Device Defender Gifts

I just realized how vulnerable I am to people who could hack my phone, my self-driving car, my tv, my garage door opener … So I bought a device called "Trojan Horse: that's supposed to protect me from all that. It connects to my wifi router. It monitors all my web traffic, all my connected devices, and ... well, I'm not exactly sure what it does, but it's supposed to keep the hackers out somehow. What did you say the device is called again? Now I don't worry about anyone hacking my toaster.

Robots search for people's personal information in the cloud.

"Always remember, sweetheart, that when the service is free, YOU'RE the product!"

'With the increase in hacking, the I.T. department has proposed sealing all of our data in blister packs.'

'Now that everyone's street is online, we're mapping interiors.'

Insect extinction

"Don’t you eyeball me, Ed! That’s right, look down at the table. Only technicians who remember to back up the data can look at me! And if you start to cry I will fire you!"

Privacy Conference Security

"The date protection policy is all about access to information, and we all know information is POWER!"

'Never trust emails. You can't shred them.'

Privacy - Surveillance

Spammatic blaster - gun to shoot pop-up ads.

'Maybe a firewall isn't enough to protect our computer from worms and viruses. That's why I additionally installed this fence!'

'Well look, here come the hackers!'

'Jeff is a tackle on his online college football team.'

"Hack back with all you've got!"

"These targeted ads are getting out of hand."

'How do we know the NSA hasn't hacked your naughty list?'

Workers are running out of one door labeled 'Reactive Business Intelligence,' while another worker in the next room sits calmly behind a door with a sign that reads, 'Proactive Business Intelligence.'

Things that go beep in the night.

"I want one that detects intrusions by hackers, then blows their computers to bits!"

"That didn't work either! I'm telling you, this is one AGGRESSIVE virus!"

"Are you sure you updated the anti-virus software?"

The Cashless Society is Here

"They're worse than carpenter ants. We have hacker ants."

"This universal remote is awesome. It controls the tv, cable, stereo, computer, garage door. . ."

'I have the MRI scan of your brain. The right hemisphere is clogged with computer passwords.'

'We have to be forthright with the public. We have to have their confidence. We have to convince them we're working for the common good. Then we can invade their privacy.'

Bob soon began to hate his new anti-spam software.

"No, I'm not writing a short story. That's my password."

'Gimme all your cache!'

'Hey, get out of my space!'

Facial Recognition

Facebook/Cambridge Analytica Scandal

"Your call may be monitored by the CIA, NSA, Russians, Chinese, space aliens..."