#96 (Shane Johnson)

#96 (Shane Johnson)

June 25, 2026 · 38 min

About this episode

Shane Johnson discusses how emerging technologies are creating new crime opportunities.

Shane Johnson is the Dawes Professor of Future Crime at University College London. In this episode, he argues that emerging technologies—AI, internet-connected devices, autonomous vehicles, and future computing systems—are creating new crime opportunities by reducing offenders’ effort, increasing potential rewards, and exposing people through data collection, spoofing, deepfakes, and cybersecurity vulnerabilities.est work with police departments.

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