CYBER

Listen as Tech Companies Lobby the Cops

Cops love technology. From <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7dz7b/police-outsourcing-human-interaction-with-homeless-people-to-boston-dynamics-robot-dog" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">robot dogs</a> to drones to <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/kz4agn/police-promised-witnesses-free-ring-surveillance-cameras-if-they-testified-against-neighbors" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ring cameras</a> to tasers to facial recognition software, America’s police are often early adopters of the world’s newest dystopian tech. How does it happen? Often the tech companies are actively pitching police departments on stuff they say will make the cops’ 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’s the subject of a new article on Motherboard—<a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3vq3w/inside-police-conference-washington-dc-sheriffs-association" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Please Delete Your Recordings: Inside a Police Conference</a>. EMBED We’re recording CYBER live on Twitch. Watch live on Wednesdays at 4pm EST.<a href="https://www.twitch.tv/motherboardtv/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Follow us</a> 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<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cyber/id1441708044?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> CYBER on Apple Podcasts</a> or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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