​#1161 Privacy, what is it good for? (Privacy Rights)

Air Date: 1–30-2018

Today we take a look at part of the history of our privacy rights, who they protect the most and what's happening to them recently

Show Notes

Ch. 1: Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr

Ch. 2: Act 1: Who is worst effected when we allow creeping anti-privacy technology - CounterSpin (@FAIRmediawatch) - Air Date 3-11-16

Ch. 3: Song 1: When We Set Out - Arc and Crecent


Ch. 4: Act 2: The history of our FISA laws - @HumorlessQueers - Air Date 3-11-17

Ch. 5: Song 2: contrarian - Sketchbook


Ch. 6: Act 3: The Resistance Folds For Trump - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 01-12-18

Ch. 7: Song 3: Open Flames - Aeronaut


Ch. 8: Act 4: Serious Problems with American Policing - @DavidPakmanShow - Air Date: 02-12-17

Ch. 9: Song 4: Andelo - Pacha Faro


Ch. 10: Act 5: #TakeCTRL: Stop ALPR Surveillance in Your Community with CCOPS Laws via @ACLU - Best of the Left Activism

Ch. 11: Song 5: Lumber Down - Barstool


Ch. 12: Act 6: Privacy and our trash - BackStory Air Date: 10-06-17


Voicemails

Ch. 13: Our diluted democracy - Jeff from Chicago

Ch. 14: The invisible bigotry against non-Americans - Nate from Vacaville, CA

Ch. 15: Different offenses need to be treated differently - Jeff from Charlotte, NC

Voicemail Music: Loud Pipes - Classics


Ch. 16: Final comments on non-American bigotry and the response to #MeToo

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Closing Music:  Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent

(Additional music from Blue Dot Sessions


Activism:

TAKE ACTION

Go to ACLU's Community Control Over Police Surveillance (CCOPS) for guidance principles and a model bill for your community

CCOPS Model Bill

CCOPS Guiding Principles 

Check out the #TakeCTRL hashtag for more actions and information

EDUCATE YOURSELF

Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) (EFF.org)

Exclusive: ICE is about to start tracking license plates across the US (The Verge)

California: We Need Privacy When We Park Our Cars (EFF.org)

ICE Accesses a Massive Amount of License Plate Data. Will California Take Action? (EFF.org)

Written by BOTL Communications Director Amanda Hoffman


Produced by Jay! Tomlinson

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