WFMU: Techtonic with Mark Hurst: Playlist from June 29, 2020

Listener comments!
	6:01pm ultradamno: Mark! Techsistors of the disruptor!
	6:01pm listener james from westwood: Evening, Mark and all!
	6:05pm ultradamno: Yeesh. That break the chains thing...John Oliver did a little thing at the end of his show last night on the almost as tone deaf Papa John Tik Toks
	🤖 6:05pm Webhamster Henry: My guess for today's theme: BIG TECH BAD!
	🤖 6:05pm Webhamster Henry: There was a nice scary article about the internals of the TikTok App and what it seems to collect and transmit.
	6:06pm Dave Miss: Howdy hotdogs!
	6:06pm Mark Hurst: Hi ultra, James, Webham!
	6:06pm Mark Hurst: @Webham find that TikTok article linked at left - via boredpanda
	6:06pm Mark Hurst: @Dave hi!
	🤖 6:08pm herb.nyc: Sports cliché- "Techtonic punches above its weight", and they should be scared.
	6:09pm ultradamno: Does Chatroulette still exist? That was stupid.
	6:10pm Cp304: good evening peoples.. i'm late
	6:11pm ultradamno: 'cause turning your frown upside down is all it took.
	6:11pm Mark Hurst: @herb @Cp304 welcome!
	6:12pm kevlicki: Hey Mark, did you hear the segment on systemic racism in AI on Democracy now last Friday? https://www.democracynow.org/2020/6/26/racist_facial_recognition_technology_joy_buolamwini Was good but I wish the interviewee mentioned more about how the big tech companies may distance themselves from AI, but the cat is out of the bag, as previous guests here mention. I gotta go to a meeting now. Will listen on the archive
	6:12pm David in London: Good evening Technoids. Hello Mark. Hey ultradamno.
	6:12pm Mark Hurst: @kevlicki thanks for the pointer
	6:12pm Mark Hurst: @David hello!
	🤖 6:13pm herb.nyc: SnapChat did that? Come on! Let's have the names of all the executives who approved this.
	6:13pm ultradamno: Hiya DiL!
	6:13pm ignatatus666: Hi Mark FB has the broken chains as an emoji
	6:14pm Switchblade Batman: And r/the_donald got permanently banned too!
	🤖 6:14pm Folsom: @mark links don't open in new window
	6:16pm Mark Hurst: @Folsom fixed it, try it again
	🤖 6:16pm Folsom: @mark it works, thanks!
	🤖 6:17pm Bas NL: Late! Hi Mark! Hi all!
	🤖 6:17pm Folsom: @switchblade i heard that all of the users had gone to r/conservative for a while now
	6:18pm Mark Hurst: @Bas hi, welcome!
	🤖 6:18pm Webhamster Henry: 18 months is probably enough data redundancy that losing older data actually makes for a more precise data targeting .
	🤖 6:19pm Webhamster Henry: In short, it's actually an optimization for them, spun as a security improvement.
	6:19pm David in London: That’s a nothingburger with a side order of onion rings and an extra large milkshake.
	6:19pm Mark Hurst: @Webham heh hadn't considered that
	🤖 6:20pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hi spies.
	6:20pm listener james from westwood: Adobe! I and all of my graphics-design chums lean in, ears cocked.
	6:20pm Mark Hurst: @KfHP hi!
	6:21pm Dave Miss: I’ve been using Photoshop since the late 80s. Let’s just say Google learned everything they needed to know from adobe. Adobe bought and destroyed any good creative company that had a decent product such as Macromedia‘s full line. I’m sure they have loads of info for sale.
	🤖 6:22pm Webhamster Henry: I'm a Pixelmatorist.
	6:22pm Mark Hurst: @Dave you've seen it since the beginning
	🤖 6:23pm Bas NL: It's time to start naming and shaming buyers of these data.
	6:25pm Switchblade Batman: @folsom, I heard similar. But a lot of them rage quit reddit to go to some bargain bin reddit clone like voat
	🤖 6:25pm Folsom: what is the military system that uses a high flying plane/drone to get general movement of people, cars, etc and then once they know where to dig down they use local cameras?
	6:26pm Cp304: @folsom.. skynet?
	6:27pm Megaroni: Yes drones were at more than one rally I attended in NYC, very unsettling
	6:28pm ?: Dave Miss, you're so right about Adobe; Macromedia products were brilliant. Still miss them.
	6:28pm ultradamno: Police still pretty much have faith in polygraphs too, don't they?
	6:28pm Sam: The courts need to rule that facial recognition software can’t be used to arrest or convict people. Period. Just like the polygraph test. So completely outrageous.
	6:32pm ultradamno: Also, if you watch the mini-series Atlanta's Missing & Murdered, your faith in fiber analysis might be called into question as well.
