The Lockdown - Practical Privacy & Security

033 - Black Mirror - Is the UK's Surveillance State Coming to America?


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In this episode, I share news from my recent trip to the UK, noticing how it seems to have reached the epic proportions of a Black Mirror episode; from the absurd TV licensing program to the new Digital ID Brit cards that will track your behavior. I also explore how the UK may be serving as a testing ground for new levels of behavioral surveillance that could eventually spread globally. I dive into California’s $900 “smart” license plates that track your every move, centralized government digital currencies, and my predictions for the next 20 years of Orwellian surveillance.

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In this week’s episode:

  1. The UK’s TV licensing system: Legal extortion through private contractors
  2. The Reviver R-plate: $900 to track yourself in California and Arizona
  3. Brit Cards: UK’s new “voluntary” Digital ID system
  4. The Bank of England’s digital pound and programmable money
  5. Historical patterns of control: From land ownership to neural interfaces
  6. Why the UK is the blueprint for global surveillance rollout
  7. Predictions for the next 20-50 years of biosurveillance

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Show Links:

  • PsySecure ODSF Framework - https://odsf.psysecure.com
  • LCD License Plate (not privacy friendly!) - https://reviver.com/rplate/
  • Black Mirror S03E01 "Nosedive" - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5497778/
  • Bank of England's Digital Pound - https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/the-digital-pound
  • Brit Card Digital ID System - https://www.labourtogether.uk/all-reports/britcard
  • TV Licensing Detector Ads (1980s-90s): 
    • The Detector Van - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NmdUcmLFkw
    • "We know exactly where he is" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF3-S2sCnb8
    • Keep One Eye Open - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVfOmR7gAek
    • More Powerful Dector Vans! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q9CsRRhWQI
“One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them.”

- Mustapha Mond (Brave New World

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