Georgia’s Child Protective Services quietly bought a nearly million-dollar surveillance vehicle, including a cell-site simulator (a “Stingray”) that can sweep up everyone’s phone data within a mile, using federal foster-care funds, while the state claims it can’t afford basic services for kids in the system. Meanwhile MapQuest is having an unlikely comeback by adding Flock
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A nonprofit is pitching driverless patrol cars to a North Carolina police department, Amazon wants 20,000 delivery drivers wearing AI smart glasses that photograph your property (and sometimes your front door) every few seconds, and a company no one’s heard of just found a way to bolt facial recognition onto Flock’s camera network without Flock’s
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Alex Marthews, National Chair of Restore the Fourth, joins Zach and Elizabeth for a deep dive into the legal architecture behind mass surveillance, from FISA’s origins after the Church Committee and COINTELPRO revelations to today’s AI-accelerated version of the same programs. Alex walks through how Section 702 surveillance works, the history of warrantless wiretapping programs
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Zach and Elizabeth dig into a Wired report on Flock’s new voluntary separation program, offered to its roughly 1,500 employees amid mounting backlash, along with reporting that the company may need to sell off parts of its business to stay afloat. They cover an EFF audit log review that caught officers searching ALPR networks with
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Jon Padfield, host of the Business Reform YouTube channel, joins Zach and Elizabeth for a deep dive into what license plate reader networks actually capture and where the technology is headed next. They start with signal traces (the electronic fingerprints your devices give off as you drive) and how COVID-era lockdowns normalized the kind of
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In this episode of Banish Big Brother, Zach and Elizabeth cover the escalating tactics of the surveillance state and the creative ways people are fighting back. They start with the shocking news out of Oakland, where police are obtaining warrants to physically tow bystanders’ Teslas just to extract their Sentry Mode video footage. That opens
The Surveillance State Doesn’t Need Your Permission Anymore Read More »
Flock cameras may be getting all the attention, but what else is happening behind the scenes? In this episode of Banish Big Brother, Zach and Elizabeth look at the growing surveillance infrastructure being built into everyday life. We discuss a Wisconsin police department installing Flock cameras without notifying city leaders, a Tennessee sheriff refusing license
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In this episode of Banish Big Brother, Zach and Elizabeth are joined by “educator and agitator” Ethan Watters from Flockout SAV. They discuss the Savannah mayor’s refusal to hold open public comment periods and the shocking revelation that 28% of the Savannah Police Department’s budget is heavily allocated to surveillance. They break down Flock Safety’s
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Zach and Elizabeth dive into the escalating pushback against Flock cameras and the government’s attempts to control the narrative. They break down a Colorado intelligence memo attempting to link the anti-surveillance movement to extremists, and analyze Flock’s sneaky new Terms and Conditions that allow the company to sell your data and retain it perpetually. They
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Zach and Elizabeth walk through a tour of a real-time crime center and what it actually revealed, then dig into the data behind the “these cameras keep us safe” pitch. New FBI numbers show Flock’s home turf of Atlanta has one of the largest camera networks in the country and some of the worst clearance
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James Dutton, the attorney who took Georgia’s automated school zone speed cameras all the way to the state Supreme Court (twice), joins Zach and Elizabeth for a deep dive into how for-profit surveillance actually works on the ground. James breaks down how out-of-state corporations like Vera Mobility structure these ticket programs, why the burden of
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Zach and Elizabeth dig into the wave of Americans cutting down, vandalizing, and outright destroying flock cameras across the country, from an Air Force engineer facing charges to a man who replaced a downed cameras with American flags. They break down why jury nullification could matter for anyone charged in these cases, and cover a
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