WEBVTT 1 00:00:06.120 --> 00:00:06.799 Is Michael Garfi. 2 00:00:07.040 --> 00:00:09.240 Michael Garfield, Michael Garfields joining. 3 00:00:09.080 --> 00:00:10.439 In the high Tech Texan. 4 00:00:10.599 --> 00:00:13.480 Michael Garfield is here with a high Tech Texans. 5 00:00:14.640 --> 00:00:15.599 It has to make life. 6 00:00:15.480 --> 00:00:19.320 Easier, new technology, and Michael Garfield has something you might like. 7 00:00:25.440 --> 00:00:31.640 Michael Garfield is your high Tech Texans. Three decades helping 8 00:00:31.679 --> 00:00:37.280 you make magic with your gadgets. Heard worldwide on the 9 00:00:37.320 --> 00:00:43.079 iHeartRadio add now You're high Tech Texan Michael Garfield. 10 00:00:48.119 --> 00:00:51.159 Last week into June of twenty twenty five, which means 11 00:00:51.200 --> 00:00:55.600 we're almost halfway to halfy hour for the year of 12 00:00:55.679 --> 00:00:59.000 twenty twenty five. 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We continue with what 35 00:02:15.240 --> 00:02:17.479 we were doing for twenty three years, and we've got 36 00:02:17.479 --> 00:02:19.759 a number of things on the docket for you, starting 37 00:02:19.759 --> 00:02:22.560 with guess what's coming up in about a week a 38 00:02:22.599 --> 00:02:24.400 week and a half or so, depending on when you're 39 00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:27.240 listening to this. That is right, friends, It is another 40 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:33.280 Amazon Prime Day twenty twenty five summer version. Every year 41 00:02:33.360 --> 00:02:34.879 they do it, and it's coming. 42 00:02:34.960 --> 00:02:35.280 It is. 43 00:02:35.800 --> 00:02:38.560 They've expanded it. It actually used to be a day. 44 00:02:39.199 --> 00:02:41.840 It used to be a Prime Day sometimes in July 45 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:45.879 you know, halfway up the holiday shopping season. Then it 46 00:02:45.879 --> 00:02:50.159 went to two days. Recently they got cocky with man, Well, 47 00:02:50.199 --> 00:02:53.360 let's just continue to extract more money out of all 48 00:02:53.400 --> 00:02:56.000 of our followers and members that we're gonna go three days. 49 00:02:56.199 --> 00:02:58.960 You know what, We're gonna get to a week someday, 50 00:02:59.000 --> 00:03:01.159 but we're gonna go to four days, folks. It is 51 00:03:01.280 --> 00:03:05.400 July eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleven, still a way away. 52 00:03:05.479 --> 00:03:10.039 But I've already found some pretty decent sales and deals 53 00:03:10.120 --> 00:03:12.439 right now. I will give you a heads up to 54 00:03:12.479 --> 00:03:16.159 go ahead and get into the hunt before those days. 55 00:03:16.159 --> 00:03:19.120 Those days can be a little hairy, the you know, 56 00:03:19.159 --> 00:03:22.080 the websites, web traffic could slow down, and I know 57 00:03:22.120 --> 00:03:24.800 they promised to get you there with what free two 58 00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:27.599 day delivery if you are an Amazon Prime member, which, 59 00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:31.039 if you break it down, really the purpose of Prime 60 00:03:31.120 --> 00:03:36.240 Day is well, I have two theories. If you're a 61 00:03:36.240 --> 00:03:39.960 longtime listen, I've said this number one. It's a garage 62 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:45.919 sale because Amazon wants to empty out a lot of 63 00:03:45.919 --> 00:03:51.039 its warehousing spaces for some items that just haven't sold 64 00:03:51.039 --> 00:03:53.319 over the past six months since the holiday season. They 65 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:55.080 just said, let's put it on sale. Let's get out 66 00:03:55.080 --> 00:03:59.000 of here. We need some new inventory space for the 67 00:03:59.039 --> 00:04:02.639 holidays of coming year. That's one. So you do need 68 00:04:02.680 --> 00:04:05.319 to be wary that a lot of the stuff that's 69 00:04:05.319 --> 00:04:08.599 on sale it maybe it may just not be a 70 00:04:08.599 --> 00:04:11.280 good product. It they just weren't. They're putting a price 71 00:04:11.319 --> 00:04:15.439 tag and they're slashing that's right, crazy Eddy, They're slashing deals. 