Topic: Possum

1 chapters across the catalog

Appification Generation
Episode 636 3:03:14 - 3:12:49

636: Appification Generation

Squirrel Deportation and Ginger.io Behavioral Tracking

John C. Dvorak recounts his "Caddyshack" style battle with a squirrel eating his plums, which ended in the squirrel's "deportation" to Berkeley. This leads to a discussion of Ginger.io, a new app that uses smartphone sensor data to track a user's mental health and alert providers if they become lethargic or isolated. The hosts view this as a precursor to invasive wearable surveillance.