	6:32pm Sam: How about every time there’s a grainy crime video and it’s hard to tell who the perp is, the default is they arrest Mark Zuckerberg, until he can prove his innocence.
	🤖 6:34pm Webhamster Henry: Fb has been stepping up sloppily justified "violates community standards" post takedowns.
	🤖 6:37pm Ken From Hyde Park: I know you're not supposed to point lasers at airplanes. What about pointing them at drones?
	6:38pm ultradamno: The principle of fast movin' thing breakin'
	🤖 6:38pm Webhamster Henry: I like the "send eagles after drones" technique.
	6:39pm craplivion: profit driven data mining control and servelience
	6:39pm listener james from westwood: It's like the Sleeping Giants tactic against Fox News: hit the advertisers and finally, when the money is threatened, the only thing they care about, they'll react.
	🤖 6:39pm herb.nyc: (Ahem) mark, we know you and all the wfmu DJs and ken and michele and the skeleton crew- yr all in it for the money. End and end.
	6:41pm craplivion: google your email.you may see a bunch of your activity online.
	6:41pm GListener MW: Amazing. <3 What a very-needed piece of good news in these trying times
	6:42pm Cp304: down with the algo's!
	6:44pm ultradamno: Duterte. The worst of the worst.
	6:44pm ignatatus666: I clicked on a Honey company that was giving away a jar of honey on FB Instantly a pop up warning that read they are collecting and using my data if I continue. I immediately backed out
	6:46pm ultradamno: And we've seen this tactic used to target trans children for abuse domestically
	🤖 6:48pm Webhamster Henry: Jair Bolsonaro is also a piece of work. They don't have to be the worst - there's an easily reached low bar that has been crossed by plenty of "elected" authoritarians.
	6:48pm ultradamno: White supremacists use social media to organize racist attacks amid unrest www.ajc.com...
	6:49pm Cp304: govt? or deep state lady..
	6:50pm Cp304: and it aint just the journo's, it's society in a whole
	6:52pm Cp304: i think drudge said it best.. get out of these internet ghetto's
	6:53pm ultradamno: I'm still shocked the baby wasn't named Gremlon
	6:53pm Listener Robert: I'm glad Mr. Hurst brings up all these subjects for discussion, for the attention they deserve. However, he's always blaming the instrument for the ends it's put to.
	6:54pm Sam: Just the fact that you need to consult a special site called deletefacebook.com to delete the damn thing should be warning enough never to sign up!
	6:55pm ?: this should be on music of mind control.
	6:55pm Listener Robert: Take the bit about face recognition. What's the difference between misidentifying an alleged criminal by putting his picture out and asking people if they recognize him, and doing so via tech, and acting on the result either way?
	6:55pm ultradamno: That was really bad.
	6:55pm ultradamno: Like hair metal Aqua bad.
	6:56pm dale: i was question mark - wasn't signed in.
	6:56pm olivia: there have been some reviews on this we appreciate POWER song where they're completely boggled by the lyrics. I think the trajectory of grimes place in culture as a "tech" electronic music "siren" is worthy of more analysis....
	6:56pm ignatatus666: Just got a fat package full of WoodMoo swag!! Be patient the swag is coming
	🤖 6:56pm herb.nyc: More power to mark and wfmu!
	6:56pm WR: Thank you Mark!
	6:56pm listener james from westwood: Thanks, Mark!
	6:57pm craplivion: thanks for another interesting show
	🤖 6:57pm Bas NL: Thanks Mark! Keep fighting the fight!
	🤖 6:57pm chresti: Thanks Mark!
	6:57pm Cp304: Thanks Mark, good listening..
	6:57pm Mark Hurst: Thanks, everyone!
	6:57pm ultradamno: I wish I changed my handle to "and the mysterians" and got a message right underneath it.
	6:57pm Thanks: Mark
	6:58pm David in London: Thanks Mark. Ecraser l’infame,
	6:58pm WR: Mark is a messenger, we all have to fight the fight...
	🤖 6:58pm Webhamster Henry: Lota news this week! Meanwhile, Disney is pumping up the deepfakes: www.theverge.com...
	6:58pm Listener Robert: You think Facebook wouldn't be working with any big customer, or with whomever used their tech to win Philippine elections? They're not to blame for Duterte's policies.
	6:58pm Stillwell Coney Islander: Riveting show tonight Mark. Thank you !
	6:58pm listener james from westwood: Always forget that NIN released that in 1989. My college years had a lotta good music.
	🤖 7:06pm Ken From Hyde Park: Who's to say that Zuck doesn't have data to blackmail the firms (executives of said firms) that are leaving him?

