WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.320 --> 00:00:06.320 It's Night Side with Dan Ray on Boston's Radio. 2 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:10.599 You know, Nicole, I could be wrong on this. Check me. 3 00:00:11.080 --> 00:00:13.880 I do not believe that the Utah Hockey Club is 4 00:00:13.919 --> 00:00:16.760 one of the NHL's original six teams. 5 00:00:17.039 --> 00:00:18.559 I'm pretty sure you're right. 6 00:00:19.160 --> 00:00:21.440 Yeah, probably no better than me, but I've got a 7 00:00:21.640 --> 00:00:22.399 I got a hankering. 8 00:00:22.440 --> 00:00:23.440 You're probably correct on this. 9 00:00:23.679 --> 00:00:26.039 Yeah, yeah, yeah, I mean I'm not a hockey question 10 00:00:26.239 --> 00:00:29.280 like Eddie Andaman used to refer to hockey fans as, 11 00:00:30.239 --> 00:00:33.640 but I've never I never heard of the Utah Hockey Club. 12 00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:36.880 Frankly, until we can go five ten minutes ago, I 13 00:00:36.920 --> 00:00:37.719 hadn't either. 14 00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:43.039 You know, I mean, bring back the Quebec nor Dix 15 00:00:43.200 --> 00:00:44.479 or someone like that. 16 00:00:44.600 --> 00:00:46.920 All right, I can take the Hartford Whalers at this point. 17 00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:49.640 Theyucky the Whale. I loved hockey the Whale. 18 00:00:49.679 --> 00:00:53.679 Oh yeah, absolutely, thanks thanks for clearing that up for me. 19 00:00:53.799 --> 00:00:55.719 Well, I appreciate that anything for you. 20 00:00:55.799 --> 00:00:56.759 Dan, have a good. 21 00:00:56.640 --> 00:00:59.200 Show, Thanks so thanks so much. 22 00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:02.560 My name is Dan Rayan aster Cole had mentioned the 23 00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:06.480 host of Nightside, and we cover as many topics as 24 00:01:06.519 --> 00:01:09.200 you possible, more topics than you could possibly imagine here 25 00:01:09.200 --> 00:01:11.760 on Nightside, But Hockey's won. I'm pretty sure they're not 26 00:01:11.840 --> 00:01:15.040 one of the original six Canadians maple Lea's Red Wings, 27 00:01:15.079 --> 00:01:18.239 black Hawks, Bruins and Rangers. Yeah, they're not the original six, 28 00:01:18.439 --> 00:01:20.239 although I think they won their first couple of games, 29 00:01:20.280 --> 00:01:21.959 so they must have been loaded up in some sort 30 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:24.120 of an expansion draft or something. We'll figure it out. 31 00:01:24.159 --> 00:01:27.760 The Brunes will handle it. We are here every night, 32 00:01:28.280 --> 00:01:30.079 whether the Bruins are playing or not. We're here from 33 00:01:30.120 --> 00:01:33.000 eight until midnight, and we have four guests lined up 34 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:34.799 in this first hour. This is the hour when we 35 00:01:35.120 --> 00:01:37.840 don't do phone calls, which is fine. You get to 36 00:01:37.879 --> 00:01:42.079 sit back and listen to people who have interesting information. 37 00:01:42.319 --> 00:01:44.079 Sometimes it involves. 38 00:01:43.799 --> 00:01:46.239 An activity that you might like to participate, as our 39 00:01:46.280 --> 00:01:49.359 first one is this weekend. Some of it might be 40 00:01:50.040 --> 00:01:52.040 something a little bit more in the future. We'll get 41 00:01:52.040 --> 00:01:53.840 through it all. We'll get through it all. And of course, 42 00:01:53.879 --> 00:01:56.640 once we do open up the phone lines after the 43 00:01:56.799 --> 00:01:59.159 nine o'clock news, then you'll be talking with Rob Brooks 44 00:01:59.200 --> 00:02:00.920 before you talk to me. And of course the number 45 00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:03.840 remains six one, seven, two, five, four, ten thirty. So 46 00:02:03.959 --> 00:02:06.959 let's get it started. I want to welcome Ashley Carrier. 47 00:02:07.719 --> 00:02:10.879 Ashley is the executive director here in Massachusetts for the 48 00:02:10.879 --> 00:02:14.240 American Lung Association, and there is a big event coming 49 00:02:14.319 --> 00:02:19.919 up this weekend, the Lung Force Walk Boston. Ashley, Welcome 50 00:02:19.960 --> 00:02:23.280 to Night's side. Tell us all about the Lung Force Walk, 51 00:02:23.319 --> 00:02:26.840 which will be taking place. I guess in Hopkinson, not 52 00:02:26.960 --> 00:02:29.599 in Boston, but certainly very close to Boston. How are 53 00:02:29.639 --> 00:02:30.080 you tonight? 