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The episode discusses the normalization of surveillance in modern life and its implications for democracy with NYU law professor Barry Friedman.

Somewhere right now, a camera is scanning a face. A license plate reader is logging a car. And most of us barely notice anymore. We sit down with NYU law professor Barry Friedman to talk about how surveillance became the background noise of modern life — and what it’s doing to democracy. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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