Spoiler: It's Not You
From NBTV: Your Money, Your Data, Your Life by Naomi Brockwell
April 13, 2026 · 22 min · Season 13 · Episode 8
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The episode discusses the outdated third-party doctrine and its implications for privacy and surveillance in the digital age.
The third-party doctrine is an outdated legal rule, created in an era before smartphones, before the internet, before our private lives became data.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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