54 00:02:31.199 --> 00:02:31.840 I'm great. 55 00:02:31.919 --> 00:02:32.400 How are you? 56 00:02:33.400 --> 00:02:35.319 I've kind of wound up, you know, but I normally 57 00:02:35.360 --> 00:02:38.759 am when I start my shows. 58 00:02:39.479 --> 00:02:41.319 Well, first of all, thank you for having me on 59 00:02:41.400 --> 00:02:41.919 this evening. 60 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:43.280 I really appreciate it. 61 00:02:45.159 --> 00:02:45.439 Yeah. 62 00:02:45.479 --> 00:02:49.319 So, our Lung Force Walk is taking place this Saturday. 63 00:02:49.840 --> 00:02:53.560 It's our ninth annual walk and it's going to be 64 00:02:54.120 --> 00:02:56.879 at Hopkinson State Park for the first time ever. So 65 00:02:56.919 --> 00:03:01.599 we're incredibly excited about that. Visitent is all about raising 66 00:03:01.599 --> 00:03:05.759 awareness and critical funds for lung cancer research. 67 00:03:05.439 --> 00:03:06.639 And other long diseases. 68 00:03:07.400 --> 00:03:10.599 It's it's going to be really stunning there, with a 69 00:03:10.639 --> 00:03:14.520 two mile walk along the waterfront and with peak foliage. 70 00:03:14.599 --> 00:03:15.800 It's it's going to be awesome. 71 00:03:16.520 --> 00:03:18.639 Yeah, supposed to be a nice weatherwise too. 72 00:03:18.719 --> 00:03:22.919 I'm both both on Saturday and Sunday, and you won't 73 00:03:22.919 --> 00:03:25.039 be walking along the Charles River and competing with the 74 00:03:25.080 --> 00:03:27.240 head of the child. So it will be really nice parking, 75 00:03:27.280 --> 00:03:29.000 pretty accessible and easy out. 76 00:03:28.840 --> 00:03:31.919 There, I hope very much so free parking. 77 00:03:32.159 --> 00:03:35.759 There's plenty of parking, so that will not be an 78 00:03:35.800 --> 00:03:37.560 issue we will be dealing with. And it's supposed to 79 00:03:37.599 --> 00:03:39.800 be in the seventies and sunny, so I can't complain 80 00:03:39.840 --> 00:03:40.240 about that. 81 00:03:40.840 --> 00:03:41.840 No, absolutely so. 82 00:03:42.319 --> 00:03:49.879 Look, the American Lung Association, which is a wonderful organization 83 00:03:49.960 --> 00:03:51.639 that's been around for a long long time. Way, did 84 00:03:51.680 --> 00:03:54.479 you previously used to have these walks? As this walk 85 00:03:54.560 --> 00:03:57.000 moved from different locations, you said, it's the ninth one 86 00:03:57.159 --> 00:04:00.599 here in Boston. Where where has it been you know previously. 87 00:04:00.639 --> 00:04:02.319 I don't need a list of all the locations, but 88 00:04:02.360 --> 00:04:04.639 I'm just curious in case some people say, oh, yeah, 89 00:04:04.680 --> 00:04:06.639 I participated in that a year ago, Now I want 90 00:04:06.639 --> 00:04:07.680 to get go this weekend. 91 00:04:08.840 --> 00:04:09.159 Yeah. 92 00:04:09.199 --> 00:04:13.400 So historically it had been at the Boston Common for 93 00:04:13.439 --> 00:04:15.960 a couple of years, and then it was at Franklin 94 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:20.839 Park Zoo that we're trying to find a home for 95 00:04:20.879 --> 00:04:24.879 our walk, So this it made sense, and it's really 96 00:04:25.199 --> 00:04:28.680 just accessible to everybody and it's a beautiful location. 97 00:04:29.120 --> 00:04:29.680 That's the point. 98 00:04:29.720 --> 00:04:32.519 The point is as lovely as Boston is, it's becoming 99 00:04:32.519 --> 00:04:35.439 more difficult to park find a parking space. Obviously in 100 00:04:35.480 --> 00:04:38.240 the Zoo area that's a different story, but to try 101 00:04:38.279 --> 00:04:40.600 to get people into the Boston common I certainly can't 102 00:04:40.639 --> 00:04:42.079 understand that that's not going to work. 103 00:04:42.199 --> 00:04:45.360 Yeah, it's it's a two mile walk or three mile. 104 00:04:45.560 --> 00:04:47.600 I wasn't sure. I thought I read three and you're 105 00:04:47.600 --> 00:04:48.240 telling me two. 106 00:04:49.000 --> 00:04:51.319 Yeah, it's two miles. So we have a couple. 