Surveillance technology is advancing faster than the laws meant to govern it. Across the United States,

police departments are deploying automated license plate readers, facial recognition tools,

and predictive systems that quietly log the daily movements of millions of people.

These tools promise efficiency and safety, but critics argue that they represent a form of warrantless

mass surveillance and raise deep constitutional questions about privacy, accountability, and the

limits of government power in the digital age. Michael Soyfer is an attorney at the Institute

for Justice, a non-profit public interest law firm focused on defending individual

rights. His work centers on the Fourth Amendment and the growing use of surveillance technologies

by local governments. Michael joins the show with Kevin Ball to discuss the rise of flock safety cameras,

the Institute for Justice's lawsuit against the city of Norfolk, Virginia,

how decades-old legal precedents struggled to keep up with modern technology, and what citizens,

technologists, and policymakers can do to protect privacy in an era of pervasive data collection.

Kevin Ball, or K. Ball, is the vice president of engineering at Mento and an independent

coach for engineers and engineering leaders.

He co-founded and served as CTO for two companies, founded the San Diego JavaScript

meetup, and organizes the AI inaction discussion group through latent space.

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on Twitter or LinkedIn or visit his website, kball.l. LLC.

Michael, welcome to the show.

Thank you. Thank you. It's great to be here.

Yeah, I'm really excited for this conversation.

Let's start with a little bit of introduction about you and the Institute for Justice.

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