How Sandboxing can Solve Privacy, Security, and Tyranny (Isaac Botkin)
Jun 20, 2026
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The speaker argues that “sandboxing” and hard barriers, not just software rules, are the best framework for thinking about privacy, surveillance, and limits on state power. The most concrete example is the Flock camera system: criticized as a privately run surveillance network funded by local tax dollars but accessible across local, state, and federal lines, with weak data compartmentalization and insecure handling of footage.
The talk broadens from technology to constitutional structure and civic theory. It links cloud surveillance, encryption backdoors, an anecdote about Claude from Anthropic, and claims about the Southern Poverty Law Center and the FBI to a larger warning that jurisdictional “fences” between private actors, local governments, and higher levels of government are being eroded. Other notable threads include smartphone sandboxing, GrapheneOS, cloud storage, Android, Google, Apple, TSA locks, Starlink / Elon Musk’s satellite internet, the 10th Amendment, the Bill of Rights, the Second Amendment, Magna Carta, and Abraham Kuyper’s idea of separate spheres of authority.
New Business / Agenda Items 0:00
Framing the problem: privacy, surveillance, and “tyranny” 0:00
- 0:00 The video opens by tying together government overreach, AI tools, mass surveillance, and Flock security cameras as related examples of “breaking” boundaries that should constrain access and authority.
- 0:33 The proposed solution is stated up front as “strong sandboxes,” meaning tighter compartmentalization of access rather than broad, shared systems.
Sandboxing on phones and operating systems 0:42
- 0:42 Sandboxing is described through smartphone permissions: separate apps should have only the files, camera, GPS, or other data they actually need.
- 1:13 The speaker argues ordinary Android sandboxing is limited because the operating system itself manages the partitions, meaning Google still sits above the compartments.
- 1:26 GrapheneOS is presented favorably as offering more granular control and reducing the Google surveillance layer.
- 3:19 The same concern is extended to cloud-hosted controls, with skepticism that software-only rules from major platforms such as Google or Apple adequately protect privacy.
Security-camera architecture and the loss of physical separation 1:48
- 1:54 The speaker estimates 5 to 10 million government-owned security cameras in the United States across federal, state, and county levels.
- 2:08 Only about half a million of those are described as traffic cameras; the remainder are said to monitor other locations and purposes.
- 2:15 Private cameras are estimated at another 40 to 50 million in homes and businesses.
- 2:30 Older camera systems are described as more naturally sandboxed because footage stayed in physically bounded systems: hardwired cameras into a local recording device, and before that, tape.
- 3:10 The move from tape and hard drives to cloud storage is presented as a major reduction in compartmentalization, because software policies replace physical separation.
Critique of Flock cameras 3:31
- 3:31 Flock is introduced as the main surveillance example, with viewers directed to reporting by Ben Jordan for more detail.
- 3:46 The first objection is technical: the cameras are described as effectively Android-based devices with cameras, radios, battery components, and often solar power, allowing flexible placement.
- 4:12 The speaker says data is stored unencrypted on the camera, making it accessible to anyone with physical access.
- 4:23 The system is also criticized for transmitting data to the cloud insecurely and then making that data available too broadly once uploaded.
- 4:39 The speaker says the bigger objection is civil and jurisdictional rather than purely technical.
- 4:50 Flock is described as a private company placing private cameras in municipal jurisdictions using local tax money, while the resulting data is available to state and federal governments.
- 5:14 The argument is that the real harm is cross-contamination between private-sector control, local government funding, and broader government access, erasing barriers that should protect citizen rights and limit governmental reach.
- 18:03 The same point is restated later: a private company installs cameras for a municipality, funded with tax dollars, then permits access by outside government agencies and, allegedly, by additional private actors who should not have that data.
Software barriers versus mechanical barriers 6:02
- 6:06 An anecdote is offered about a company giving Claude from Anthropic access to part of its system; the speaker says Claude then expanded its access and erased files from a hard drive.
- 6:36 This is used to argue that software controls are permeable and that physical or mechanical barriers are more reliable.
- 18:30 The talk returns to this as a thesis point: mechanical barriers are necessary; software barriers alone will not be enough.
Chesterton’s fence and institutional limits 6:52
- 7:02 The speaker quotes G. K. Chesterton on a fence or gate across a road: do not remove a barrier before understanding why it was erected.
- 7:38 That principle is applied to current social and technological changes, arguing that wireless networking and cloud systems make it easy to remove long-standing physical and jurisdictional barriers without understanding their purpose.
- 8:21 The speaker says America’s system is built on “walls” separating powers and jurisdictions, and treats that separation as essential rather than obsolete.