107 00:04:51.480 --> 00:04:52.720 We have two different routes. 108 00:04:53.279 --> 00:04:57.839 One is fully accessible, fully paved, and the other route 109 00:04:58.040 --> 00:05:01.920 is has a little bit of a hill and it 110 00:05:01.959 --> 00:05:05.839 actually goes over the dam, so it's right along the water. 111 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:09.519 So people who come and participate can choose either of 112 00:05:09.560 --> 00:05:11.079 the two different routes, which. 113 00:05:10.879 --> 00:05:14.759 Is okay, this is a fundraiser. You hope people would 114 00:05:14.800 --> 00:05:21.199 get sponsors, I assume for their participation. And look, I 115 00:05:21.240 --> 00:05:26.120 have forgotten how many people die of lung related diseases. 116 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:27.560 Bring us up to date on that. 117 00:05:27.600 --> 00:05:29.560 I was looking at some of your materials and I 118 00:05:29.600 --> 00:05:31.040 know you know it off the top of your head. 119 00:05:31.040 --> 00:05:34.079 It kind of surprised me because you think about cancer, 120 00:05:34.199 --> 00:05:36.680 which is horrible, and you think about heart problems, but 121 00:05:36.800 --> 00:05:38.279 we got to remember lungs. 122 00:05:38.000 --> 00:05:42.319 As well well, right, And honestly, a little known fact 123 00:05:42.439 --> 00:05:45.439 is that lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer 124 00:05:45.519 --> 00:05:49.319 deaths in both the US and right here in Massachusetts. 125 00:05:50.480 --> 00:05:54.720 So Massachusetts actually ranks thirtieth in the nation for new 126 00:05:54.800 --> 00:05:58.439 lung cancer cases, which means we have a higher rate 127 00:05:58.480 --> 00:06:00.879 of new cases than a NASH the average. 128 00:06:02.600 --> 00:06:05.720 You know, I was really hoping that that lung cancer 129 00:06:05.720 --> 00:06:08.759 would go away when people would end up stopping smoking 130 00:06:08.839 --> 00:06:10.399 and all of that. But I guess there are other 131 00:06:10.439 --> 00:06:13.199 ways in which you can can contract Yeah. 132 00:06:13.000 --> 00:06:16.160 And you know, that's something that that we Alay are 133 00:06:16.439 --> 00:06:21.040 working to break the stigma is that people who have 134 00:06:21.360 --> 00:06:24.879 lung are diagnosed with lung cancer are not necessarily smokers. 135 00:06:25.360 --> 00:06:30.040 There's other, you know, other causes of lung cancer aside 136 00:06:30.079 --> 00:06:31.120 from smoking. 137 00:06:32.199 --> 00:06:34.399 Okay, so let's let's get down to it. Let's assume 138 00:06:34.399 --> 00:06:37.800 people haven't signed up. This is a couple of days 139 00:06:37.839 --> 00:06:40.720 from now. This is Saturday. How early do you start 140 00:06:40.800 --> 00:06:41.399 on Saturday? 141 00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:44.040 We start at nine thirty. 142 00:06:44.839 --> 00:06:47.600 Oh, that's fine, that's that's not all that early some 143 00:06:47.639 --> 00:06:48.160 of these starts. 144 00:06:48.600 --> 00:06:49.680 No, no, no. 145 00:06:49.800 --> 00:06:54.000 Absolutely, the sunshine will have broken through the chill in 146 00:06:54.040 --> 00:06:56.800 the ear will have abated a little bit. So exactly 147 00:06:56.839 --> 00:06:59.560 can people still sign up? Is there a minimum of 148 00:06:59.600 --> 00:07:03.000 funding that has to be achieved? Well, Gil, give us 149 00:07:03.000 --> 00:07:05.639 what the particulars are and how they can get in 150 00:07:05.680 --> 00:07:06.360 touch with you. 151 00:07:06.439 --> 00:07:09.160 Yeah, so it's not too late to join. 152 00:07:09.680 --> 00:07:15.160 People can still register online at lungforce dot org slash Boston. 153 00:07:16.079 --> 00:07:19.439 Or if if you don't want to commit yet, any 154 00:07:19.480 --> 00:07:22.439 wake up Saturday feeling like you want to join, you 155 00:07:22.480 --> 00:07:25.639 can come and register on site the day of the event. 156 00:07:26.160 --> 00:07:30.199 It's open to everyone, so if you're walking solo, you 157 00:07:30.240 --> 00:07:34.600 want to bring your family, your work, friends, any everyone 158 00:07:34.680 --> 00:07:39.600 is welcome and there's not a fundraising minimum. We do 159 00:07:39.720 --> 00:07:43.079 have a minimum of one hundred dollars to earn a 160 00:07:43.160 --> 00:07:44.079 walk t shirt. 