A Florida cop ran his ex-wife’s plate 717 times on a camera network watching 120,000 American streets.
This week, Flock Safety cofounder Garrett Langley admitted police have abused his license plate cameras but insisted Flock isn’t Big Brother. Both can’t be true. Electronic Frontier Foundations’ Dr. Matthew Guariglia joins me to sort out which one is.
Plus, a reporter hid an AirTag in a stack of books to find out what Amazon was really doing with them. Spoiler: shredding them to feed AI. And there’s a T. rex involved.
Also, a listener dropped her phone in an airplane toilet. She went in after it. Gloved. Elbow deep. The phone survived. Her dignity did not.
EPISODE BREAKDOWN:
0:00 McDonald’s app is keeping 515 pages on how you eat.
6:43 Flock’s CEO admits cops abused his cameras.
15:22 AI drafts Andrew’s fantasy football team. It made it go sideways.
20:37 Electricians are pulling $260K. Zero college debt.
21:28 Phone, meet airplane toilet. She got it back.
31:36 Komando merch drop. One week only.
33:33 Telescope ranches let you stargaze from your couch.
39:20 One prank trapped 50 Waymos on a single street.
42:13 Amazon is shredding rare books to feed AI.
47:17 Ferrari’s first EV made history. And $40 million.
50:26 The dating app location trick a listener busted.
1:04:12 Let a chatbot build your home inventory before you need it.
1:06:03 Can someone watch me through my smart TV?
1:08:49 A robotics teacher wants an AI side hustle.
1:15:46 A chatbot boss fired a human. Legally.
1:17:34 A fake FBI call cost this woman $4.3 million.
1:22:08 People are marrying their chatbots. Vows and everything.
1:25:06 EFF’s Dr. Matthew Guariglia on the truth about Flock.
1:32:10 Roommates vs. landlord, settled by diss track.
1:46:31 Are you risking your kids’ privacy every time you upload a photo to AI?
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A cop ran 717 searches on his ex. That’s not surveillance. That’s a plate of drama.
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