72 00:04:15.719 --> 00:04:20.079 So that's one. Number two. Really, the real, honestly reason 73 00:04:20.120 --> 00:04:22.639 that Amazon started this they want to They wanted to 74 00:04:22.639 --> 00:04:26.360 sell memberships because in many cases, obviously you do have 75 00:04:26.439 --> 00:04:29.360 to become a member to shop on Amazon Prime. You 76 00:04:29.360 --> 00:04:32.639 got to create an account, and you do if you 77 00:04:32.680 --> 00:04:35.199 want something within two days of shipping, you definitely have 78 00:04:35.279 --> 00:04:38.360 to be a Prime member. And so a lot of 79 00:04:38.399 --> 00:04:41.759 people are Prime members. And you know, I asked this 80 00:04:41.879 --> 00:04:45.800 question because I I am an Amazon member, and I 81 00:04:45.839 --> 00:04:49.600 only hopped on Amazon maybe three years ago, and some 82 00:04:49.800 --> 00:04:52.680 relatively new It's because I didn't think I needed it, 83 00:04:53.120 --> 00:04:55.399 and I and as a consumer, I'm going to give 84 00:04:55.439 --> 00:04:58.560 you this for food for thought. You may already be 85 00:04:58.600 --> 00:05:02.439 a member of Costco, which costs you probably fifty to 86 00:05:02.480 --> 00:05:05.240 sixty bones a year, and you may be a Sam's Club, 87 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:08.439 which again another fifty to sixty year more. If you're 88 00:05:08.480 --> 00:05:11.800 a business member, you know you can buy and immediately 89 00:05:12.120 --> 00:05:16.839 walk into a warehouse location and bring back a number 90 00:05:16.879 --> 00:05:19.439 of different items. Absolutely not as vast as Amazon. But 91 00:05:20.079 --> 00:05:23.959 you're paying memberships and you're paying subscriptions, and I continually 92 00:05:23.959 --> 00:05:27.639 to remind you that how many subscriptions do you have 93 00:05:27.839 --> 00:05:32.759 right now on top of your your streaming services or 94 00:05:32.879 --> 00:05:36.920 you know, maybe you read some online magazines, online newspapers 95 00:05:36.959 --> 00:05:39.720 and everything. Do you really want something else? And I'm 96 00:05:39.759 --> 00:05:41.639 not talking to you out of getting an Amazon deal. 97 00:05:41.680 --> 00:05:44.079 Maybe I say listen, keep Amazon. And oh, by the way, 98 00:05:44.079 --> 00:05:46.839 if you don't use Costco or Sam's or Walmart or whatever, 99 00:05:46.839 --> 00:05:49.319 these you don't need that. But just think about it, 100 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:52.399 because some of these deals there could be good. And 101 00:05:52.399 --> 00:05:54.279 I'm going to go for some decent ones that I found. 102 00:05:54.600 --> 00:05:56.399 But over the next week, week and a half, I 103 00:05:56.439 --> 00:05:57.720 know I'm going to hear from a lot of you, 104 00:05:57.759 --> 00:06:01.160 certainly on email, social media you have going, heygarth Man, 105 00:06:01.199 --> 00:06:03.800 does this does this look right? I'm trying to get 106 00:06:03.800 --> 00:06:07.439 a new camera, a new action camera, maybe a new 107 00:06:07.480 --> 00:06:10.759 new TV or or something. That's what I can I 108 00:06:10.759 --> 00:06:12.680 could talk you down off the off the Cliff Ford 109 00:06:12.680 --> 00:06:15.040 so I will go over some of those things. I 110 00:06:15.079 --> 00:06:16.720 want to start out with this, and I'm going to 111 00:06:16.800 --> 00:06:20.360 tease it right now because we as a it's not 112 00:06:20.439 --> 00:06:24.800 just a country, we as a world, uh, which is 113 00:06:25.199 --> 00:06:27.680 just not the easiest place to live right now if 114 00:06:27.720 --> 00:06:29.800 you were living under a rock, which at some point 115 00:06:29.879 --> 00:06:31.600 we may have to get under a rock or in 116 00:06:31.639 --> 00:06:38.360 a bunker. Uh. There's there's there's a potential war, uh, firing, 117 00:06:38.560 --> 00:06:44.199 cease firing. What's going on, and it's it's unsettling, just 118 00:06:44.279 --> 00:06:47.480 to say the least. I try to avoid politics, but 119 00:06:47.639 --> 00:06:50.399 over the past year or two, it's just the the 120 00:06:50.399 --> 00:06:54.519 the intersection between politics and in technology and what I 121 00:06:54.560 --> 00:06:57.800 talk about, they do intersect. So I still try to 122 00:06:57.879 --> 00:06:59.839 weigh in with my opinion for more of the text 123 00:07:00.360 --> 00:07:02.720 is the political side. But and I'm going to try 124 00:07:02.759 --> 00:07:06.920 to tempt that right now. You've got you obviously you 125 00:07:07.000 --> 00:07:10.000 understood and you heard what happened last weekend with the 126 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:13.920 attacks that America did, the air strikes on three Iranian 127 00:07:14.000 --> 00:07:19.439 nuclear facilities, and the Iran officials, Iran officials, they've warned 128 00:07:19.439 --> 00:07:23.399 of retaliation after the air strikes. Something did happen on 129 00:07:23.439 --> 00:07:26.000 Monday with what was going on in Qatar or Cutter. 