161 00:07:45.360 --> 00:07:48.720 Fair enough, Okay, So again the website one more time 162 00:07:48.800 --> 00:07:49.680 is lung Force. 163 00:07:50.040 --> 00:07:55.319 It is lungforce dot org, slash Boston slash Boston. 164 00:07:55.399 --> 00:07:58.879 Okay, so last year you've been you've been doing this 165 00:07:58.920 --> 00:08:00.800 for a while. Last year, how much money did you raise? 166 00:08:00.800 --> 00:08:02.560 Your raised quite a bit of money last year as. 167 00:08:02.439 --> 00:08:06.480 I understand it, we raised around fifty thousand, and our 168 00:08:06.519 --> 00:08:09.920 goal this year is ninety so we're just about halfway there. 169 00:08:09.959 --> 00:08:14.560 We've already beat our amount from last year, which is exciting. 170 00:08:15.120 --> 00:08:18.560 So we're on track to get to that ninety thousand mark. 171 00:08:19.399 --> 00:08:21.920 Okay, just roughly for people who are thinking of getting 172 00:08:21.920 --> 00:08:26.079 out there, how many walkers do you how many folks 173 00:08:26.079 --> 00:08:28.800 do you think you will be participating in one form, 174 00:08:29.040 --> 00:08:30.160 one fashion or another. 175 00:08:30.879 --> 00:08:34.240 Yeah, so we're expecting around a few hundred people from 176 00:08:34.320 --> 00:08:38.399 you know, the Boston metro area and local suburbs. So 177 00:08:38.440 --> 00:08:41.559 it should be well attended and we're really excited for that. 178 00:08:42.440 --> 00:08:42.840 Ashley. 179 00:08:43.440 --> 00:08:47.360 Congratulations, a great cause, the American Lung Association, the Lung 180 00:08:47.519 --> 00:08:53.200 Forcewalk Boston, Lungforce dot org or slash Boston, keep us 181 00:08:53.240 --> 00:08:55.320 posting on it and anything we can do for you. 182 00:08:55.440 --> 00:09:01.519 The American Lung Association, longstanding, great great charity, and of 183 00:09:01.519 --> 00:09:04.159 course now everything's a dot org. So thanks so much 184 00:09:04.200 --> 00:09:06.759 for joining us tonight, Ashley. In best of luck on Saturday. 185 00:09:06.919 --> 00:09:08.799 I wish you a very successful day. 186 00:09:09.639 --> 00:09:11.799 Thank you so much. I really appreciate it. Hope you 187 00:09:11.799 --> 00:09:12.440 have a great night. 188 00:09:13.080 --> 00:09:16.639 Sure, well, I'm gonna try. We're we're gonna be gonna 189 00:09:16.679 --> 00:09:17.360 do just fine. 190 00:09:17.360 --> 00:09:18.200 Thanks again. Asty. 191 00:09:18.240 --> 00:09:20.279 We get back, We're going into talk to you a 192 00:09:20.320 --> 00:09:24.480 little bit about cyber security. It is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. 193 00:09:24.919 --> 00:09:27.879 There's a lot of stuff going on. There is romance scams, 194 00:09:28.000 --> 00:09:32.440 fishing scams, online threats are on the rise. Online safety. 195 00:09:32.480 --> 00:09:34.399 We're gonna touch it all, talk about it all with 196 00:09:34.519 --> 00:09:40.039 Kimberly Summer. She's a Google security expert. Last year, twelve 197 00:09:40.080 --> 00:09:43.559 point five billion dollars in online scams were reported. You 198 00:09:43.639 --> 00:09:45.960 do not want to be scammed. You want to keep listening. 199 00:09:46.039 --> 00:09:49.320 Later on we'll talk about Titanic. They have an artifact 200 00:09:49.559 --> 00:09:51.919 exhibition here in Boston, and also a guest from the 201 00:09:51.960 --> 00:09:56.000 Boston Globe. Twenty things still made in Massachusetts. Remember when 202 00:09:56.000 --> 00:10:00.200 the slogan was make it in Massachusetts. Well, maybe you're 203 00:10:00.240 --> 00:10:02.559 not making as much stuff, but there's still twenty things. 204 00:10:02.559 --> 00:10:04.000 We'll may we do make here in. 205 00:10:03.960 --> 00:10:07.480 Massachusetts, and Scott Kurzner of the Boston Global join us. 206 00:10:07.480 --> 00:10:09.440 My name is Dan Ray. This is Nightside. You're listening 207 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:10.600 to WBZ in Boston. 