: When we think of surveillance, we naturally think of government or law enforcement spying on suspects. Where should we start?Īlexa: Our next guest is Cindy Blackstock.

We’re going to try to understand the risks of surveillance and learn how complicit we may be in creating that risk, because your right to privacy is essential. In this episode, I’m going to keep us moving along this theme. In earlier episodes of IRL, I talked about hacking, security and data privacy. Online life is real life, an original podcast from Mozilla.

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