IF IT SOUNDS TOO
GOOD TO BE TRUE,
THEN IT PROBABLY IS,
RIGHT?
THAT'S WHAT MAMA
ALWAYS SAID AND IF
MAMA SAID IT, THEN
YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE.
BUT TODAY, WE'RE
CHALLENGING THAT
THOUGHT, IN
ANOTHER EDIT
ANOTHER EDIT
>>> IF IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE
TRUE, THEN IT PROBABLY IS,
RIGHT?
>> THAT'S WHAT MOMMA ALWAYS
SAID.
IF MOMMA SAID IT, THEN IT'S GOT
TO BE TRUE.
WE'RE GOING TO CHALLENGE THAT
THOUGHT TODAY IN ANOTHER EDITION
OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.
WE HAVE OUR RESIDENT WHAT'S
HAPPENING EXPERT.
THIS IS ETHAN HOLLAND WHO IS
WBOC'S MEDIA DIRECTOR.
>> GOOD TO BE HERE.
>> FIRE FLY FESTIVAL GOERS DON'T
NECESSARILY HAVE TO TAKE CASH?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
WBOC WILL BE AT FIRE FLY, AND AS
PART OF THE PREPARATION I WAS
LOOK AT THEIR WEBSITE AND I
NOTICE UP HERE THERE'S A NOTICE
THAT SAYS FIRE FLY WILL BE A
CASHLESS FESTIVAL, AND I THOUGHT
THAT WAS PERFECT FOR WHAT'S
HAPPENING BECAUSE IT'S
TECHNOLOGY ORIENTED.
>> RIGHT.
>> AND WHAT IT SIGNIFIES TO ME
IS THAT CASH IS STARTING TO GO
THE WAY OF THE DINOSAUR ONE STEP
AT A TIME AND A GIANT FESTIVAL
WITH HOWEVER MANY THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE CAN SAY YOU KNOW WHAT,
EVERYONE, LEAVE YOUR CASH AT
HOME, ENJOY THE FESTIVAL WITHOUT
CASH AT ALL.
>> AND SOME VENDORS ARE NOT
ACCEPTING CASH.
>> MY GUT SAYS, I DON'T KNOW THE
OFFICIAL REASON, I THINK IT'S
JUST TO SAVE YOU THE NEED FOR
HAVING CASH ON YOUR PERSON WHEN
YOU'RE OUT THERE FOR FOUR DAYS,
YOU WANT TO BRING $400 OR YOU
JUST WANT TO HAVE YOUR PHONE?
FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S TO KEEP
IT SIMPLE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GET TO WHAT WE REALLY WANT
TO TALK ABOUT TODAY AND THAT'S
COOL APPS THAT YOU HAVE
DISCOVERED, AND ONE OF THEM IS
CALLED, LET ME MAKE SURE I SAY
THIS RIGHT, LET ME GOOGLE THAT
FOR YOU.
>> YES, AND THIS CAME UP THROUGH
CONTEXT THIS PAST WEEK BECAUSE
OUR SHOW RUNNER ANNIE GOT SOME
FLOWERS DELIVERED TO OUR OFFICE
AND I SAID THAT'S REALLY
AMAZING.
AND IT TURNS OUT THEY WEREN'T A
SURPRISE.
I SAID WHY WEREN'T THEY A
SURPRISE, IT TURNS OUT THE
PERSON WHO SENT HER THE FLOWERS
ASKED HER FOR HER ADDRESS.
I JOKED TO HER LET ME GOOGLE
THAT FOR YOU BECAUSE THERE'S A
WEBSITE THAT LETS YOU TEASE YOUR
FRIENDS OF THEY ASK AN OBVIOUS
QUESTION, YOU CAN SEND THEM A
LINK TO SAY LET ME GOOGLE THAT
FOR YOU.
>> OKAY.
>> SO HERE'S THE IDEA, IT'S KIND
OF THE CAPTAIN OBVIOUS SKROEBG.
IN THIS CASE I WOULD SAY
WBOC ADDRESS AND I'LL EVEN PUT
IN SALISBURY JUST TO HELP IT OUT
A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO AT THIS POINT IF I WANTED TO
TEASE MY RELATIVE AND ASK FOR
THE ADDRESS, I SAY WELL, LET ME
GOOGLE THIS FOR YOU, IT WOULD
SEND THEM A LINK SO INSTEAD OF
RESPONDING TO THE E-MAIL WITH AN
ADDRESS IN IT, I COULD SEND THIS
LINK INSTEAD.
