PRICKS & PRIVACY: needle spiking, piquerism, are our phones listening to us & more

PRICKS & PRIVACY: needle spiking, are our phones listening to us and more

 

What on earth does our title mean? This week on Eavesdroppin’, we start off by talking about TV shows Michelle is obsessed with before Geordie moves on to the ser-i-ous topic of needle spiking. *DISCLAIMER: We are not victim blaming in any way, merely investigating thoughts and theories… Right, now that’s clear… What is needle spiking? Why has it become a new date-rape phenomena in the UK? Are women being pricked and injected, or is it something else? Who is The London Monster? What is Piquerism? And is unauthorized hair cutting assault? Is the phenomena actually needle spiking or drink spiking? Is it a real thing or scare mongering? Listen in to make your own mind up…

 

Then the pair move on to the issue of privacy… Well Michelle gets slightly ranty about it and is kind of shocked that no one seems to care about digital privacy anymore… Are we being listened to by our phones? Should we care? Would we trade convenience for privacy? And is it OK that the UK government creates a referendum to exit the EU but doesn’t ask us if we consent to having all of our online activity tracked and stored? What about CCTV – is surveillance without consent OK? Is having our privacy and freedoms taken away an issue? Or is it just a byproduct of the digital age that we just need to accept? Listen in to find out!

 

We hope you enjoy the episode and remember, wherever you are, whatever you do, just keep Eavesdroppin’!

 

*Disclaimer: We don’t claim to have any factual info about anything ever, soooooorrrrrryyyyyyyy

 

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SHOW LINKS

 

Here’s that amazing story about the haunted doll that sets itself on fire and cries tears of acid: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/my-terrifying-haunted-doll-weeps-26086504

 

RIP the original Octomom Mandy Allwood: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/feb/04/mandy-allwood-lost-all-eight-octuplets-1996-dies-cancer

 

Guess what - there is another Octomom!! Nadya Suleman… https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/17477189/what-octomom-nadya-suleman-doing-now/  https://nypost.com/2022/01/28/octomom-nadya-sulemans-octuplets-celebrate-13th-birthday/

 

When shooting meets skiing – yes, it’s the biathlon! https://www.self.com/story/what-is-a-biathlon-winter-olympics

 

Euphoria trailer for Season 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfrZXpG63cw

 

Fezco fan! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWl5gQZh3HM

 

How Angus Cloud was street cast: https://www.thethings.com/angus-cloud-euphoria-hbo-fezco/

 

THAT jacuzzi scene in Euphoria… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye1VmIDzYGA

 

Ozark – the final season… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB3xj2BKgHs

 

The Apprentice… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPF-8FM2zS4

 

The new phenomena of needle spiking rises in the UK: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/26/needle-spiking-reports-to-uk-police-exceed-1300-in-six-months

 

Read Sian’s story of being spiked in a nightclub in Nottingham: https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/body/a38265786/injection-spiking/

 

The BBC article that queries the likelihood of injection spiking: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-58994755

 

Needle spiking or drink spiking? The lines could be blurred: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10124343/Experts-claim-nightclub-needle-attacks-highly-improbable.html

 

The London Monster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Monster

 

What is piquerism? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piquerism

 

Albert Fish: serial killer with paraphilia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Fish

 

The Pinprick attacks in New York: https://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/04/nyregion/10-teen-age-girls-held-in-upper-broadway-pinprick-attacks.html

 

The prison guard who was assaulted with HIV: https://www.smh.com.au/national/1500-pay-tribute-to-fallen-prison-guard-20070210-gdpfw0.html

 

The assault where a girl had her hair cut on a bus: http://honisoit.com/2018/06/the-short-ride-home/

 

Men arrested for needle spiking: https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/19688084.two-men-arrested-connection-needle-spiking-brighton/

 

The Russell Brand vid where he talks with Edward Snowden: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jxdwIkFdj8

 

The Investigatory Powers Act: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investigatory_Powers_Act_2016

 

A perspective on the Snooper’s Charter: https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/fundamental/mass-surveillance-snoopers-charter/

 

Food for thought: https://www.lookout.com/blog/five-threats-impacting-data-and-privacy-2022