208 00:10:10.600 --> 00:10:12.240 If you're picking out some up on a radio anywhere 209 00:10:12.279 --> 00:10:15.159 east of the Mississippi River, which is pretty easy to 210 00:10:15.200 --> 00:10:18.159 do in your car. You also can check us out 211 00:10:18.240 --> 00:10:20.759 on the iHeart app. You can download it for free 212 00:10:20.759 --> 00:10:23.799 and listen to WBZ Boston twenty four to seven on 213 00:10:23.879 --> 00:10:24.960 the iHeart app. 214 00:10:25.000 --> 00:10:25.840 Back right after this. 215 00:10:27.080 --> 00:10:30.080 Now back to Dan ray Line from the Window World 216 00:10:30.200 --> 00:10:33.320 night Side Studios on WBZ News Radio. 217 00:10:35.240 --> 00:10:40.440 Well, we are in the Cybersecurity Awareness Month. I'm sure 218 00:10:40.440 --> 00:10:42.600 most of you did not realize that, but we are. 219 00:10:43.080 --> 00:10:47.360 And it's important that we are aware of cybersecurity concerns. 220 00:10:47.360 --> 00:10:52.840 And with us is Kimberly Samra. She's a Google security expert. Kimberly, 221 00:10:52.879 --> 00:10:54.759 there is so many days when I'd love to call 222 00:10:54.840 --> 00:10:57.240 you when I'm all messed up on Google or whatever, 223 00:10:57.399 --> 00:10:59.960 and I promise you I never will. But I stand 224 00:11:00.080 --> 00:11:02.679 than are of people like you who know what's going on. 225 00:11:04.200 --> 00:11:08.000 And welcome to night Side. First of all, and I'm 226 00:11:08.639 --> 00:11:12.559 really surprised to see last year that people like me, 227 00:11:12.720 --> 00:11:16.759 average Americans lost twelve point five billion dollars in online scams. 228 00:11:17.320 --> 00:11:18.679 This is terrifying. How are you. 229 00:11:18.639 --> 00:11:22.759 Tonight, I'm good. I'm good, and call me anytime. 230 00:11:22.840 --> 00:11:23.000 Now. 231 00:11:23.000 --> 00:11:25.240 We're friends, so anytime you need help, let me. 232 00:11:25.320 --> 00:11:25.399 Now. 233 00:11:25.600 --> 00:11:26.840 Oh, that could be. 234 00:11:26.759 --> 00:11:30.799 A mistake because I'll say, how push the on button? 235 00:11:30.799 --> 00:11:33.279 It doesn't light up. Do you have the computer? Do 236 00:11:33.320 --> 00:11:34.639 you have the laptop plugged in? 237 00:11:34.840 --> 00:11:38.399 Oh? No, let me plug it in anyway. No, big deal. 238 00:11:38.759 --> 00:11:41.879 I appreciate that. So you're a Google security expert. Do 239 00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:44.960 you run your own company or or what do you 240 00:11:45.039 --> 00:11:46.519 what do you do? How do you become a Google 241 00:11:46.559 --> 00:11:49.759 I'm sure when you were in elementary school and they said, Kimberly, 242 00:11:49.799 --> 00:11:50.799 what do you want to be when you grew up, 243 00:11:50.840 --> 00:11:52.840 you didn't say I want to be a Google security expert? 244 00:11:52.919 --> 00:11:53.120 Right. 245 00:11:54.679 --> 00:11:56.480 I have to look back at my old projects. I'm 246 00:11:56.480 --> 00:11:58.519 sure my mom still has them. I'll have to look back, 247 00:11:58.559 --> 00:12:02.080 but I don't remember that quite quite literally. But yeah, 248 00:12:02.120 --> 00:12:04.159 So what I do is I work with the security 249 00:12:04.200 --> 00:12:07.960 team here at Google to kind of get their research 250 00:12:08.000 --> 00:12:11.120 out there, kind of figure out how we can reach 251 00:12:11.720 --> 00:12:13.679 more of our users to make sure that they're better 252 00:12:13.759 --> 00:12:16.600 protect and understand the protections that they can take advantage 253 00:12:16.639 --> 00:12:19.639 here at Google and do our products. See, I work 254 00:12:19.679 --> 00:12:22.440 with a ton of really talented people, and my favorite 255 00:12:22.440 --> 00:12:24.840 part of my job is working with with everyday users 256 00:12:24.879 --> 00:12:27.000 like yourself, where I can kind of help folks beef 257 00:12:27.080 --> 00:12:27.759 up their security. 258 00:12:28.759 --> 00:12:30.759 Okay, so let's talk about what's going on. 259 00:12:30.799 --> 00:12:34.559 We got romance scams, fishing scams, online threats are on 260 00:12:34.600 --> 00:12:38.679 the rise. We're all getting this stuff. You know, click 261 00:12:38.720 --> 00:12:42.320 here when you get this free. Whatever I mean, how 262 00:12:42.320 --> 00:12:43.799 do you distinguish what's real? 263 00:12:45.960 --> 00:12:49.000 Yeah, so, as you said, we've seen Americans was a 264 00:12:49.039 --> 00:12:52.120 ton of money last year to these online scams, and 265 00:12:52.440 --> 00:12:56.559 ninety percent of data breaches actually come from something called fishing. 