Nilay Patel

is still being uploaded to servers run by big companies that have their own dealings with governments and law enforcement agencies far outside of our control.

There's a lot of potential solutions to all of these problems.

A lot of ways to design regulations that might balance out privacy and civil liberties with the real needs of police.

But right now, in 2026 America, I'm not sure we're really going to be able to do that.

So in the meantime, we're going to keep pushing the leaders of these companies on what they really mean.

And keep running the answers so you can listen and decide.

I also think it's about time we all started thinking about how the technology we use to make our own lives better affects other people.

Because that bigger conversation we need to have, yeah, that's what it's really about.

We'll see you next time.

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