Digital Dueler Pillows

conversing using table tennis technology

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

'Now I know why the strategy guide warned against entering the 5th stage. Awesome!'

"I appreciate your devices that make it seem like you're paying attention, but could you actually pay attention and make eye contact so I know you are?"

'I got an F today - for improper interfacing with my computer.'

"Good heavens William, what have you downloaded off the internet this time?"

Spammatic blaster - gun to shoot pop-up ads.

Privacy - Surveillance

"Wordle in two! You hear me? Two!!"

What an afternoon. Rudy, listen to me. It didn't mean anything. You can't play Xbox 360 all afternoon with a guy and pretend it means nothing. I was drunk! You loved it - all of it. The racing and arcade games, the first-person shooters, but especially ... No ... WWF Wrestling Smackdown. I'm a married woman!

'My new browser is so fast I have to take motion sickness pills.'

'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.'

"These targeted ads are getting out of hand."

"Hack back with all you've got!"

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!"

Information Tightrope.

Honour Being Served 'Apps at Dawn'.

"A TV can insult your intelligence, but nothing rubs it in like a computer."

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

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

'It's true -- we DO communicate better in a chat room.'

Wild West Text Showdown

Spam.

'When the school upgraded its operating system, for the third time, I upgraded my headache medicine from over-the-counter to prescription strength.'

Bring it on, Scrabble nerd! Want to tell him directly? What do you mean? There's a chat function so you can taunt other online Scrabble players. Just type in your insult and hit send. Have I died and gone to heaven? The internet. And I suspect it' met its match.

I'd rather be phishing.

'These computer viruses are getting more and more powerful.'

"With all the cybercrimes corporate had to bring in a new guy, Supergeek."

"The tricky bit is finding some UK infrastructure that's working to switch it off."

Cyberwarfare

"Hi, I'm the new IT-security-expert! Where is your server room? I want to see if I can overcome your firewall!"