130 00:07:26.759 --> 00:07:31.040 But there's something that I am continuing to have my 131 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:33.560 head on a swivel and keep you updated with, and 132 00:07:33.560 --> 00:07:37.560 that is the possibility of a cyber attack. And I 133 00:07:37.600 --> 00:07:40.000 know I'm going to talk here for about sixty seconds 134 00:07:40.040 --> 00:07:41.360 where before we take a break, and I want you 135 00:07:41.399 --> 00:07:45.519 to hang on because federal officials and cybersecurity experts they 136 00:07:45.680 --> 00:07:51.399 have sent out a warning of increased risk here my words, 137 00:07:51.439 --> 00:07:55.480 increased risk for cyber attacks amid the growing attention to 138 00:07:55.560 --> 00:07:57.800 what's going on between US and Iran. Right now, there 139 00:07:57.800 --> 00:08:02.600 are no specific credible threats against the homeland, but the 140 00:08:02.639 --> 00:08:07.160 Department of Homeland Security they warned up low level cyber 141 00:08:07.199 --> 00:08:13.000 attacks amid a quote heightened threat environment. So we've got 142 00:08:13.040 --> 00:08:17.639 public infrastructure, the private sector could be potential targets. Large 143 00:08:17.680 --> 00:08:20.800 scale cyber attacks probably unlikely based on what Iran is 144 00:08:20.800 --> 00:08:23.920 attempted before and based on their technology which is in 145 00:08:23.959 --> 00:08:26.120 my opinion not nearly as advanced to some other countries 146 00:08:26.120 --> 00:08:29.240 out there which would could which could cyber attack. As 147 00:08:29.240 --> 00:08:30.839 we take a break, I want you to hang on, 148 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:32.679 give me three or four minutes, listen to some of 149 00:08:32.679 --> 00:08:35.919 our wonderful partners and sponsors, go shopping at their stores, 150 00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:38.039 because this is why we keep our radio show fr 151 00:08:38.159 --> 00:08:40.240 Ee Garf staff free. But when we come back, I'm 152 00:08:40.240 --> 00:08:42.600 going to tell you what a retaliation from Iran could 153 00:08:42.639 --> 00:08:45.200 look like when it comes to cyber attacks, and more importantly, 154 00:08:45.840 --> 00:08:49.240 how can you the consumer protect yourself from cyber attack? 155 00:08:49.480 --> 00:09:11.279 Back coming up? Tech, You hanging there like I told 156 00:09:11.320 --> 00:09:14.799 you to, thank you patronizing those beautiful sponsors and commercials 157 00:09:14.840 --> 00:09:17.960 you just heard. 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If you're listening on a 165 00:09:42.960 --> 00:09:45.320 podcast which we then put it up on our pod 166 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:47.799 at iHeartRadio, thank you for listening to it on the app. 167 00:09:47.799 --> 00:09:51.639 It is absolutely free most countries around the world, and 168 00:09:52.200 --> 00:09:54.559 as I know from visiting China earlier this year, if 169 00:09:54.600 --> 00:09:56.799 you do have a VPN to get you out of China. Yes, 170 00:09:56.840 --> 00:10:00.399 you can actually hear US in that country. I do 171 00:10:00.519 --> 00:10:05.120 not know if Iran right now is letting the iHeartRadio 172 00:10:05.360 --> 00:10:10.480 app entered their internet space. And I say this because 173 00:10:10.480 --> 00:10:13.240 I'm continuing what I what I started in the first 174 00:10:13.279 --> 00:10:20.480 segment about a potential cyber attack that we as consumers 175 00:10:20.480 --> 00:10:24.120 and we as businesses, we always need to concern ourselves with, 176 00:10:24.200 --> 00:10:27.200 and especially in light of what happened last week when 177 00:10:27.480 --> 00:10:30.919 you know the US, you know, it took out allegedly 178 00:10:31.559 --> 00:10:38.440 three different nuclear sites within Iran. Iran to some degree, 179 00:10:38.480 --> 00:10:41.679 they you know, sent more missiles over to a US 180 00:10:41.720 --> 00:10:45.000 air base in Qatar. But there are other ways other 181 00:10:45.080 --> 00:10:49.320 than physical shooting in bombing, and that's the cyber attack. 