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Kim Komando Daily Tech Update

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06 Jan 2026

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

0.031 - 1.413 Kim Komando

Hi, Kim Commando here.

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Chapter 2: What digital life hack can improve my online privacy?

1.754 - 23.949 Kim Komando

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. Big tech rolled out massive AI updates. And in most cases, they silently signed you up to donate your personal data to train their systems. Let's fix that. I'm Kim Commando for Carbonite, my number one choice for cloud backup. Get 50% off now at carbonite.com slash Kim.

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Chapter 3: How is Big Tech using my data without my knowledge?

24.309 - 45.708 Kim Komando

Live a better digital life with Carbonite. First up, Google Gemini AI in Gmail and Docs. If you're on the free version, human contractors can review your conversations. Visit myactivity.google.com and click on Gemini Apps Activity. Done. No more permanent transcripts. Next, ChatGPT and Cloud. They feed your chats back into their systems by default.

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In Settings, turn off anything labeled Improve the Model.

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49.154 - 78.216 Kim Komando

finally meta uses your public facebook and instagram post to train its ai shocking no one they make opting out virtually impossible protect your data because big tech won't do it for you this is the year that you must be tech smart join almost a million folks who get my free newsletter every single day at getkim.com next up a call for 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

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78.196 - 99.327 Kim Komando

Well, online, we're always being watched. Your internet provider tracks everything you do, even in private mode. That's why I use ExpressVPN. It's the tool I trust to keep my internet connection protected. With one click, it hides everything I do online and sends it through a secure connection so no one can see or track my online activity. Here's the best part.

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ExpressVPN works across all your devices, your phone, laptop, tablet, even your smart TV. One subscription protects up to eight devices, so your whole family stays secure.

Chapter 4: What settings should I change in Google to protect my privacy?

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Don't wait. Protect your family's internet connection today with ExpressVPN. Right now, you can get my special offer of four extra months with ExpressVPN. Just go to ExpressVPN.com slash Kim. That's ExpressVPN.com slash Kim for four extra months of privacy protection. Don't wait. Check it out right now at ExpressVPN.com slash Kim. All right. Hey, look at this, Andrew.

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Somebody in our hometown, Carrie, in beautiful Phoenix, Arizona. Welcome to the show today. How can we help?

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141.061 - 143.283 Carrie

Thank you. Hi, Kim.

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Chapter 5: How can I prevent ChatGPT from using my conversations?

144.284 - 153.033 Carrie

I've been watching... While listening to you, Andrew, and actually back in the day, your husband, on the radio for many years.

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153.053 - 154.878 Andrew

The nearly famous Barry Young.

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156.964 - 160.313 Andrew

He's going to demand a recording of this that someone remembers him.

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surprised how much email I get from that. Oh, and we love Barry, of course. Oh, yes.

167.663 - 170.627 Andrew

So, yeah, Andrew used to work with Barry, too.

Chapter 6: What steps can I take to secure my Facebook and Instagram data?

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I actually, speaking of Barry Young, we still have the Facebook page active, and I'm still the administrator of it. It's usually twice a day I get a message. Where's Barry coming back? Where's Barry?

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183.523 - 184.404 Carrie

Well, how cool is that?

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185.145 - 186.006 Kim Komando

So, what's happening?

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187.448 - 220.578 Carrie

Well, my bank account's over the last two months were compromised twice. I am a joint owner with my mother's bank account. She's 90. And the first time was, and it's my opinion, we transferred a large amount into my checking account. And Wells Fargo called me, some banker that I'd never heard of, saying, oh, you have a large amount in your checking account.

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220.658 - 245.835 Carrie

You should move it to your savings account. So he wanted me to come in, and I said, you know, it's Christmas Eve. I need to – I've got a lot of things to do, so I'm going to do it on my own. So I created an account, moved the money. When I was in getting a check for the earnest money, Wells Fargo called me and said, oh –

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Your account, there's a snapshot of your account circulating on the dark web. We need to block all your accounts. So those got all blocked. That was on a Friday. Monday we went in, had everything, all new account numbers. Okay. Which they put the old account numbers on the new accounts and the new account on the old account. So I don't know how that was helping. But fast forward into February...

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Um, I had trouble logging into my Wells Fargo account. Wells Fargo, um, IT department couldn't help me. And about a week and a half later, I was scrolling through accounts and noticed 25,000 was missing out of my mom's account. And so of course I called fraud department. They did an investigation and they said that the, um, key code came from my phone and my computer.

306.515 - 331.054 Carrie

oh so there's there they sent me a letter essentially saying too bad how sad the money's gone you know we'll request the money back but it's already gone okay so here i here i am stuck with you know my 90 year old mother so so wait did they say did they say that you took the money out of your mom's account

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They're saying that the key code came to me on my cell phone and I put it into my computer.

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