Episode 57 - Age Verification Is Becoming Digital Border Control
Closed Network Privacy Podcast
Google's new CAPTCHA locks de-Googled phones out
Simon details Google's device-based captcha and attestation trend that pressures Play Services and sideloading ecosystems.
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TOPICS
Section 702 reauthorization bill still lacks a warrant requirement
Top Priority Stories for On-Air
1. Utah targets VPNs around age verification — age gates become privacy-tool restrictions.
2. Canvas/Instructure breach — centralized school platforms become student dossiers.
3. Citizen Lab: adtech powers Webloc surveillance — commercial tracking becomes state surveillance.
4. DHS sought Google data over anti-ICE speech — platform-held data becomes political surveillance leverage.
5. GM privacy settlement — cars are data brokers with wheels.
6. Meta removes opt-in encrypted Instagram DMs — defaults are policy; optional privacy dies quietly.
7. New Orleans live facial recognition — local biometric surveillance outruns public consent.
8. LinkedIn GDPR paywall complaint — platforms monetize access to your data while resisting legal access rights.
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