182 00:10:49.399 --> 00:10:52.879 A cyber attack is it's hackers, it's them shutting down 183 00:10:52.960 --> 00:10:56.600 the Internet. It's the slowing down our internet space, a 184 00:10:56.679 --> 00:10:59.600 denial of service attack for lack of a better term, 185 00:10:59.639 --> 00:11:02.279 but that's what it's called in the in the tech world. 186 00:11:02.720 --> 00:11:07.399 There is a possibility, and there is a warning and oh, 187 00:11:07.480 --> 00:11:10.480 by the way, be you know, watch out for something 188 00:11:10.960 --> 00:11:14.840 that US official cyber attask. We are at a risk now. 189 00:11:16.080 --> 00:11:18.080 And I've long said this. If you I've done this 190 00:11:18.159 --> 00:11:21.120 show twenty three years, and I've listened. I'm always giving 191 00:11:21.120 --> 00:11:23.320 tips of how to protect your passwords and how to 192 00:11:23.399 --> 00:11:27.559 use a VPN and in things like that. And I've 193 00:11:27.559 --> 00:11:32.279 seen companies beef up and secure their IT department, just 194 00:11:32.440 --> 00:11:38.559 billions and billions of dollars of IT employees and anti 195 00:11:38.600 --> 00:11:42.519 phishing software and spyware and making sure that corporations use VPN. 196 00:11:42.879 --> 00:11:45.480 But guess what last week we had one of, if 197 00:11:45.519 --> 00:11:52.360 not the world's largest, you know, cyber password hacks that 198 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:58.879 stole sixteen wet billion different user names and passwords. We 199 00:11:58.919 --> 00:12:02.200 are always going to be at risk from having our 200 00:12:02.279 --> 00:12:05.960 information and connecting online, connecting to our computers, connecting to 201 00:12:06.000 --> 00:12:11.559 our mobile phones, and so yeah, there at some point 202 00:12:11.600 --> 00:12:13.279 there is going to be more to come. And getting 203 00:12:13.320 --> 00:12:15.000 back to my point over here, I have long said 204 00:12:15.039 --> 00:12:17.879 on this radio show wherever I go, if you really 205 00:12:17.919 --> 00:12:22.600 want to bring people, consumers and businesses to some extent 206 00:12:22.679 --> 00:12:30.279 to its knees to a standstill, yes, hardcore military physical 207 00:12:30.320 --> 00:12:33.960 action with bombs and whatever, we'll do it. But don't 208 00:12:33.960 --> 00:12:37.840 sleep in the fact that shutting down our communication grid, 209 00:12:38.039 --> 00:12:40.360 the way that we communicate to get money out of 210 00:12:40.360 --> 00:12:43.679 our banks and our ATM and our traffic green light 211 00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:48.279 red light systems on and on and on. They shut 212 00:12:48.320 --> 00:12:50.440 that down. If that shuts down through a cyber attack, 213 00:12:50.559 --> 00:12:53.519 I'll tell you what. We're in a standstill we are. 214 00:12:54.639 --> 00:12:56.559 Can you imagine back in the COVID day when there 215 00:12:56.600 --> 00:13:00.720 was a worldwide demand that we don't leave our houses, 216 00:13:01.720 --> 00:13:04.519 we don't do anything. Imagine we're stuck in our houses. 217 00:13:04.559 --> 00:13:07.720 Imagine we had no TV. Imagine we had no Internet, 218 00:13:07.759 --> 00:13:13.919 we had no connectivity. Yes, we would be driven crazy mentally, 219 00:13:15.039 --> 00:13:17.320 but we wouldn't get any information. We wouldn't know the 220 00:13:17.360 --> 00:13:19.759 all clear sign. We wouldn't be able to you know, 221 00:13:19.960 --> 00:13:22.639 you know, check on our relatives and our friends to 222 00:13:22.639 --> 00:13:25.799 see how they're doing. That could be a possibility now. 223 00:13:26.519 --> 00:13:31.919 To be sure, Iran, they do have the capabilities of 224 00:13:31.960 --> 00:13:34.840 doing something with cyber attack. I think there was an 225 00:13:34.840 --> 00:13:36.759 assessment back at twenty twenty four of the Office of 226 00:13:36.840 --> 00:13:41.240 