STEP ONE, VISIT GOOGLE.COM.
TYPE IN YOUR QUESTION, CLICK THE
BUTTON.
>> YOU'RE KIDDING ME, RIGHT?
>> THAT'S IT.
>> AND THEN OF COURSE IT SHOWS
THE ANSWER.
THERE'S OUR ADDRESS.
>> THIS IS NOT A NEW APP, IS IT?
>> I WOULD SAY IT'S ALMOST TEN
YEARS OLD, IF NOT MORE.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE FUN NOVELTIES
THAT NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT.
>> SO THE PHRASE, IF IT SOUNDS
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT PROBABLY
IS.
MAYBE NOT.
>> MAYBE NOT.
SO THIS ONE CAME ACROSS
FACEBOOK.
I STARTED SEEING SOME FRIENDS.
IN FACT, JUST BEFORE THE SHOW,
ANOTHER FRIEND POSTED TO
FACEBOOK IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS,
PLEASE, PLEASE SHARE, COPY AND
PASTE THIS INTO YOUR STATUS,
TEXT TO A CERTAIN NUMBER.
I THINK THE KEYWORD IS FOOD OR
SOMETHING AND IT WILL GIVE KIDS
TREE FOOD.
AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, MAN,
THAT JUST SOUNDS LIKE A SCAM IF
I'VE EVER HEARD ONE.
IF YOU'RE TEXTING, YOU'RE
PROBABLY OPTING INTO SOME LIST.
I DECIDED SIMILAR TO THE LET ME
GOOGLE THAT FOR YOU, I ALWAYS
USE SNOPES.COM.
I GO INTO SNOPES AND A GOOGLE IT
IN SNOPES AND TURNS OUT IT HAS
IT IN THERE, CAN YOU TEXT FOOD
AND GET FREE MEALS FOR CHILDREN,
A VIRAL MESSAGE ON SOCIAL MEDIA
CONTAINS ACCURATE INFORMATION,
AND AS I SCROLL DOWN, LOW AND
BEHOLD, BAM, TRUE.
>> IT IS TRUE.
WOW.
>> SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS
BEFORE IT AIRED, THIS SHOW,
BEFORE WE DECIDED TO PUT THIS ON
THE SHOW.
WE SAID THE LITMUS TEXT IS WOULD
YOU EVER TEXT THIS YOURSELF AND
WOULD YOU EVER ASK DELMARVA TO
TEXT THIS.
WE CONTINUED DOING OUR RESEARCH.
IT SAYS THIS IS A REAL NUMBER.
IT'S RUN BY A PROGRAM CALLED NO
KID HUNGRY THAT IS PART OF THE
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S
FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM, AND THEN
OF COURSE WE CLICKED THROUGH TO
DOUBLE-CHECK IT WAS REAL.
AND IF YOU SCROLL DOWN NOT ONLY
DOES IT LOOK GREAT, BUT AT THE
BOTTOM IT ALSO HAS CITIBANK,
ARBY'S, WALMART.
>> HOW ABOUT THAT.
>> SO WE HAVE BEEN TEASING ABOUT
THE GEEK MOMENT FOR JIMMY TODAY,
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RUSSIAN
HACKING AND BRITNEY SPEARS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THE TWO ARE
CONNECTED BUT YOU'RE GOING TO
LET LET US KNOW, RIGHT?
>> JIMMY AND I LIKE TO TALK IN
THE HALL AND I TELL HIM LITTLE
FACTS AND I TEND TO TRY TO --
>> HE DOES THAT.
>> -- BLOW YOUR MIND, FOR LACK
OF A BETTER WORD.
THIS HAS BEEN IN THE NEWS THE
PAST FEW WEEKS, I THINK IT WAS
EARLIER IN MAY, THAT A RUSSIAN
MALWARE PROGRAM WAS USING
COMMENTS ON BRITNEY SPEARS'S
INSTAGRAM TO GET ITS
INSTRUCTIONS OF WHERE TO GO AND
HOW TO WORK, AND I THOUGHT THIS
IS GOING TO GET JIMMY GOING.
SO I LOOKED IT UP AND SURE
ENOUGH, IT WORKS.
IT'S FOR REAL.
IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO TRY, I THINK
I CAN TRY TO EXPLAIN IT TO YOU.
DID YOU THINK IT WORKS?
I SUPPOSE I SHOULD ASK YOU.
>> I COULDN'T EVEN BEGIN TO
FIGURE THAT ONE OUT.
