Albert Fox Cahn

Albert Fox Cahn, founder of STOP and civil rights advocate focused on surveillance and tech policy. Evan Selinger, philosophy professor and co-author exploring technology ethics and incremental innovation. They critique move-fast culture. They defend steady upgrades over risky disruption. They discuss AI hype, surveillance pitfalls like Ring, cybersecurity as incremental defense, and a practical upgrader checklist.

Albert Fox Cahn, a lawyer and technologist, passionately advocates against mass surveillance and defends public privacy rights. He reveals the alarming tactics used by law enforcement to gather vast amounts of personal data without consent. Cahn emphasizes how these practices disproportionately affect marginalized communities. He suggests that simple yet effective legal solutions, like stronger protections against geofence warrants, could help end the growing dystopia of mass surveillance. Our right to privacy, he argues, is crucial for a secure digital future.

Albert Fox Cahn, founder of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), dives deep into the alarming rise of facial recognition technology in everyday life. He sheds light on how landlords are using these systems to surveil tenants, raising serious privacy concerns. Cahn also discusses the implications of child safety laws that exacerbate surveillance and the need for public advocacy. The conversation emphasizes building tech that prioritizes people over profit and questions the balance between security and civil liberties.