On the first episode of 2021, we discuss a more philosophical question: Is technology - and our over-reliance on technology - making us dumber or is it making us smarter? Short answer? It depends.

#109 - Video Buffering

Dec 28th, 2020 19m 37s

On episode 9 of Pardon My Tech, we discuss video buffering. Video buffering is something that we all endlessly say as we roll our eyes, but in this episode we really give the word meaning. We discuss why it happens and any mitigations that we m

#108 - Computer Components as Body Parts

Dec 14th, 2020 29m 31s

On today's episode of Pardon My Tech, we break down the main components of a computer and we discuss what parts of the human body we could compare each part to.

#107 Holiday Season Cyber Attacks

Dec 7th, 2020 33m 9s

In episode 7 of Pardon My Tech, we talk about why the holiday season is consistently the annual peak for cyber attacks and what you can do to protect yourself. We also discuss if it is safe to store private information such as credit card infor

#106 Phishing Attacks

Nov 16th, 2020 35m 17s

In episode 6 of Pardon My Tech we dive into a common form of cyberattack, a phishing attack (pronounced fishing). We talk about what the attack is, what you can do to defend yourself against such attacks, how to tell if an email could be phishi

#105 Bitcoin and Blockchain

Nov 6th, 2020 44m 24s

In episode 5 of Pardon My Tech, we welcome on a special guest Brian Yu to discuss bitcoin and blockchain. What is bitcoin? What are the advantages and disadvantages of cryptocurrency? Who should use bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies?Brian is t

#104 VPNs and Airplane Mode

Oct 30th, 2020 27m 17s

In episode 4 of Pardon My Tech we discuss VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) and how you can use them to get access to things like Netflix shows only offered in other countries. We also talk about Airplane mode and why it is still necessary in 202

#103 TikTok Privacy Issues

Oct 23rd, 2020 37m 9s

In today's episode, Pardon My Tech's first guest, Matthias Eberl, speaks on the serious privacy concerns of TikTok. Matthias is a journalist based out of Germany who focuses most of his investigations on the digital realm and digital privacy. H

#102: The Dark Web and Why Requests for Your Cookies Noticeably Increased

Oct 16th, 2020 34m 39s

On today’s Pardon My Tech, we discuss the Dark Web at a high level [2:37 - 25:16]. We answer questions like “What is the Dark Web?” “How can I get to the dark web?” and “Why doesn’t the government just shut down the dark web?” We also discuss b

#101 Passw0rd M@nagers! and Apple Preview

Oct 9th, 2020 19m 8s

Do I really need a password manager? Or is it just something that's nice to have. Also, a brief preview of what's to come at the Apple announcement on Tuesday.