HeyJaredBanish Big Brother
Join hosts Elizabeth and Zach as they embark on a thought-provoking journey through the labyrinth of privacy, technology, surveillance, and the digital age's unseen battles.
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Flock’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Summer w/ Jon Padfield (opens the original)
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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 movement tracking now baked into everyday policing. They also cover Flock's pitch to live-stream dashcam footage from Uber and Lyft vehicles, the question o
The Surveillance State Doesn’t Need Your Permission Anymore (opens the original)
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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 up a wider conversation about automotive kill switches, the 2027 federal mandate for spy tech in new vehicles, Thomas Massie's fight against it, and whether
The Surveillance State Is Bigger Than Flock (opens the original)
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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 plate readers because the cost to freedom is too high, and the Institute for Justice's new database documenting abuses of automated l
Flock in Crisis PR Mode: Copaganda & Fake Transparency w/ Ethan Watters (opens the original)
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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 latest PR maneuvers, including their misleading "7-day default retention" and the rise of "copaganda" pushed by crisis management PR firms. They
Flock’s Propaganda Is Backfiring (opens the original)
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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 also discuss the alarming trend of police officers misusing the surveillance system to stalk citizens, the reality of how these camera
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