Techtonic with Mark Hurst: Playlist from June 29, 2020

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Mon. Nov 4th, 6pm - 7pm: Dystopia update (More info...)
Chatbots are now running rampant - appearing in new-model cars - as we're being told to "be nice to chatbots." Stores are using "digital price tags," which rely on surveillance to set the price to the company's liking. Meantime, Google's AI is giving wrong answers, in some cases, almost half the time. All these and more in Mark's dystopia update.
Mon. Dec 23rd, 6pm - 7pm: Don Fleming guest hosts Techtonic

June 29, 2020: Mark Zuckerberg finally blinks

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Tonight: Mark Zuckerberg finally blinks

Pointers:

• Snapchat and content collapse, my own description of Snapchat's Juneteenth filter (June 25)

• Reverse-engineering TikTok (via BoredPanda.com, June 25)

• Google promising to delete data after 18 months (NYT, June 24) See also Wolfie Christl's reaction.

• Adobe as data broker, working with Mobilewalla, a broker that is surveilling protesters (Wolfie Christl, June 26). See also Christl's post on Adobe from last fall.

• Almost 17,000 Protesters Had No Idea A Tech Company Was Tracing Their Location (BuzzFeed News, June 25): "Data company Mobilewalla used cellphone information to estimate the demographics of protesters." Adobe is a partner of Mobilewalla.

• Air Force Investigates Military Planes That Monitored Protesters (NYT, June 18) and U.S. Watched George Floyd Protests in 15 Cities Using Aerial Surveillance (NYT, June 19)

• Wrongfully Accused by an Algorithm (by Kash Hill in the NYT, June 24)

• Interview of Robert Williams, courtesy NBC Today show (June 26)

• Interview of Rappler's Maria Ressa, courtesy Australia's ABC Media Watch (June 23)

• Unilever to Halt U.S. Ads on Facebook and Twitter for Rest of 2020 (WSJ, June 26)

• Jason Kint's thread listing over 40 incidents of awful behavior from Facebook (and counting)

• Wikipedia on Grimes' "We Appreciate Power"

• From Matt Stoller (June 22):

