About this episode

The episode discusses the outdated third-party doctrine and its implications for privacy and surveillance in the digital age.

The third-party doctrine is an outdated legal rule, created in an era before smartphones, before the internet, before our private lives became data. The fallout has been catastrophic. This decades-old principle erased the protections meant to shield us from arbitrary government intrusion and opened the door to a future of unchecked surveillance and control. In this video, we'll break down what the third-party doctrine actually is, how it works in a digital world, and why it has to go. 00:00 ...

People in this episode

Host: Naomi Brockwell

Topics covered

• third-party doctrine
• surveillance
• digital privacy
• government intrusion
• legal principles

Keywords

• third-party doctrine
• privacy
• surveillance
• government
• data protection

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: government

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