HERE'S HOW IT WORKS.
YOU'RE MY FILTER, WHETHER I CAN
EXPLAIN TECHNOLOGY IN EASY WAYS.
HERE'S HOW IT WORKS, THE ROBOT,
THE MALWARE WHICH IS THE
SOFTWARE, THE HACKING SOFTWARE
IS HIDING IN AN EXTENSION FOR
YOUR BROWSER AND IT LOOKS LIKE
IT'S A SECURITY EXTENSION FOR
FIRE FOX, SO YOU PUT THIS LITTLE
EXTENSION IN YOUR BROWSER AND
YOU THINK YOU'RE SECURE.
MEANWHILE, THIS THING IS LOOKING
ALL THE TIME AT PUBLICLY
AVAILABLE INFORMATION LIKE A
COMMENT ON INSTAGRAM, AND IT
TAKES EVERY SINGLE COMMENT AND
CHANGES IT INTO A NUMBER.
SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT LETTERS,
IT TRANSLATES THEM INTO NUMBERS,
AND THEN IF IT FINDS A SECRET
NUMBER, IT LOOKS FOR THE LETTERS
THAT FOLLOW THAT NUMBER AND IT
PUTS THEM ON TO A BITLY LINK,
ONE OF THOSE URL SHORT
SHORTENERS.
THIS IS ON THE ACTUAL POST ON A
BRITNEY SPEARS INSTAGRAM.
THERE'S A VERY SPAMIE LOOKING
COMMENT AND YOU JUST ASSUME IT'S
JUST GARBAGE, BUT IT TURNS OUT
IT'S THE SECRET CODE AND WHEN
THIS MALWARE SEES IT, IT'S
BASICALLY TELLING IT IN A SECRET
CODE WHERE TO GO TO GET ITS
INSTRUCTIONS.
>> OH, MY GOODNESS.
>> UNBELIEVABLE.
>> GOOD GRIEF.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE GO FROM
THERE.
>> NO KIDDING.
I GUESS WE COULD HAVE YOU PLUG
FACEBOOK LIVE WHILE YOU'RE HERE.
>> I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT -- I THINK
WE MENTIONED IT ON THE SHOW
BEFORE, BUT FROM MY ANGLE, THE
IDEA IS WHAT IS MISSING ON THE
INTERNET RIGHT NOW, AND EVERYONE
CURRENTLY GOES IN AND THEY START
LOOKING AT VIDEOS ON DEMAND.
YOU GOOGLE IT OR YOU DISCOVER IT
BY ACCIDENT, THERE'S A CAT
VIDEO, YOU WATCH IT.
IN THIS CASE WE WANT TO PROVIDE
YOU SOMETHING YOU CAN LEAVE ON
ALMOST LIKE A MORNING TALK SHOW,
AND WE THOUGHT COOKING WOULD BE
A GREAT WAY TO SHARE SOME OF THE
EXPERIENCES WE GET OF RECORDING
A SHOW THAT CAN'T MAKE IT ON TV.
I THINK YESTERDAY WE DID A SHOW
THAT WAS 80 MINUTES LONG.
>> IT WAS.
>> NO TIME LIMIT, NO FORMAT.
IT'S JUST US AND THE CHEF HAVING
FUN.
WE POST THE RECIPES IN ADVANCE
AND THE SHOPPING LIST IN
ADVANCE.
YOU CAN COOK ALONG WITH US.
IT'S REAL TIME AND OF COURSE
EVERYONE IN THE OFFICE GETS TO
COME AND EAT ALL OF THE GOOD
FOODS.
>> INSTAGRAM NOW.
AND DELMARVA HAS AN INSTAGRAM.
IT'S A SUPER FUN SHOW THAT
REALLY CAN USE INSTAGRAM THE
BEST WAY.
WE'RE POSTING STORIES TO
INSTAGRAM AND LOTS OF PHOTOS.
WE'RE ENCOURAGING OUR VIEWERS TO
SEND US PHOTOS AND TAG THEM AND
WE'LL REBRAND THEM.
WE ARE BUILDING OUT SLOW AND
STEADY A 24/7 YOU TUBE CHANNEL
WITH NOTHING BUT LOCAL CONTENT.
AS PART OF THAT WE'RE GOING TO
BE RUNNING RERUNS OF DELMARVA
LIFE.
TODAY'S SHOW WILL RUN TOMORROW
AND WE ALSO RUN OUR COOKING SHOW
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