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Aug 2015
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Blocking ads and trackers with Privacy Badger, Verizon is getting rid of subsidized phones and contracts, getting access to your Android phone when locked out, getting Cortana on Windows to understand you, and more of your calls!

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Scott Wilkinson, Johnny Jet, and Dick DeBartolo

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