291: Explore Shifting Digital‑Privacy Rules, a Malfunctioning Humanoid Robot, Lively Hardware Debate on Apple's NEO, AI‑Driven Entertainment Trends, all while the FBI Spies on You, and with a little whiskey on the side | Air Date: 3/24- 3/30/26
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The episode discusses the implications of the FBI purchasing data to track Americans, the data broker economy, and trends in AI-driven entertainment.
Your digital life is being priced, packaged, and sold, and sometimes the buyer is the government. We dig into the headline that reignites America’s privacy debate: the FBI confirming it purchases commercially available data that can be used to track Americans online. We talk about why this feels like a warrant shortcut, how the data broker economy thrives on “legal” loopholes, and why AI-powered analysis makes mass surveillance more scalable than ever. Then we shift from invisible tracking t...
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