266 00:12:56.679 --> 00:12:59.039 And fishing is when somebody tries to reach out to you, 267 00:12:59.360 --> 00:13:02.960 pretending to somebody you know, a business, you frequent, a 268 00:13:02.960 --> 00:13:05.639 family member, a friend, and they're trying to pretend to 269 00:13:05.679 --> 00:13:08.720 get to know you or already know you to get 270 00:13:08.759 --> 00:13:11.200 information from you. So there's a few different things that 271 00:13:11.200 --> 00:13:14.000 you can do to to spot these items. Number one 272 00:13:14.080 --> 00:13:16.399 is consider the source. If somebody's reaching out to you 273 00:13:16.720 --> 00:13:18.519 and you don't know them, you want to be weary 274 00:13:18.559 --> 00:13:21.159 right after that, right, and that's through things like you know, 275 00:13:21.759 --> 00:13:24.279 saying that you have a subscription room you never you know, 276 00:13:24.399 --> 00:13:27.000 you never called for or weren't expecting, or somebody offering 277 00:13:27.000 --> 00:13:29.799 a gift card or pretending to be your bank. Is 278 00:13:29.879 --> 00:13:31.799 something's a little off. And that leads me to tip 279 00:13:31.879 --> 00:13:34.480 number two, and that's look for clues. If you see 280 00:13:34.480 --> 00:13:38.960 things like misspellings, grammar errors, you know, some formatting is 281 00:13:38.960 --> 00:13:41.360 a little bit off from something you'd usually see. Those 282 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:43.840 are red flags. Also A big one that I always 283 00:13:43.840 --> 00:13:46.039 tell my parents is that if anybody's reaching out to 284 00:13:46.039 --> 00:13:50.720 you urgently, you know whatether that's called text messages, emails, 285 00:13:50.919 --> 00:13:52.879 that's a big red flag, especially if they want some 286 00:13:53.120 --> 00:13:56.320 want you to do something, click on a link, send money, 287 00:13:57.320 --> 00:14:00.799 you know, give personal information, your phone number, email address. 288 00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:05.279 Remember that any responsible business or anybody that you frequent 289 00:14:06.120 --> 00:14:08.320 is going to have that information. And because they have it, 290 00:14:08.360 --> 00:14:10.879 they're never going to ask you for that information. Google, 291 00:14:10.919 --> 00:14:13.399 for example, will never call you about your Google account. 292 00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:16.799 So look for those types of clues and never forget 293 00:14:16.840 --> 00:14:19.679 to verify the information of the center. If you get 294 00:14:19.720 --> 00:14:22.720 an email, for example, and it says it's from you know, 295 00:14:22.799 --> 00:14:26.200 Beyonce Knowles that you you know, hover over the email 296 00:14:26.200 --> 00:14:28.879 address and it's from Kimberly Samra, that's probably a big 297 00:14:28.919 --> 00:14:30.879 red flag, right. Or if you're going to be a 298 00:14:30.879 --> 00:14:33.320 phone call and it's supposed to be your local transportation 299 00:14:33.480 --> 00:14:37.120 company but the area code is something international or something 300 00:14:37.200 --> 00:14:39.600 across the country, that's a big red flag. 301 00:14:40.879 --> 00:14:43.720 Well, a lot of the stuff you get now which 302 00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:45.679 I see all the time and I don't know how 303 00:14:46.120 --> 00:14:47.600 how to For example. 304 00:14:47.679 --> 00:14:49.440 I know what my email is. 305 00:14:49.559 --> 00:14:53.000 It's a pretty simple email okay, and it's I'm not 306 00:14:53.039 --> 00:14:56.759 going to say it over here, but you know, no, 307 00:14:56.759 --> 00:15:00.679 I'm serious. You get this stuff, you we are going 308 00:15:00.759 --> 00:15:03.679 to bill you for nine and twenty seven dollars for 309 00:15:03.799 --> 00:15:06.320 the services that you received from fill in. 310 00:15:06.360 --> 00:15:09.360 The blank geek squad or whatever you get this stuff. 