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  "description": "The FCC's proposed changes to getting a phone plan; cops keep stalking with Flock; and a software update changes the AC in Amazon vans.",
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    "Apple Podcasts",
    "Spotify",
    "YouTube",
    "⁠FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones By Forcing Telecoms to Get All Customers’ IDs⁠",
    "⁠Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock to Stalk People⁠",
    "⁠Software Update Automatically Turns off Amazon Delivery Drivers’ AC During Dangerous Summer Heat⁠"
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  "textContent": "We start this week with Joseph’s story about the FCC’s wild proposal to require peoples’ government ID numbers to even get a phone plan. The FCC is doing it to curb robocalls, but also said it would be useful for a bunch of other stuff. After the break, Jason tells us all about cops abusing Flock to stalk girlfriends and other people. In the subscribers’ only section, Emanuel explains how a software update is impacting Amazon drivers.\n\nListen to the weekly podcast on Apple Podcasts_,_**** Spotify, or YouTube. Become a paid subscriber for access to this episode's bonus content and to power our journalism. **If you become a paid subscriber, check your inbox for an email from our podcast host Transistor for a link to the subscribers-only version! You can also add that subscribers feed to your podcast app of choice and never miss an episode that way. The email should also contain the subscribers-only unlisted YouTube link for the extended video version too. It will also be in the show notes in your podcast player.**\n\n  * ⁠FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones By Forcing Telecoms to Get All Customers’ IDs⁠\n  * ⁠Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock to Stalk People⁠\n  * ⁠Software Update Automatically Turns off Amazon Delivery Drivers’ AC During Dangerous Summer Heat⁠\n\n",
  "title": "Podcast: The Government Wants to End Anonymity on Phones",
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