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Episode: 1255 Chrome’s Cage: Inside Google’s Growing Surveillance Empire
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EP. #1255 Chrome’s Cage: Inside Google’s Growing Surveillance Empire
Imagine your browser isn’t neutral but a listening post—feeding Big Tech a steady stream of your searches, keystrokes, and private moments. On Strange Planet, Katherine Albrecht—privacy researcher, bestselling author, and StartMail co-founder—walks us through how Chrome became a portal for surveillance, how AI and predictive analytics harvest our lives, and what it means when courts cement Google’s dominance. We interrogate th...