the Director of National Intelligence the country had launched cyber 227 00:13:41.240 --> 00:13:45.519 attacks against Israel and a cybersecurity firm here in the NAIs. 228 00:13:45.559 --> 00:13:47.919 They found that seven hundred percent spike in cyber attacks 229 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:52.600 after Israel launched a missile strike targeting Iran's nuclear program 230 00:13:53.200 --> 00:13:56.399 earlier this month. It would not be the first time 231 00:13:56.440 --> 00:13:59.600 the US has faced such a threat, and specifically from Iran, 232 00:13:59.600 --> 00:14:01.799 it was back twenty sixteen they was ties to Islamic 233 00:14:01.799 --> 00:14:07.279 Revolutionary Guard Core and everything that. There have been potential 234 00:14:07.320 --> 00:14:10.279 holes and cyber attacks. I'm gonna get to the chase here, 235 00:14:10.320 --> 00:14:12.679 cut to the chase. How big of a threat is 236 00:14:12.720 --> 00:14:16.600 this to US Americans? But the threat of disruptive cyber 237 00:14:16.639 --> 00:14:20.200 attacks has increased. It is important to recognize that Iran 238 00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:25.639 has had the term is mixed results with disruptive cyber attacks. 239 00:14:25.919 --> 00:14:28.480 All right, maybe they have done that. And again I'm 240 00:14:28.519 --> 00:14:33.799 gonna quote here Google Threat Intelligent Group. Their chief analyst's 241 00:14:33.840 --> 00:14:36.600 name is John Holtquist. He gave a quote. It's Iran 242 00:14:36.639 --> 00:14:39.480 has frequently fabricated and exaggerated their effects in an effort 243 00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:43.159 to boost their psychological impact. However, we should be careful 244 00:14:43.200 --> 00:14:46.519 not to overestimate these instants and inadvertently assist the actors. Again, 245 00:14:46.559 --> 00:14:49.480 that's from a quote. Okay, smarter people than I. Could 246 00:14:49.519 --> 00:14:52.519 they do something that has significant effects? Yes, absolutely they could. 247 00:14:53.120 --> 00:14:56.759 What do you do? How can you my lists and 248 00:14:56.840 --> 00:14:58.720 the consumers out there? How do you protect yourself from 249 00:14:58.759 --> 00:15:01.960 a cyber attack? Well, number one, you need to listen 250 00:15:02.000 --> 00:15:05.600 to people well speaking, you know, talking mouths like me. 251 00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:08.759 Listen to what the government says. US government works closely 252 00:15:08.799 --> 00:15:11.759 with all sectors to keep them informed because cyber criminals 253 00:15:11.840 --> 00:15:17.240 often go after end users consumers. So you're gonna go 254 00:15:17.399 --> 00:15:21.519 just go on with your lives. But your device on 255 00:15:21.600 --> 00:15:24.240 its own, they could be exploited and they could be leveraged. 256 00:15:24.720 --> 00:15:26.879 Lots of worries out there. So a few things to 257 00:15:26.919 --> 00:15:29.279 protect yourself. Here we go. Number one, be careful of 258 00:15:29.360 --> 00:15:32.480 fake emails or text You're not gonna get an email 259 00:15:32.519 --> 00:15:35.919 from an Iranian threat person saying hey, click on this link. 260 00:15:36.440 --> 00:15:39.279 It may look like it's gonna come from the US 261 00:15:39.279 --> 00:15:41.480 Social Security Department. It may look like it comes from 262 00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:43.240 the IRS. It may look like it's coming from the 263 00:15:43.240 --> 00:15:45.679 toll road. It might look like it's coming from your 264 00:15:45.679 --> 00:15:47.639 bank or credit card. They want you to click on 265 00:15:47.679 --> 00:15:50.200 a link. It could affect your computer with malware. Still 266 00:15:50.320 --> 00:15:52.320 use your names and passwords. I get these things on 267 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:54.960 a semi regular basis. Right there before clicking on a 268 00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:59.279 text on an email or a text, who is it from? 269 00:15:59.320 --> 00:16:02.679 Do you know the person is from? Generally other than 270 00:16:02.759 --> 00:16:05.720 you know two factor authentication. Banks don't send you text 271 00:16:06.039 --> 00:16:08.159 pick up the old fashioned phone, get in your car, 272 00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:11.000 go to a bank, talk to them before clicking on 273 00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:15.480 that link. Also, be careful of telephone calls that appear 274 00:16:15.600 --> 00:16:19.679 to be from an authority figure. There's often the cyber 275 00:16:19.679 --> 00:16:21.080 criminals are going to try to tell you that you've 276 00:16:21.080 --> 00:16:24.279 done something wrong. You're gonna be arrested. Make sure the 277 00:16:24.320 --> 00:16:27.039 real number for your bank or make whatever your financestitution. 