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About this episode

This episode discusses the erosion of protections provided by warrants in the context of data privacy and government surveillance.

https://youtu.be/hPALUKCaARs https://odysee.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/warrants:8 Warrants are one of the most powerful checks on government power ever invented. But in an age where your data is bought from brokers, your movements are tracked by private contractors, and your financial records are collected in bulk… the protections warrants were designed to provide have been quietly gutted. In this video, we break down how warrants actually work, why the founders were obsessed with getting them ri...

People in this episode

Host: Naomi Brockwell

Topics covered

• warrants
• government power
• data privacy
• surveillance
• data brokers
• financial records

Keywords

• warrants
• government surveillance
• data privacy
• data brokers
• financial records
• constitutional rights

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