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    #266: Dating with Bots

    February 13th, 2020 · 64 minutes

    Today on the show we've got Laurie Segall, prolific tech journalist and founder of Dot Dot Dot Media! Can she teach Simone to be less negative about tech? Then it's an update on our favorite memory of 2017, the Equifax hack. Finally, GO SEE BIRDS OF PREY!

    Guest Starring: Laurie Segall

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    Links and Show Notes

    Reading The 'Body Language' of Your Text Messages – Dot Dot Dot
    The Dating Bot is Born – Dot Dot Dot
    Yael Eisenstat: There Was No Way I Was Going to Let Facebook Silence My Voice – Dot Dot Dot
    Former CIA Analyst: Facebook is Playing ‘Whack-A-Mole’ – Dot Dot Dot
    Episode 12: She Spent 10+ Years at the CIA. It Didn’t Prepare Her for Life at Facebook. – Dot Dot Dot
    First Contact with Laurie Segall: Bots to date for us. The future of love?
    First Contact with Laurie Segall: Reading your text message 'body language'
    First Contact with Laurie Segall: She Spent 10+ Years at the CIA. It Didn’t Prepare Her for Life at Facebook.
    Equifax: US charges four Chinese military officers over huge hack - BBC News
    Hate seeing other people’s likes on Twitter? Some options to try | How to do various techy things