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Artist	Track	Approx. start time
Mark Zuckerberg finally blinked. Mark Hurst talks about the Facebook boycott and other tech news stories.
Tomaš Dvořák	Game Boy Tune "Game Boy Tune" by "Tomaš Dvořák"
	Mark's intro "Mark's intro"	0:00:21 (Pop-up)
	Mark Zuckerberg blinks "Mark Zuckerberg blinks"	0:30:06 (Pop-up)
Grimes	We Appreciate Power "We Appreciate Power" by "Grimes"	0:52:18 (Pop-up)
The Hood Internet	1989 "1989" by "The Hood Internet"	0:54:59 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	6:01pm ultradamno: Mark! Techsistors of the disruptor!
	6:01pm listener james from westwood: Evening, Mark and all!
	6:05pm ultradamno: Yeesh. That break the chains thing...John Oliver did a little thing at the end of his show last night on the almost as tone deaf Papa John Tik Toks
	🤖 6:05pm Webhamster Henry: My guess for today's theme: BIG TECH BAD!
	🤖 6:05pm Webhamster Henry: There was a nice scary article about the internals of the TikTok App and what it seems to collect and transmit.
	6:06pm Dave Miss: Howdy hotdogs!
	6:06pm Mark Hurst: Hi ultra, James, Webham!
	6:06pm Mark Hurst: @Webham find that TikTok article linked at left - via boredpanda
	6:06pm Mark Hurst: @Dave hi!
	🤖 6:08pm herb.nyc: Sports cliché- "Techtonic punches above its weight", and they should be scared.
	6:09pm ultradamno: Does Chatroulette still exist? That was stupid.
	6:10pm Cp304: good evening peoples.. i'm late
	6:11pm ultradamno: 'cause turning your frown upside down is all it took.
	6:11pm Mark Hurst: @herb @Cp304 welcome!
	6:12pm kevlicki: Hey Mark, did you hear the segment on systemic racism in AI on Democracy now last Friday? https://www.democracynow.org/2020/6/26/racist_facial_recognition_technology_joy_buolamwini Was good but I wish the interviewee mentioned more about how the big tech companies may distance themselves from AI, but the cat is out of the bag, as previous guests here mention. I gotta go to a meeting now. Will listen on the archive
	6:12pm David in London: Good evening Technoids. Hello Mark. Hey ultradamno.
	6:12pm Mark Hurst: @kevlicki thanks for the pointer
	6:12pm Mark Hurst: @David hello!
	🤖 6:13pm herb.nyc: SnapChat did that? Come on! Let's have the names of all the executives who approved this.
	6:13pm ultradamno: Hiya DiL!
	6:13pm ignatatus666: Hi Mark FB has the broken chains as an emoji
	6:14pm Switchblade Batman: And r/the_donald got permanently banned too!
	🤖 6:14pm Folsom: @mark links don't open in new window
	6:16pm Mark Hurst: @Folsom fixed it, try it again
	🤖 6:16pm Folsom: @mark it works, thanks!
	🤖 6:17pm Bas NL: Late! Hi Mark! Hi all!
	🤖 6:17pm Folsom: @switchblade i heard that all of the users had gone to r/conservative for a while now
	6:18pm Mark Hurst: @Bas hi, welcome!
	🤖 6:18pm Webhamster Henry: 18 months is probably enough data redundancy that losing older data actually makes for a more precise data targeting .
	🤖 6:19pm Webhamster Henry: In short, it's actually an optimization for them, spun as a security improvement.
	6:19pm David in London: That’s a nothingburger with a side order of onion rings and an extra large milkshake.
	6:19pm Mark Hurst: @Webham heh hadn't considered that
	🤖 6:20pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hi spies.
	6:20pm listener james from westwood: Adobe! I and all of my graphics-design chums lean in, ears cocked.
	6:20pm Mark Hurst: @KfHP hi!
	6:21pm Dave Miss: I’ve been using Photoshop since the late 80s. Let’s just say Google learned everything they needed to know from adobe. Adobe bought and destroyed any good creative company that had a decent product such as Macromedia‘s full line. I’m sure they have loads of info for sale.
	🤖 6:22pm Webhamster Henry: I'm a Pixelmatorist.
	6:22pm Mark Hurst: @Dave you've seen it since the beginning
	🤖 6:23pm Bas NL: It's time to start naming and shaming buyers of these data.
	6:25pm Switchblade Batman: @folsom, I heard similar. But a lot of them rage quit reddit to go to some bargain bin reddit clone like voat
	🤖 6:25pm Folsom: what is the military system that uses a high flying plane/drone to get general movement of people, cars, etc and then once they know where to dig down they use local cameras?
	6:26pm Cp304: @folsom.. skynet?
	6:27pm Megaroni: Yes drones were at more than one rally I attended in NYC, very unsettling
	6:28pm ?: Dave Miss, you're so right about Adobe; Macromedia products were brilliant. Still miss them.
	6:28pm ultradamno: Police still pretty much have faith in polygraphs too, don't they?
	6:28pm Sam: The courts need to rule that facial recognition software can’t be used to arrest or convict people. Period. Just like the polygraph test. So completely outrageous.
