Won't Fix Episode 13: With Alan Chapell of The Monopoly Report

Rob Leathern speaks to privacy attorney and host of The Monopoly Report Podcast, Alan Chapell, about residential proxies, privacy and podcasting. Hear how free smart TV apps might be sharing your home IP address with strangers, and see just how broken online consent forms really are.Alan explains why current data broker laws miss these proxy networks entirely and how coming age verification rules could rewrite the open web.In This Episode:Free smart TV apps quietly bundle code that rents your home internet connection to strangers, creating vulnerabilities that look suspiciously like security exploits. Online consent breaks down with bandwidth sharing, when endless disclaimers mean nothing as consumers may have no easy way to turn the access off. State data broker laws miss the mark by hunting legacy data vendors while ignoring massive proxy networks, credit card companies, and telecom giants. AI companies pushing to scrape the entire web without limits could accidentally hand ad verification firms the ultimate legal shield against platform lawsuits. Strict age check laws could spark an arms race with clever teenagers that could end with governments requiring real ID just to browse the web. Chapter Timestamps:00:00 Introduction5:32 Residential Proxies: The "Ethically Sourced IP" Question and the LG TV Case9:48 Legitimate Uses vs. Harmful Behaviors of Residential Proxy Networks12:50 Data Broker Laws, Enforcement Gaps, and KYC14:40 Consent Problems: Revocation, Age Verification, and the LG TV Example16:56 Adware Parallels: History, Opt-Outs, and Financial Incentives23:31 Age Verification: A Looming Internet-Wide Challenge25:39 Scraping, Antitrust, and AI Companies29:40 Podcast Strategy, Guest Selection, and Speaking Recklessly41:53 Regulators, Historical Knowledge Gaps, and Industry DynamicsResources & Links:Rob Leathern (https://www.linkedin.com/in/leathern/)Alan Chapell (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-chapell-90711b/)The Monopoly Report (https://monopoly-report.com/)The Chapell Regulatory Insider (https://chapellreport.substack.com/)

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