278 00:16:27.440 --> 00:16:30.440 It's in your phone. And if you've see any suspicious 279 00:16:30.480 --> 00:16:33.840 activity or unsolicited email or text or calls. Just because 280 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:36.559 I get a call that says White House on my phone, 281 00:16:36.679 --> 00:16:38.679 I'm guessing it's probably not the White House. They can 282 00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:40.559 actually do that too. Don't pick up a lot of 283 00:16:40.559 --> 00:16:42.600 these phone calls less you one hundred percent know it's 284 00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:46.080 from Watch your social media accounts too. Hackers may try 285 00:16:46.080 --> 00:16:47.919 to take over your social media accounts. They're going to 286 00:16:47.960 --> 00:16:50.440 get you to click on malicious links. Okay, don't take 287 00:16:50.519 --> 00:16:52.799 the Oh, let's take a quiz on ten steps of 288 00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:54.360 how do we can get a better tan this summer. 289 00:16:54.919 --> 00:17:00.000 You can go living your life without doing those things. 290 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:02.000 This word manager programs. I get asked about this all 291 00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:04.799 the time. Use a password manager program. Don't use the 292 00:17:04.799 --> 00:17:07.359 same password for multiple accounts. Change it. I don't care 293 00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:09.799 if you change one letter of everyone. Change it. You 294 00:17:09.839 --> 00:17:12.079 can use a password manager. It helps you keep track 295 00:17:12.119 --> 00:17:14.680 of your password safely. Just Google password managers. There's a 296 00:17:14.720 --> 00:17:17.400 lot of reputable ones out there. And also, like I 297 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:20.519 just said, the term two factor authentication. I use it 298 00:17:20.519 --> 00:17:23.359 for most everything. Yes, it's a pain, slows me down, 299 00:17:23.359 --> 00:17:24.759 and maybe I got it. I've got it today. Where 300 00:17:24.759 --> 00:17:27.440 between five to eight seconds right now it asks for 301 00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:29.720 a second type of approval. Often it's going to send 302 00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:32.279 you a text message with a four five six digit code. 303 00:17:32.359 --> 00:17:35.839 Maybe it's an authenticator app. Microsoft has one. I use 304 00:17:35.880 --> 00:17:40.440 that to get into my iHeartMedia email account. They do 305 00:17:40.559 --> 00:17:45.240 offer more protection than clicking two factor authentication. Even Google 306 00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:47.759 Gmail offers it. Other than that, I will keep you 307 00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:50.920 updated here on my X account. High Tech Text and 308 00:17:51.079 --> 00:17:53.400 high T e C h T E X A N 309 00:17:53.839 --> 00:17:57.720 about cyber and potential cyber attacks. Just be vigilant, download 310 00:17:57.720 --> 00:17:59.319 as much stuff as you can, keep it on your 311 00:17:59.319 --> 00:18:02.400 hard drive, and cross our fingers if anybody has been 312 00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:04.920 you know, manipulated, or if you've actually fallen for some 313 00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:06.960 of the stuff, tell you what we're gonna take a break. 