	6:32pm ultradamno: Also, if you watch the mini-series Atlanta's Missing & Murdered, your faith in fiber analysis might be called into question as well.
	6:32pm Sam: How about every time there’s a grainy crime video and it’s hard to tell who the perp is, the default is they arrest Mark Zuckerberg, until he can prove his innocence.
	🤖 6:34pm Webhamster Henry: Fb has been stepping up sloppily justified "violates community standards" post takedowns.
	🤖 6:37pm Ken From Hyde Park: I know you're not supposed to point lasers at airplanes. What about pointing them at drones?
	6:38pm ultradamno: The principle of fast movin' thing breakin'
	🤖 6:38pm Webhamster Henry: I like the "send eagles after drones" technique.
	6:39pm craplivion: profit driven data mining control and servelience
	6:39pm listener james from westwood: It's like the Sleeping Giants tactic against Fox News: hit the advertisers and finally, when the money is threatened, the only thing they care about, they'll react.
	🤖 6:39pm herb.nyc: (Ahem) mark, we know you and all the wfmu DJs and ken and michele and the skeleton crew- yr all in it for the money. End and end.
	6:41pm craplivion: google your email.you may see a bunch of your activity online.
	6:41pm GListener MW: Amazing. <3 What a very-needed piece of good news in these trying times
	6:42pm Cp304: down with the algo's!
	6:44pm ultradamno: Duterte. The worst of the worst.
	6:44pm ignatatus666: I clicked on a Honey company that was giving away a jar of honey on FB Instantly a pop up warning that read they are collecting and using my data if I continue. I immediately backed out
	6:46pm ultradamno: And we've seen this tactic used to target trans children for abuse domestically
	🤖 6:48pm Webhamster Henry: Jair Bolsonaro is also a piece of work. They don't have to be the worst - there's an easily reached low bar that has been crossed by plenty of "elected" authoritarians.
	6:48pm ultradamno: White supremacists use social media to organize racist attacks amid unrest www.ajc.com...
	6:49pm Cp304: govt? or deep state lady..
	6:50pm Cp304: and it aint just the journo's, it's society in a whole
	6:52pm Cp304: i think drudge said it best.. get out of these internet ghetto's
	6:53pm ultradamno: I'm still shocked the baby wasn't named Gremlon
	6:53pm Listener Robert: I'm glad Mr. Hurst brings up all these subjects for discussion, for the attention they deserve. However, he's always blaming the instrument for the ends it's put to.
	6:54pm Sam: Just the fact that you need to consult a special site called deletefacebook.com to delete the damn thing should be warning enough never to sign up!
	6:55pm ?: this should be on music of mind control.
	6:55pm Listener Robert: Take the bit about face recognition. What's the difference between misidentifying an alleged criminal by putting his picture out and asking people if they recognize him, and doing so via tech, and acting on the result either way?
	6:55pm ultradamno: That was really bad.
	6:55pm ultradamno: Like hair metal Aqua bad.
	6:56pm dale: i was question mark - wasn't signed in.
	6:56pm olivia: there have been some reviews on this we appreciate POWER song where they're completely boggled by the lyrics. I think the trajectory of grimes place in culture as a "tech" electronic music "siren" is worthy of more analysis....
	6:56pm ignatatus666: Just got a fat package full of WoodMoo swag!! Be patient the swag is coming
	🤖 6:56pm herb.nyc: More power to mark and wfmu!
	6:56pm WR: Thank you Mark!
	6:56pm listener james from westwood: Thanks, Mark!
	6:57pm craplivion: thanks for another interesting show
	🤖 6:57pm Bas NL: Thanks Mark! Keep fighting the fight!
	🤖 6:57pm chresti: Thanks Mark!
	6:57pm Cp304: Thanks Mark, good listening..
	6:57pm Mark Hurst: Thanks, everyone!
	6:57pm ultradamno: I wish I changed my handle to "and the mysterians" and got a message right underneath it.
	6:57pm Thanks: Mark
	6:58pm David in London: Thanks Mark. Ecraser l’infame,
	6:58pm WR: Mark is a messenger, we all have to fight the fight...
	🤖 6:58pm Webhamster Henry: Lota news this week! Meanwhile, Disney is pumping up the deepfakes: www.theverge.com...
	6:58pm Listener Robert: You think Facebook wouldn't be working with any big customer, or with whomever used their tech to win Philippine elections? They're not to blame for Duterte's policies.
	6:58pm Stillwell Coney Islander: Riveting show tonight Mark. Thank you !
	6:58pm listener james from westwood: Always forget that NIN released that in 1989. My college years had a lotta good music.
	🤖 7:06pm Ken From Hyde Park: Who's to say that Zuck doesn't have data to blackmail the firms (executives of said firms) that are leaving him?

Techtonic with Mark Hurst: Playlist from June 29, 2020

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