Podcasts Technology CYBER Listen as Tech Companies Lobby the Cops

Listen as Tech Companies Lobby the Cops

Published: Feb. 17, 2022, 8:33 p.m.

b'

Cops love technology. From robot dogs to drones to Ring cameras to tasers to facial recognition software, America\\u2019s police are often early adopters of the world\\u2019s newest dystopian tech. How does it happen? Often the tech companies are actively pitching police departments on stuff they say will make the cops\\u2019 life easier. Every month, conferences across the country are stuffed with tech companies and officers breaking bread and cutting deals.


What goes on at these conferences, exactly? This week on Cyber, Matthew sits down with Jack Poulson of Tech Inquiry to talk about a tech conference for cops he recently attended. It\\u2019s the subject of a new article on Motherboard\\u2014Please Delete Your Recordings: Inside a Police Conference.


EMBED


We\\u2019re recording CYBER live on Twitch. Watch live on Wednesdays at 4pm EST. Follow us there to get alerts when we go live. We take questions from the audience and yours might just end up on the show.


Subscribe to CYBER on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

'