The Machines Are Watching You | And They Know Everything (Compilation)

About this episode

This episode explores the various facets of modern surveillance and its implications on society.

Secret listening posts sit inside ordinary buildings in major cities. Numbers stations still broadcast coded messages over shortwave radio — and no one officially admits why. This compilation traces the full arc of modern surveillance, from hidden urban infrastructure and sonic weapons to subliminal influence campaigns and a computer virus that nearly started a world war. Havana Syndrome left diplomats with brain injuries and no official explanation. A wire encircles New York City that most residents have never heard of. And at the end of it all sits the quantum computer — a machine powerful enough to crack every encrypted secret humanity has ever kept. Nothing stays hidden forever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: The Why Files

Topics covered

• surveillance
• urban infrastructure
• subliminal influence
• Havana Syndrome
• quantum computing
• modern technology

Keywords

• surveillance
• Havana Syndrome
• quantum computer
• sonic weapons
• numbers stations
• urban infrastructure
• computer virus

Mentioned in this episode

Products: quantum computer, sonic weapons, computer virus, numbers stations

Places: New York City

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