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b"We cruise through recent stories about how our surveillance society continues developing. We\\u2019ve got biometric fingerprint scanners to enter the bathrooms at a high school \\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 police have decided the heat on facial recognition has finally died down and have begun lifting moratoriums and expanding its usage \\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 an insurance company and tech company buy large stakes in a home security company, in the prologue to every anarcho-capitalist sci-fi story \\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 and powerful, price, geolocation trackers have become cheap, plentiful, and small, much to the totally predictable detriment of stalking and abuse victims. \\n\\nSome stuff we reference:\\n\\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 Sydney high school uses fingerprint technology to stop vandalism in toilets https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-06/moorebank-high-school-fingerprints-students-going-to-toilet/101410544 \\n\\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 First, they banned facial recognition. Now they're not so sure https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/05/tech/facial-recognition-bans-reversed/index.html \\n\\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 Ring the Alarm https://www.coverager.com/ring-the-alarm-2022 \\n\\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 \\u2018I was just really scared\\u2019: Apple AirTags lead to stalking complaints https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jan/20/apple-airtags-stalking-complaints-technology \\n\\u2022\\u2022\\u2022 \\u2018I didn\\u2019t want it anywhere near me\\u2019: how the Apple AirTag became a gift to stalkers https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/sep/05/i-didnt-want-it-anywhere-near-me-how-the-apple-airtag-became-a-gift-to-stalkers \\n\\nSubscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! www.patreon.com/thismachinekills \\n\\nGrab TMK gear: www.bonfire.com/store/this-machine-kills-podcast\\n\\nHosted by Jathan Sadowski (www.twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (www.twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (www.twitter.com/braunestahl)"