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USPS is testing cameras on 100 mail trucks in Washington, DC. This is part of a much bigger pattern.
This video covers the USPS mail truck camera pilot, the Postal Service's own history with mail surveillance after the 2001 anthrax attacks, and how Flock license plate cameras, smart glasses on delivery drivers, and purchased location data all get sold the same way: as safety. Then we get into what the Supreme Court has actually said about tracking people over time, and why one camera is harmless while a hundred of them add up to something else.
Sources
404 Media: https://www.404media.co/usps-to-put-cameras-in-trucks-that-scan-roads-for-community-safety/ (https://www.404media.co/usps-to-put-cameras-in-trucks-that-scan-roads-for-community-safety/)
Gizmodo: https://gizmodo.com/usps-is-putting-dashcams-in-mail-trucks-to-keep-an-eye-on-community-safety-2000819711 (https://gizmodo.com/usps-is-putting-dashcams-in-mail-trucks-to-keep-an-eye-on-community-safety-2000819711)
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#surveillance #privacy #usps
2 Oct 2026
Slaughter Lane: How an Austin Man Lost $1.4 Million to a Pig Butchering Scam
In September 2025, an Austin man got a message from a stranger claiming to be an investment adviser. Seven months and $1,408,850 later, police were waiting in a bank parking lot on West Slaughter Lane for the courier to show up.
This is the story of Eduardo, a fake trading platform called DAIQ that showed his balance climbing three to five percent a day, and the Taiwan-based courier who came to collect $40,000 and left in handcuffs. Then we break down how pig butchering scams work and what to do if you or someone you love gets pulled into one.
Chapters
0:00 Cold open
0:30 The pickup on West Slaughter Lane
1:50 Seven months earlier
4:25 The withdrawal fee
5:35 The sting
6:25 How pig butchering works
9:00 What to do
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Report a scam: https://www.ic3.gov (https://www.ic3.gov)
Check an investment firm before you send money: https://brokercheck.finra.org (https://brokercheck.finra.org) and https://adviserinfo.sec.gov (https://adviserinfo.sec.gov)
Sources
KXAN: https://www.kxan.com/investigations/austin-police-arrest-man-accused-in-1-4m-pig-butchering-scam/ (https://www.kxan.com/investigations/austin-police-arrest-man-accused-in-1-4m-pig-butchering-scam/)
Austin American-Statesman: https://www.statesman.com/news/crime/article/pig-butchering-scam-crypto-austin-arrest-22211689.php (https://www.statesman.com/news/crime/article/pig-butchering-scam-crypto-austin-arrest-22211689.php)
Hoodline: https://hoodline.com/2026/04/south-austin-bank-sting-collars-alleged-crypto-pig-butcher-in-1-4-million-scam/ (https://hoodline.com/2026/04/south-austin-bank-sting-collars-alleged-crypto-pig-butcher-in-1-4-million-scam/)
This episode is based on verified reporting, with certain moments dramatized. Charges are allegations, and Tzu-Hung Hsu is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.
#pigbutchering #scam #truecrime
12 May 2026
Linwei Ding - Google's Insider Threat
Linwei Ding was a software engineer at Google, assigned to the team building the AI infrastructure that the entire industry was racing to replicate. He had access to confidential material most engineers only read about. And for a year and a half, he used it to quietly copy over 2,000 pages of Google's most closely guarded technical secrets, file by file, right under their noses. He had a startup in Shanghai waiting for him, investors lined up in Beijing, and a one-way ticket out of the country.
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