In this episode, I share news from my recent trip to the UK, noticing how it seems to have reached the epic proportions of a Black Mirror episode; from the absurd TV licensing program to the new Digital ID Brit cards that will track your behavior. I also explore how the UK may be serving as a testing ground for new levels of behavioral surveillance that could eventually spread globally. I dive into California’s $900 “smart” license plates that track your every move, centralized government digital currencies, and my predictions for the next 20 years of Orwellian surveillance.
In this week’s episode:
- The UK’s TV licensing system: Legal extortion through private contractors
- The Reviver R-plate: $900 to track yourself in California and Arizona
- Brit Cards: UK’s new “voluntary” Digital ID system
- The Bank of England’s digital pound and programmable money
- Historical patterns of control: From land ownership to neural interfaces
- Why the UK is the blueprint for global surveillance rollout
- Predictions for the next 20-50 years of biosurveillance
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Show Links:
- PsySecure ODSF Framework - https://odsf.psysecure.com
- LCD License Plate (not privacy friendly!) - https://reviver.com/rplate/
- Black Mirror S03E01 "Nosedive" - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5497778/
- Bank of England's Digital Pound - https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/the-digital-pound
- Brit Card Digital ID System - https://www.labourtogether.uk/all-reports/britcard
- TV Licensing Detector Ads (1980s-90s):
- Mustapha Mond (Brave New World
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