311 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:12.039 I've never used geek squad, so I'm s wanted to 312 00:15:12.120 --> 00:15:14.759 look at that and say that's not me. Okay, But 313 00:15:14.879 --> 00:15:17.279 a lot of people will pan it because they'll say, 314 00:15:17.440 --> 00:15:19.360 oh my god, they're gonna build my credit card for 315 00:15:19.440 --> 00:15:20.399 nine hundred dollars. 316 00:15:20.879 --> 00:15:21.960 My question is this. 317 00:15:23.440 --> 00:15:27.240 That they're just throwing darts at If I'm wrong, please 318 00:15:27.240 --> 00:15:29.159 tell me, because I don't want to mislead people. But 319 00:15:30.440 --> 00:15:34.320 they just guess that. They're saying, Okay, this person's name 320 00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:38.799 is Bill Smith, Okay, so maybe we'll we'll send emails 321 00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:43.799 to Bill Smith, you know, at every at every email 322 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:47.480 we can think of, and we'll I mean, they're sending 323 00:15:47.559 --> 00:15:51.879 out millions, hundreds of millions of emails blind. It's not 324 00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:58.159 like they've figured out that your name Kimberly Samra you 325 00:15:58.200 --> 00:16:01.679 know that you have a Verizon account or whatever? Am 326 00:16:01.720 --> 00:16:03.759 I right or wrong on that? They just guess it. 327 00:16:05.559 --> 00:16:07.639 Yeah, I mean it depends, right, if they have your 328 00:16:07.679 --> 00:16:10.759 information from some sort of like large scale data breach, 329 00:16:11.320 --> 00:16:14.240 they could have an idea that it's linked to some 330 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:17.000 sort of account, right, or you know, if it is 331 00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:19.320 an email address that you use that's tied to a 332 00:16:19.320 --> 00:16:22.759 certain account, for example, Gmail, they can put two and 333 00:16:22.799 --> 00:16:24.279 two together and kind of say that, you know, this 334 00:16:24.399 --> 00:16:26.440 is somebody that we could reach out to. But yeah, 335 00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:28.799 for you know, all intensive persons, there might be chances 336 00:16:28.799 --> 00:16:30.879 that they're just reaching out to you and you know, 337 00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:34.159 hoping that somebody has that you know, banking account that's 338 00:16:34.200 --> 00:16:37.240 linked to that, and you know they're looking for the 339 00:16:37.639 --> 00:16:40.399 easiest term possible, right, they just want to throw it 340 00:16:40.399 --> 00:16:41.960 out there. That's why you're going to see some of 341 00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:45.440 those misspellings and those spelling errors or just exactly what 342 00:16:45.440 --> 00:16:47.840 you're saying right now, you know, putting together two and 343 00:16:47.840 --> 00:16:50.080 two that you know, I don't have that online account. 344 00:16:50.759 --> 00:16:53.000 Some people you know just kind of you know, you're 345 00:16:53.039 --> 00:16:55.879 there to trust the emails that you got and and 346 00:16:55.960 --> 00:16:58.240 folks will just click on them. So another thing is 347 00:16:58.279 --> 00:17:00.320 I tell people that even if you get an email mail, 348 00:17:00.840 --> 00:17:03.000 so if you had that account, for example, and you're like, well, 349 00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:04.960 this could be legitimate, maybe I do owe that money. 350 00:17:05.519 --> 00:17:08.640 Instead of clicking on that link in that email, just 351 00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:11.680 go to your account on your own right, type in 352 00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:13.799 that URL and the URL bar and go to your 353 00:17:13.839 --> 00:17:16.000 own account. That way, you can make sure that you're 354 00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:18.440 not clicking on any malicious links and that you're going 355 00:17:18.519 --> 00:17:20.440 right to the source. You're not talking about on the phone. 356 00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:24.680 You're looking at your own account in your online account information. 