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The MacVoices Live! panel debates OpenAI’s Sora—deepfakes, IP use, and “opt-out” controls that still require adding your likeness. Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Web Bixby, Marty Jencius, Brian Flanigan-Arthurs, Jeff Gamet, Eric Bolden, and Jim Rea swap privacy tips, share scam/robocall concerns, and discuss Instagram shifting to Reels and what that means for attention and demographics. Finally, they sort out Hulu’s fold-in to Disney bundles, acknowledge the end of TiVo DVRs, and note coming OTA/ATSC 3.0 complications.

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Show Notes:

Chapters:

[0:00] Sora, deepfakes, and IP controversy
[1:33] “Six in ten hide something online” study
[3:16] Opt-out paradox: adding your likeness to block it
[3:46] Face-obscuring tactics and CV Dazzle
[5:15] Scams, telemarketing, and privacy hygiene
[7:49] Instagram considers Reels as default
[10:43] Algorithms, attention, and leaving Instagram
[12:38] Hulu folds into Disney; subscription confusion
[16:13] TiVo ends DVR sales; streaming vs. cable redux
[20:20] OTA antennas, ATSC 3.0, and encryption worries
[24:49] CV Dazzle origin and effectiveness
[26:02] Panel wrap and plugs

Links:

How to Limit Who Can Make Deepfakes of You on Sora
https://lifehacker.com/tech/how-to-st...

Survey: 6-in-10 Americans Have Something Online They Don’t Want Others to Find
https://appleworld.today/2025/10/surv...

CV DAZZLE
https://adam.harvey.studio/cvdazzle

Instagram ‘exploring’ making Reels the app’s new default view
https://9to5mac.com/2025/10/02/instag...

Standalone Hulu is dead, long live 'Hulu on Disney+’
https://appleinsider.com/articles/25/...

TiVo Stops Selling DVRs Marking The End Of An Era
https://cordcuttersnews.com/tivo-stop...

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