you're buying a used phone, make sure it has a one year warranty.
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My colleague Joe Barrett wrote this incredible investigative story on a jury duty scam involving a woman, a victim who had recently bought a refurbished Samsung device.
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And that device experts say was likely loaded with malware.
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It's a really scary scenario where she lost tens of thousands of dollars.
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Luckily though, malware is rare.
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I'm not saying it doesn't exist, but it's relatively rare in the market.
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And if you're buying directly from Apple, Samsung or Google or one of the big major wireless carriers, ATT, Verizon, T Mobile, there's a very good chance that your phone is not gonna have any malware associated with it.
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Every phone unfortunately has an expiration date.
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This is true of most modern technology these days.
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The more recent flagship devices are supported for seven years and then after that they don't get security updates and software updates.
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My personal rule of thumb is to not buy any phone that's older than two years old.
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WSJ Tech News Briefing · To Spot AI Fakes, Think Like a Digital Forensics Expert · 15 Aug 2026
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I want to start with a post.
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One that just a few weeks ago popped up in my feed over and over again, and probably yours too.
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It was around the start of the World Cup, weeks before the final match, in which Spain beat Argentina an extra time.
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A nearly decade old picture of the competition's most prominent players circulated online, showing Argentine legend Lionel Messi.
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