357 00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:27.640 And then also if you need to click on the 358 00:17:27.640 --> 00:17:31.240 link for any reason, hover over it and see where 359 00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:32.920 it's actually going to take you. You know, it might 360 00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:35.240 say that it's a link to your bank account, and 361 00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:37.559 then when you hover over it, the URLA has nothing 362 00:17:37.559 --> 00:17:39.759 to do with that bank account. So those are some 363 00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:41.799 really really good things to keep in mind. 364 00:17:42.400 --> 00:17:45.200 The other great item when you're I don't know how 365 00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:48.359 many people, probably the people who need the most help 366 00:17:49.200 --> 00:17:52.200 are having a tough time, you know, following our conversation, 367 00:17:52.680 --> 00:17:55.400 and you're making it very clear by the way, But 368 00:17:55.559 --> 00:17:59.279 people who are sophisticated probably don't need these tips. 369 00:17:59.279 --> 00:18:00.720 They need reminders. 370 00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:02.599 But one of the things I will do when I 371 00:18:02.599 --> 00:18:06.079 get some email from whatever, you know, the geek squad 372 00:18:06.119 --> 00:18:08.480 who have never used I'm just using that as an example, 373 00:18:09.319 --> 00:18:11.680 I have a over the account in this wonderful little 374 00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:15.680 thing says block contact, and you hit block contact and 375 00:18:15.720 --> 00:18:17.839 you will never hear. Now, maybe they'll change it at 376 00:18:17.839 --> 00:18:21.599 some point and next time it'll be uh I don't 377 00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:24.480 you know, it'll be American Airlines telling you that you 378 00:18:24.920 --> 00:18:27.319 owe you know, this for your for your round trip 379 00:18:27.319 --> 00:18:30.759 to Hawaii twenty three thousand dollars, and you know you've 380 00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:33.799 never been to Hawaii, so you know, click on it 381 00:18:33.880 --> 00:18:37.440 and block it. I mean, are you a big advocate 382 00:18:37.480 --> 00:18:40.559 of blocking contacts that you that you're not that you're 383 00:18:40.599 --> 00:18:42.920 not going to respond to anyway. 384 00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:48.519 Yeah. I definitely encourage folks to report spam. You know, 385 00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:53.160 we have really great uh spam filters on Gmail and Search, 386 00:18:53.759 --> 00:18:56.680 and we love when people report spam. That way, we 387 00:18:56.720 --> 00:18:59.079 can you know, update your filters, making sure that we're 388 00:18:59.119 --> 00:19:01.400 keeping that out of your box, that we know things 389 00:19:01.440 --> 00:19:04.519 to track for. So, you know, reporting those types of 390 00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:07.880 things help you and it helps us. So making sure 391 00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:10.640 that you report things as possible. Also, I do encourage people, 392 00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:14.000 you know, when you do if you ever call victims 393 00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:16.799 of scam, which I hope nobody does, you know, reporting 394 00:19:16.839 --> 00:19:20.599 that to to local authorities and using you know, the 395 00:19:20.680 --> 00:19:23.480 SBI makes it very easy to report just even the 396 00:19:23.519 --> 00:19:26.759 most basic of scams. In that way, security teams like 397 00:19:26.839 --> 00:19:30.039 Google and across the industry and law enforcement can do 398 00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:33.200 a better you know, get a better idea of campaigns. 399 00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:35.720 They should be keeping an eye on Kimberly. 400 00:19:35.759 --> 00:19:39.279 A lot of great information. We should have you back periodically. 401 00:19:39.319 --> 00:19:42.119