Episode 5: Surveillance

Dr. H.L.T. Quan and tanner menard are joined by special guest Nicholas Bustamante for a discussion on surveillance technologies and privacy rights.

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Episode 5 Reading List | Bookshop

The exact quote from Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO

“We don’t need you to type at all. We know where you are. We know where you’ve been. We can more or less know what you’re thinking about.”

How to secure your phone before attending a protest - The Verge

Palantir Technologies - Wikipedia

Peter Thiel - Wikipedia

Statement from Soros Fund Management on Palantir Investment - Open Society Foundations

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Congressional Research Service (2010) by Chad C. Haddal and Jeremiah Gertler - “Homeland Security Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Border Surveillance”

Stingray phone tracker - Wikipedia

Stingray Tracking Devices: Who’s Got Them? | American Civil Liberties Union

Project Green Light Map | City of Detroit

As Cameras Track Detroit’s Residents, a Debate Ensues Over Racial Bias - The New York Times

ACLU: Amazon’s facial recognition software misidentifies lawmakers, least accurate on minority members | TheHill

Machine Bias — ProPublica

Amazon’s Face Recognition Falsely Matched 28 Members of Congress With Mugshots | American Civil Liberties Union

The Best Algorithms Still Struggle to Recognize Black Faces | WIRED

General Data Protection Regulation - Wikipedia

California Consumer Privacy Act - Wikipedia