Episode
Episode 97: Porch Pirate Panic and the Paranoid Racism of Snitch Apps
Citations Needed · Jan 15, 2020 · 1 h 25 min
Everywhere we turn, local media — TV, digital, radio — is constantly telling us about the scourge of crime lurking around every corner. This, of course, is not new. It's been the basis of the local news business model since the 1970s. But what is new is the rise of surveillance and snitch apps like Amazon's Ring doorbell systems and geo-local social media like Nextdoor. They are funded by real…