Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Hi, Kim Commando here. Well, first up, we have your digital life hack. And after that, I'm going to play a call from my weekend national radio show. By now, you've seen those Ray-Ban meta glasses. They're the classic style, but with a camera. They can record you at the gym, office, and even during sex. Really. I'm Kim Commando for The Current.
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sign up for free at getkim.com here's how to spot if you're being recorded by smart glasses first a tiny white led on the right temple glows when recording problem it's easier to cover with a black sticker or program it not to turn on next the glasses make a sound when filming starts and stops but it's pretty faint finally you have to press a button on the top of the frames to start recording
If they keep adjusting their glasses, you're probably on camera. And yes, a man used his smart glasses to secretly film himself having sex with a woman he met on a dating app. He sent her the videos as a thank you the next day. She had no idea she was being recorded. He pleaded guilty to voyeurism and got hit with a fine. It's not the last case for sure. Get my free newsletter at GetCam.com.
Next up, a call from my weekend show, The Kim Commando Show. Enjoy. Ever heard of the audience effect? It's when we change our behavior when we think we're being watched. Well, online, we're always being watched. Your internet provider tracks everything you do, even in private mode.
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Chapter 2: What signs indicate you might be recorded by smart glasses?
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Check it out right now at ExpressVPN.com slash Kim. So, you know, Andrew, we read about, we hear a lot about Venmo scams and joining us right now. And we're gonna start with all of our phone calls is Brenda in Atlanta, Georgia. And now Brenda, you have an interesting Venmo scam. I understand.
Yes, I do. Um, it happened Christmas day. I was coming home from an event and there was a gentleman
young boy standing in the median and i thought he was trying to cross the road so i kept my car a little bit further back and then he motioned for me to come up and i rolled down the window and said i'm sorry i thought you were trying to cross the road and he said no my coach is having us out here collecting money for our basketball team so i handed attempted to hand him a five dollar bill and he said no no no
the coach doesn't want us to take any money, but he wants you to Venmo him. And I said, well, that's not a very good idea. And he said, please, it's just $2. I have to show the coach that I'm really trying.
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Chapter 3: What are the implications of secretly recording someone with smart glasses?
So I picked up my phone and I opened Venmo and I said, tell me his name. I'll Venmo $5. And that time he reached in my car, grabbed my phone and starts with a QR code on his phone. And I reached and grabbed his phone out of his hand and said, give me my phone back right now. Give me my phone back.
And he continued messing with my phone and then finally handed it back to me and I gave him his phone and then I just left. And as soon as I got to my driveway, which was two minutes, I called 911. And I said to the police officer, I'm not sure what just happened, but please go and check it out.
So then sitting in my driveway, I looked at my Venmo and I couldn't see anything that had happened until I went to transactions and it shows that he had attempted to send $2,000 somewhere. And it just showed a number, but it was not my, my Venmo account.
so the police officer called me in about 10 minutes and said we've got the suspect in the back of the police car do you want to press charges and i said yes i absolutely do and apparently he had gotten a woman the day before on christmas eve to sell him two thousand dollars and i don't know the story there but she also wanted to press charges
So my Venmo showed that the funds would not be available until December 31st. So on Friday, the next day, I went to my bank and talked to them, showed them what had happened. And they said, we probably can't do anything about it. But they called the scam department at the bank. And by Monday, the money was back into my account. But in the meantime, I had...
changed my password, I had deleted the bank account attached to my Venmo, and I had transferred enough money out of that account that it should have come back insufficient funds. And you know what? Of course, afterwards I felt so gullible and so... Yeah, but you know what?
But it was Christmas. Yeah, but you were just trying to help.
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Chapter 4: How does the audience effect relate to our behavior online?
You know, I mean, it's Christmas Day. The kid asked for, you know, even just $2. Who would not say no to $2, right?
You know, my kids both did sports, and I know they had to do, you know, collections and sales. And to be honest... I thought, you know, what's a couple of dollars? But when he grabbed the phone out of my hand, then I knew this was not good. But it's a shame you can't help kids when they're really legitimately doing something, you know.
Well, the good news is the money was put back into my account, and I got a police report. He's still in jail, and he was 17 years old. Oh, God. And we don't know a lot of details.
Chapter 5: What is ExpressVPN and how does it protect your online privacy?
You shouldn't have given him his phone back. When you stole his phone, you should have kept it. That did enter my mind, but I didn't want to be arrested for theft.
Fire, fire. Brenda would be like in the pokey on Christmas Day. I know.
That would not have been good.
Well, you know what? I'm really glad that you called in and took some time because this serves as a warning to everybody. You want to help, and that's our nature because we're all good people. We want to try to help, but you can't. You know, ask for a legitimate source or ask for, you know, where can I actually go online to authenticate where this is?
And unfortunately, Brenda, as you learned, now you've got this whole other dramarama that you have to deal with in your life, which is a complete nightmare. It's a scam around every corner. It really is. Hey, want to stay in the tech now without wasting your time?
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