127: Let's Get Serious
Andy and Flo get down to business. They explore how much personal data is too much to hand over to Google and touch upon Andy Rubin's leave from Essential. They also discuss if either will ever recover after the Great Cheeseburger Emoji debacle of 2017.
Material · Florence Ion, Russell Ivanovic, and Andy Ihnatko
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Show Notes
With Russell out on another vision quest, Andy and Flo get down to business. They explore how much personal data is too much to hand over to Google. They also touch upon Andy Rubin's leave from Essential, experimental AI that can detect snoops, and whether we'll ever recover after the Great Cheeseburger Emoji debacle of 2017.
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Links and Show Notes:
- TechRepublic: Over 75% of Android apps are secretly tracking users
- TechCrunch: Andy Rubin takes leave of absence from Essential upon revelations that he had an “improper relationship” with a subordinate while at Google
- The Verge: Google experimental AI can warn you when someone is looking at your screen over your shoulder