Episode 38: Technology Dominates Us

Facial recognition software threatens us all. Governments can track and detain dissidents and immigrants with precision but is this power really accurate or unstoppable? Can we collectively resist? Danny ends the episode disagreeing that authoritarian states will defeat democracies.       Music: "Dub Kong" by CaballoFrom the Free Music ArchivesCC BY NC https://www.npr.org/2019/07/08/739491857/ice-uses-facial-recognition-to-sift-state-drivers-license-records-researchers-sahttps://www.inc.com/gene-marks/the-dhs-will-use-facial-recognition-on-97-of-departing-airport-passengers-in-next-4-years.htmlhttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/feb/24/are-you-being-scanned-how-facial-recognition-technology-follows-you-even-as-you-shophttps://www.businessinsider.com/this-us-military-laser-can-identify-people-by-their-heartbeats-2019-6https://www.wired.com/story/china-distributes-spyware-border/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/27/us-facial-recognition-database-fbi-drivers-licenses-passports