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Your free VPN might be spying on you

Your free VPN might be spying on you

VPNs have topped the charts this week, after major adult websites blocked Australian users. Several of these most popular VPNs are free, but at what cost? Plus, fake videos of the war in Iran have been circulating online. How do we tell what's real from what's not? Also, the Macbook Neo. It runs on an iPhone chip, is remarkably cheap, and comes in a variety of colours. Has Apple become fun again? ------- Benjamin Law's episode of Compass, Outsourcing Our Souls, will be out on Sunday 15th of March. ------- GUESTS: Michael Cowling — Professor of Educational Technology at RMIT and Director of the Hub for Apple Platform Innovation. AKA Professor Tech, and you can find his YouTube channel here. Tobias Venus — technology and travel journalist, and video producer at tobygv.tv. His YouTube channel is here. This episode was produced on the lands of the Burramattagal people.

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March 13, 202629m 6s

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Show Notes

VPNs have topped the charts this week, after major adult websites blocked Australian users. Several of these most popular VPNs are free, but at what cost?

Plus, fake videos of the war in Iran have been circulating online. How do we tell what's real from what's not?

Also, the Macbook Neo. It runs on an iPhone chip, is remarkably cheap, and comes in a variety of colours. Has Apple become fun again?

-------

Benjamin Law's episode of Compass, Outsourcing Our Souls, will be out on Sunday 15th of March.

-------

GUESTS:

Michael Cowling — Professor of Educational Technology at RMIT and Director of the Hub for Apple Platform Innovation. AKA Professor Tech, and you can find his YouTube channel here.

Tobias Venus — technology and travel journalist, and video producer at tobygv.tv. His YouTube channel is here.

This episode was produced on the lands of the Burramattagal people.

Topics

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