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Episode 249
April 27, 2026
43 MIN

This Week on What the Hack: Government Surveillance and Privacy

Sen. Ron Wyden, the longest-serving member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, the ACLU’s Kia Hamadanchy and Marcy Wheeler explain why the deadline to reauthorize Section 702 of FISA may be the most important privacy vote in a generation—and what you can do about it.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Episode 249

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Data as duh-duh. It’s all is out there—indexed, sold, and weaponized. Open source intelligence turns public records into a hacker’s playground, your LinkedIn profile is dangerous, but you can still claw back a little privacy before it’s gone for good.

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