Cricket's Campfire

Join us as we delve into the depths of the systems that control us, the FDA, depression, and more! If you or a friend is experiencing suicidal thoughts, please reach out to the National Suicide hotline, they are staffed 24/7 and have a wonderful team there to help, or just listen. 800-273-8255. Transcript available on https://cricketscampfire.com/ This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp

A trailer on what's coming up with Cricket's Campfire - we have a new guest, Mat Peterson, a release schedule (bi-weekly, starting October 1'st, 2021), a bit of background about where we've been and more! This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp

You see them every day. Blending in with the crowd. Faces on the other side of the internet, with pictures, names, words of their own. But they aren’t real. They were never real. They look and act almost right… but something’s off. Whether it’s trying to get you to buy something, or maybe think a certain way… They want something from you. Is that person yelling about politics even real? You have to think about it because you’re not sure. You settle on real. Probably...

Have you ever questioned how it is that Google makes such an absurd amount of money? Maybe it's from their enterprise subscribers, maybe it's from selling their phones, perhaps even some sub-license contracts for Android? Nope. It's from advertising. Google is an advertising company, they're not a search engine anymore. We're digging into what it is that Google knows about me and how to help keep yourself away from their prying eyes...

Lets look at a legal battle that's been storming around Russia over the SCP Wiki on that side as well as what that means for all of the SCP sites. We're also going to cover a very mild, clean tale from their website. The original author of this piece is Voct. http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/ethics-committee-orientation (http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/ethics-committee-orientation) This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac...

Early release of Episode 2, snuck out behind boss' back. Don't tell him! NOTE: THIS STORY IS COMPLETELY FICTIONAL.

Introducing, Cricket's Campfire

Welcome to the final episode of Innovated Tech season 1! We're going to be trying a few other new things throughout the week, today, we'll be throwing the script away! Our topics will include a doctor that was operating during a court appearance for a traffic violation. Next up, we're going to discuss Facebook's new augmented reality glasses and incorporating facial recognition to them, potentially...

This morning we're going to spin out something brand new to our listeners and gather feedback on a poll from within Facebook. Please go and vote if you'd like to keep Fun Fact Saturday! >> Facebook Link

Today we're covering a few interesting tidbits from the news world. First up - Twitter is working on a new safety feature that stops harassment through their platform. Then we dig into Firefox and how it's adjusted the way it handles cookies (data saved from websites) and how that impacts your security. After that, we're looking at John Deere and their relapse on a repair agreement they came to in 2018...