314 00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:08.200 I'd love to hear from you. If you want to 315 00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:11.839 call three four six two nine eight three nine two six, 316 00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:14.200 that's how you get to meet Michael Garfield right here 317 00:18:14.200 --> 00:18:16.200 on the High Tech Textan show. When we come up, 318 00:18:16.440 --> 00:18:19.200 I am going to play something for you that is 319 00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:24.279 generated by AI artificial intelligence. You don't think AI right 320 00:18:24.319 --> 00:18:46.640 now is scary. You are not gonna believe this. I 321 00:18:46.680 --> 00:18:47.599 do a radio show. 322 00:18:47.599 --> 00:18:47.960 That's right. 323 00:18:47.960 --> 00:18:51.359 It is a radio show which then recorded to a podcast. Uh, 324 00:18:51.680 --> 00:18:55.440 it's lunchtime here on the weekend, last weekend of June 325 00:18:55.480 --> 00:18:58.160 of twenty twenty five. I am a little hungry alas 326 00:18:58.240 --> 00:19:00.640 I do have to finish work, and so does everybody 327 00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:03.279 here I'm looking at in the radio studio. When I 328 00:19:03.359 --> 00:19:06.079 am done, I will swing by Cabo Bob's. I do 329 00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:08.599 thank them for the potnaship. We love Cabo Bobs in 330 00:19:08.640 --> 00:19:12.319 the Euston area four locations. Check it out cabobobs dot com. 331 00:19:12.359 --> 00:19:15.559 And you make your own hacos. You make your own, well, 332 00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:17.000 they make it for you. Tell them you want on 333 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:19.720 your burrito. It's not like anything you ever had because 334 00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:21.720 the meat alone, they are smoked on what's called the 335 00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:24.839 Kamata joe. It's big green eggish if you will. It's 336 00:19:24.839 --> 00:19:27.079 like a ceramic cooker. That's why the meats are great. 337 00:19:27.559 --> 00:19:29.720 You have your choice of one, two, three, four, five 338 00:19:29.839 --> 00:19:33.160 different freshly made tortillas right in front of you. Oh 339 00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:36.400 my goodness, I love it. Like the smoky chili, and 340 00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:39.000 they got the ancho, and they got the corn, they 341 00:19:39.039 --> 00:19:43.000 got the buttermilk flour, and the chips. I say this 342 00:19:43.079 --> 00:19:45.599 again every time someone tas comes over. I always have chips, 343 00:19:45.599 --> 00:19:47.559 squawking kesa that I bring in at least twice a 344 00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:49.720 week from Cobo Bob's. That's right, I do because I'm 345 00:19:49.759 --> 00:19:51.519 a host that I'm an entertainer. They're like, where did 346 00:19:51.559 --> 00:19:55.240 you get these chips? The double thick crunch phenomenal zero 347 00:19:55.279 --> 00:19:58.519 locations in Dallas for of you up there, but Austin 348 00:19:58.759 --> 00:20:01.079 location eight or no, I know them. I thinking Austin, 349 00:20:01.119 --> 00:20:04.039 San Antonio. You got one two lunchtime, dinner time. They 350 00:20:04.079 --> 00:20:06.720 are closed on Sunday. Suck it up, people, you're gonna 351 00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:10.279 go hungry that day. But Cabo Bob's love those folks. 352 00:20:10.319 --> 00:20:14.359 That's good. Now I'm hungry. Now I gotta keep on rolling. AI. 353 00:20:15.960 --> 00:20:17.920 To the best of my knowledge, AI does not come 354 00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:20.480 into big play at Cabo Bob's, or they still have 355 00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:23.680 actually real great employees, which they do take care of employees. 356 00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:26.279 They're back there, they're they're pressing and top, they're pressing 357 00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:29.599 the tortillas, and they're rolling the big old Mama burritos, 358 00:20:29.640 --> 00:20:33.079 and they're making the chips and everything. But AI has 359 00:20:33.119 --> 00:20:37.839 infiltrated many, many other things. And sometimes I've given warnings. 