Biden's Picks, and a Microsoft Prison System
Surveillance and the City
English - January 21, 2021 22:24 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBTechnology Government spying policing big brother robots surveillance killer robots nypd new york city futurism Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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This week on Surveillance and the City, we start by going through incoming President Biden's nominations and appointments, specifically focusing on the Office of Science and Technology, and attempting to divine what we can expect from the new administration.
Next, we examine the consequences of Microsoft's entry into the law enforcement and prison 'markets', Iron Cage, profiled in this piece by Michael Kwet in Al Jazeera.
For 'Stranger Than Science Fiction', we revisit 1981's 'Escape From New York'.