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Emerging Tech: Convenience at the Cost of Privacy?

How everyday devices are quietly turning against us.

As technology rapidly evolves, a familiar question resurfaces: Are we sacrificing our personal privacy for ease and innovation? While we eagerly embrace the newest gadgets, we often overlook the hidden implications they carry for our privacy and security.

Facial recognition makes unlocking our phones seamless, yet the same technology allows authorities to track us in public without consent.

The internet continues to promise convenience and access to information—but this comes at the cost of surrendering our data to “surveillance capitalism.”

Major tech companies flourish by collecting data on our habits—what we search, what we buy, and even our movements. This data is packaged and sold to advertisers and third parties.

As digital tools integrate deeper into our lives, we also face a growing threat of cyberattacks, identity theft, and digital blackmail.

In this episode, Steve Clemons leads a discussion with experts on how today’s technologies may be paving the way for a troubling, dystopian future.

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