Privacy Protection - Best of Coast to Coast AM - 5/23/26
Summary
Rick, a veteran supercomputer engineer, discusses the erosion of privacy and the dystopian reality of modern technology. He reflects on his naive early belief that better communication would solve global problems, contrasting it with today’s surveillance state and data exploitation by big tech. The conversation covers advanced tracking methods, the $1.5 trillion ad industry, and why privacy remains a fundamental human right despite pervasive monitoring.
Topics discussed
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