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Robert Silverman

πŸ‘€ Speaker
119 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why You Might Already Own SpaceX Shares; Inside the Knicks' Owner's Surveillance Machine

Yeah, me too.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why You Might Already Own SpaceX Shares; Inside the Knicks' Owner's Surveillance Machine

I mean, honestly, I gasped when I got a hold of this secret internal Madison Square Garden report, 18 pages long.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why You Might Already Own SpaceX Shares; Inside the Knicks' Owner's Surveillance Machine

that detailed literally second by second Nina Richards' movements within the garden on a single day.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why You Might Already Own SpaceX Shares; Inside the Knicks' Owner's Surveillance Machine

So think about that, 18 pages, second by second, single day.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why You Might Already Own SpaceX Shares; Inside the Knicks' Owner's Surveillance Machine

And so what did it track?

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why You Might Already Own SpaceX Shares; Inside the Knicks' Owner's Surveillance Machine

It tracked when she got in.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why You Might Already Own SpaceX Shares; Inside the Knicks' Owner's Surveillance Machine

It tracked which elevator she got into.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why You Might Already Own SpaceX Shares; Inside the Knicks' Owner's Surveillance Machine

It tracked when she bought a beverage.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why You Might Already Own SpaceX Shares; Inside the Knicks' Owner's Surveillance Machine

It tracked when she said hello to a Madison Square Garden employee.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why You Might Already Own SpaceX Shares; Inside the Knicks' Owner's Surveillance Machine

It tracked when she sat down.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why You Might Already Own SpaceX Shares; Inside the Knicks' Owner's Surveillance Machine

It tracked when she got up to go to the bathroom.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why You Might Already Own SpaceX Shares; Inside the Knicks' Owner's Surveillance Machine

It tracked her going into the bathroom.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why You Might Already Own SpaceX Shares; Inside the Knicks' Owner's Surveillance Machine

It tracked her coming out of the bathroom.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why You Might Already Own SpaceX Shares; Inside the Knicks' Owner's Surveillance Machine

on and on and on.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why You Might Already Own SpaceX Shares; Inside the Knicks' Owner's Surveillance Machine

And it was a incredibly disturbing, dystopian, enemy of the state style dossier on this one person, one trans woman on Pride Night, I should add, over the course of a few hours.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why You Might Already Own SpaceX Shares; Inside the Knicks' Owner's Surveillance Machine

It was really shocking.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why You Might Already Own SpaceX Shares; Inside the Knicks' Owner's Surveillance Machine

So look, four-wired back in the day, I went to Iraq a couple of times.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why You Might Already Own SpaceX Shares; Inside the Knicks' Owner's Surveillance Machine

I went to Afghanistan.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why You Might Already Own SpaceX Shares; Inside the Knicks' Owner's Surveillance Machine

Four-wired, I reported on all the intelligence agencies.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
Why You Might Already Own SpaceX Shares; Inside the Knicks' Owner's Surveillance Machine

And I've never had a situation like this where people were so scared and took such elaborate steps to avoid being outed as a source.