360 00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:40.640 Sometimes I say it's inevitable. It is just like that 361 00:20:40.720 --> 00:20:43.559 Texas rainstorm. Baby, it is just inevitable. It is gonna come. 362 00:20:44.599 --> 00:20:46.440 I don't use a ton of AI a lot. It 363 00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:48.480 doesn't infiltrate my life. But there's been a lot of 364 00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:51.720 talk when it comes to entertainment in Hollywood. That's why 365 00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:53.920 there was the actors strike a few years ago. The 366 00:20:54.200 --> 00:20:56.160 what the Screen Actors Guild. They couldn't come to an 367 00:20:56.200 --> 00:20:59.839 agreement with, you know, the AI use or the repeat 368 00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:03.440 use of actors and their voices and their faces before they, 369 00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:06.359 you know, finally came to an agreement at some point. 370 00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:09.000 You know, we hear even on the radios in the 371 00:21:09.079 --> 00:21:11.519 radio side, you know your favorite this Jockies, how you 372 00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:14.799 doing coming up? We're gonna play the forty songs. You know, 373 00:21:14.880 --> 00:21:17.039 there are ways to actually recreate their voices. You know, 374 00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:20.799 we at some point I'm facing it people. Luckily, I 375 00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:24.200 guess I'm on the backside of my career. They can 376 00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:28.359 be replaced. Nice talk about this, because there was this 377 00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:30.559 app that I was playing with that I just downloaded 378 00:21:30.839 --> 00:21:35.559 and it what it is? It replic It has a 379 00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:38.680 it generates a standalone it's let me put it this way, 380 00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:42.960 it's a standaloade voice generation app. It's a voice AI 381 00:21:43.079 --> 00:21:45.319 company called eleven Labs, and I'll give you the u 382 00:21:45.359 --> 00:21:46.759 RL if you really want it. You have to spell 383 00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:49.759 out the word eleven Labs. And it's a free downloadable 384 00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:53.200 app too. They released a mobile app. It's yes, it's 385 00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:55.960 for Android, Yes, it's for iOS, and it generates voice 386 00:21:55.960 --> 00:21:58.960 clips from anything including things that you sit there and 387 00:21:59.000 --> 00:22:01.640 type and text listen. Until now, if you had to 388 00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:06.640 generate samples using you know, AI poors, AI powered voice libraries, 389 00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:09.319 you kind of had to rely on the web everything. Oh, 390 00:22:09.400 --> 00:22:11.880 now there is a mobile app that generates clips on 391 00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:13.839 the go. You may have used something like this. That 392 00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:17.400 may be freaky deeky, but I tried it and I 393 00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:20.279 wanted to see how it work. And this it turned 394 00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:22.920 my head. It really really did. So what I did 395 00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:25.519 is let me let me pull this thing up. It's 396 00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:29.799 called let's see eleven. And you know they want you 397 00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:32.240 to subscribe. Blah blah blah blah blah. They don't we Anyway, 398 00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:35.400 I want to sit here and I want to use 399 00:22:35.440 --> 00:22:38.039 this voice. And what they already do, you can actually 400 00:22:38.079 --> 00:22:40.319 tell it to. You can have a male voice who's 401 00:22:40.359 --> 00:22:44.240