The Rise and Fall of Redbox: A Cinematic Convenience

We start this week with Sam's stories about multiple people building big datasets of Bluesky users' posts. People are not happy! After the break, Jason talks all about reverse-engineering Redbox machines, and a trip he took to see one being ripped up. In the subscribers-only section, Joseph explains two big moves the U.S. government is making against data brokers.

YouTube version: https://youtu.be/i1NlQixGW2I

• Your Bluesky Posts Are Probably In A Bunch of Datasets Now
• The Redbox Removal Team
• FTC Bans Location Data Company That Powers the Surveillance Ecosystem
• U.S. Government Tries to Stop Data Brokers That Help Dox People Through Credit Data

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