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#59: FCC Takes on Privacy (w/ FCC Commr. Mike O’Rielly)
FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly joins the show to discuss the Commission’s foray into privacy. What exactly does the FCC have to do with Internet privacy?...
#168: FBI and Facial Recognition
Would you agree to stand in a police line-up if you never committed a crime? Probably not. But if you have a drivers’ license, you...
#167: The Airbnb Wars Rage On
HomeAway, Airbnb, and other short-term rental platforms are at war with cities across the country. Nashville’s Downtown has the highest hotel rate in the U.S....
#166: Hacking the CIA
Earlier this month, Wikileaks published 9,000 pages of hacked CIA files. The haul, dubbed “Vault 7,” catalogues some of the spy agency’s hacking techniques, including...
#165: Regulating the Universe
Who’s in charge of the universe? “Innovative space activities” like asteroid mining and private missions to Mars raise key questions for countries and their regulators....
#164: Blogging in Ethiopia
Blogging in the United States isn’t risk free. You might get deluged by trolls, or even receive death threats. But it’s nothing compared to what...