#1534 Every Move You Make (Facial Recognition, TikTok, and Surveillance Capitalism 2.0)
Air Date: 1–3-2022
Today, we take a look at the emerging implementation of facial recognition technology in public and commercial spaces along with the tracking and "amplifagandizing" capabilities of TikTok
Read more#1467 No One Asked For The Next Big Thing (Metaverse)
Air Date: 1–31-2022
Today we take a look at the new buzz around the "metaverse" and why it is not only fairly dystopian in and of itself but also seems to require that the real world be a dystopia in order for the concept to fully succeed.
Read more#1270 Surveillance Capitalism is threatening democracy itself
Air Date: 5–7-2019
Today we take a look at the impacts, from personal to global, of the paradigm of companies profiting off of surveillance of their users, otherwise known as surveillance capitalism.
Read more#1175 You are the product in the internet economy (Facebook)
#1161 Privacy, what is it good for? (Privacy Rights)
#1096 The oligarch who decided to buy the White House (Corruption)
#1092 Under surveillance from all angles (Privacy Rights)
#1069 Trump and our National Security State (Civil Rights)
Air Date: 1-6-2017
Today we take a look at the mechanics of our national security state that has been mostly installed or maintained over the past two presidencies and what Trump may do with that entrenched power.
Read more#997 Privacy, security or both (Encryption vs the FBI)
Air Date: 03-11-2016
Today we look at the arguments for and against unbreakable encryption for smartphones with specific focus on Apple’s current legal battle with the FBI
Read more#983 The counterproductive thirst for snooping (Privacy/Spying)
Air date: 1-15-16
Today we look at a few of the myriad ways that the government and private companies work to destroy our right to privacy
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