Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.   I’m Fred Fishkin.     How bad is the online scamming situation?   Even during our interview with Evan Kotsovinos, Google’s VP for Privacy, Safety and Security….he got a scam text.   It is pretty much an everyday occurrence for many of us….and the scammers are using more and more AI these days.  And Kotsovinos says AI is being used to fight back..

“We have this new, exciting feature called AI powered scam detection on Android which detects scammy messages on your Android phone and warns you in real time.   So you get a message and your phone will warn you that it looks scammy.”

It is a never ending battle..but there is much you can do…especially when it comes to those passwords..  Find more tips in our full interview and there is more info at safety.google. 

You can find us at Techstination.com.   I’m Fred Fishkin.