This Small Company Has Turned Utah Into a Surveillance Panopticon

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4 • 645 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

It’s cliche to say it, but it’s true, we’re living in a frighteningly similar world to George Orwell’s 1984. Where it’s not just people that are spies, but everything can be a spy. And people are making money off of it to fuel this Big Brother world. It’s a panopticon of mass surveillance and here at Motherboard, Jason Koebler and Emanuel Maiberg broke the news of yet another company hawking its dystopian services.

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0:00.0	Tann, it's got the code it's going to launch.
0:10.7	It's a unit system.
0:13.1	I know this.
0:15.1	It's all the files of the whole park.
0:17.3	It tells her everything.
0:19.1	Sir, he's uploading the virus.
0:21.8	Eagle one.
0:22.6	The package is being delivered.
0:25.2	It's cliche to say it, but it's true.
0:28.1	We're living in a frighteningly similar world to George Orwell's classic novel, 1984.
0:35.2	Where it's not just people that are spies, but everything can be a spy.
0:40.2	And people are making money off of it to fuel this Big Brother world.
0:44.7	It's a penopticon of mass surveillance, and here at Motherboard, Jason Kebler and Emmanuel
0:49.7	Myberg broke the news of yet another company hawking its dystopian services.
0:55.3	That's now on cyber.
1:01.6	Okay, guys, so Banjo.
1:05.0	It's a surveillance company.
1:07.0	But before we get into that, how did you find out about this company called Banjo?
1:14.3	Wait, hi, I'm Jason.
1:15.9	Hi, I'm Emanuel.
1:17.9	Yeah, we're here with you today.
1:20.3	The cyber listeners know this.
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