- 44 minutes 12 secondsEpisode 277: Holiday Hidden Privacy Nightmares
Your holiday wish list has cameras, microphones, and more pointed right at you, and you might not even know it. Jen Caltrider explains why smart glasses top her do-not-buy list and why the best gift this year might come from a thrift store.
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10 November 2026, 8:00 am - 38 minutes 46 secondsEpisode 276: Who's the Child Passenger?
A mom posts a video of herself singing in the car with her daughter. Under it, Meta AI suggests a question: ‘Who’s the child passenger?’ One tap later: names, birthdays, and photos of Kalie Robins' daughter she says she’d deleted.
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3 November 2026, 8:00 am - 57 minutes 1 secondEpisode 275: What $9 Buys You from a Data Broker
Chris Parr, A.K.A Chris the Producer, asked the five biggest data brokers for his file. They refused. So he started an LLC, built a website, and bought his own data for nine dollars, which was enough to predict the baby he and his partner are expecting in December.
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27 October 2026, 7:00 am - 50 minutes 11 secondsEpisode 274: How to Not Buy a Stolen House
Rochester broker "J-Man" explains how scammers impersonate owners, why AI-made rental listings are multiplying, and one thing owners and renters can do this week to stay safe.
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20 October 2026, 7:00 am - 55 minutes 33 secondsEpisode 273: Profiler Jay Jones Takes on Fake Job Scams
Congrats, you're the perfect candidate! (You're not. You're the mark.) Jay Jones "The Profiler" has taken down more than 58,000 fake job postings. Learn how scammers turn a job hunt into open season on your data, your money, and, if they play it right, your identity.
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13 October 2026, 7:00 am - 43 minutes 4 secondsEpisode 272: You Should Be Unsettled: Meta and Teens
When she was 12, Ava Smithing's Instagram algorithim led her from bikini ads to eating disorder content. Meta settled for $17 billion recently, but what's actually changed? Not enough. Oh and the new rules mean sharing even more personal information.
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6 October 2026, 7:00 am - 52 minutes 6 secondsEpisode 271: Are You Being Watched? (You Are.)
Worried about AI? Don't trust Flock Security? You might get on a law enforcement list for that. Investigative reporter Daniel Boguslaw explains Big Tech's push to re-label anti-surveillance camera activists and AI skeptics alike as threats to national security.
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29 September 2026, 7:00 am - 49 minutes 14 secondsEpisode 270: Your Driver's License Can't Prove Who You Are Anymore
A driver's license breach didn't just leak data—threat actors now have access to a universal key to every identity verification system that relies on state-issued identification. DeleteMe's Rob Shavell joins us to explain what happens when the document designed to prove you’re you can no longer be trusted.
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22 September 2026, 7:00 am - 40 minutes 54 secondsEpisode 269: The Student Data Free-for-All
As technology is integrated deeper into classrooms, the lines between education and data privacy have been destroyed by for-profit data miners. This week, privacy advocate Shannon Edwards reveals how educational apps harvest sensitive information from children, commodify their data, and what parents can do to fight it.
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15 September 2026, 7:00 am - 52 minutes 10 secondsEpisode 268: Your Privacy Is Being Taxed
Same store, same day, different price. David Dayen takes us on a deep dive into the murky cyberscape of surveillance pricing, we enlist young people to prove it's real, and Grace Gedye lays out a future law that might actually stop it.
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8 September 2026, 7:00 am - 48 minutes 6 secondsEpisode 267: No Price Tag for You!
Fictitious discounts. payday markups. AI setting airfares in real time. Investigative reporter Derek Kravitz, Grace Gedye (Consumer Reports) are joined byDavid Dayen to expose the algorithms that decide if you pay more or less than your neighbor for the exact same thing.
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