Constitutional separation of powers and retained powers 8:33
- 8:33 The federal government’s legislative, judicial, and executive branches are cited as an example of deliberate separation of powers.
- 9:02 The argument then shifts vertically: the Constitution is said to presume states retain major powers rather than ceding them all to the federal government.
- 9:14 The 10th Amendment is invoked for the proposition that the federal government has only expressly delegated powers, while the states retain the rest.
- 9:20 The Bill of Rights is described as marking off areas the government may not enter at all.
- 9:37 The speaker traces this tradition to English common law, Magna Carta, and King Alfred, emphasizing the idea that even a king is fenced in by law.
Constitutional rights as “instruction sets” rather than self-enforcing barriers 10:02
- 10:06 The speaker acknowledges an argument that many constitutional barriers have already been eroded, but rejects the idea that the Constitution itself is the problem.
- 10:35 The Constitution and Bill of Rights are described as “software rules” or instruction sets, not self-executing mechanical barriers.
- 10:43 The Second Amendment is cited as an example of a constitutional instruction that the speaker says has been violated by federal and state governments.
- 11:03 The claim is that the fault lies not in the written rule itself but in the failure of public officials and citizens to uphold it.
- 11:30 This becomes a broader warning that written protections are always inconvenient to someone, creating constant pressure to weaken them.
Encryption, backdoors, and TSA locks 11:32
- 11:32 Strong encryption is endorsed as something every device should have so owners control their own data.
- 11:42 Federal agencies are said to dislike strong encryption because it blocks convenient government access.
- 11:52 The speaker warns against government-pushed encryption backdoors, arguing they are dangerous both politically and technically because they weaken the system as a whole.
- 12:11 TSA-approved luggage locks are offered as an analogy: once master-key access exists, that special access can escape control; the speaker notes those keys were quickly published and can now be 3D-printed.
- 12:30 The point is that a system is not truly secure if there is a privileged way in from above.
Political interpretation of barriers 12:55
- 12:55 The speaker characterizes a left-right divide as disagreement over fences and barriers.
- 13:07 Progressives are described as more willing to tear down inherited barriers, while conservatives are described as more likely to preserve them.
- 13:18 A second distinction is drawn: the right is said to value the written instructions and often assume they will be followed, while the left is said to focus more on immediate physical power and control of institutions.
- 13:56 This is offered as an explanation for why conservatives appeal to founding documents while progressives concentrate on who actually wields present authority.
American and French revolutionary models 14:08
- 14:11 After independence, the American founders are described as working carefully to write durable instruction sets and divide powers among county, state, and federal levels, as well as among branches at the federal level.
- 14:37 France is presented as the opposite example: a violent revolution followed by repeated governmental collapse and replacement.
- 14:51 The speaker says France cycled through new governments every 5 or 6 years for roughly 7 decades, reaching about 10 governments by 1870.
- 14:58 By contrast, the United States is described as nearing its 250th anniversary under the same government framework.
- 15:03 The conclusion drawn is that although many American institutional fences have been weakened, the country still has the original instruction sets and historical experience to study in rebuilding them.
Private organizations, the FBI, and the SPLC example 15:32
- 15:32 The speaker references a reported indictment involving the Southern Poverty Law Center and compares it to the earlier Claude example as another case of inadequate boundaries.
- 15:50 The Southern Poverty Law Center is described as a non-government organization that nonetheless worked “hand in glove” with the FBI, sharing information and resources.
- 16:07 The speaker also alleges the organization worked closely with groups it publicly opposed and routed large sums to the KKK and other right-wing organizations.
- 16:24 The alleged conduct is characterized as hypocrisy but also as wire fraud and money laundering, plus deception of donors.
- 16:40 The more significant concern, in the speaker’s framing, is the blurred line between a private advocacy organization and a federal law-enforcement agency.
- 17:02 The speaker raises unanswered questions about whether donations could indirectly trigger FBI harassment of targets, or whether agents could use the organization to run confidential operations outside normal reporting channels.
- 17:39 The broader warning is that many non-government organizations receive government money, guidance, and personnel, which creates overlap between public and private sectors that bypasses safeguards.
Recommended reading on separate spheres 18:52
- 18:52 The speaker recommends reading Abraham Kuyper on separate jurisdictions or “spheres of influence.”
- 19:05 Kuyper’s framework is summarized as three God-given institutions: family, church, and state, each with separate authority and no proper overlap.
- 19:24 Kuyper is presented as a credible advocate because he was described as a father, pastor, politician, and eventually prime minister of the Netherlands.
- 19:44 The recommendation is offered as a way to think about liberty-preserving barriers between institutions.
Key figures and statistics
| Figure | Type | Context / topic | Timestamp |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 to 10 million | Estimate | Government-owned security cameras in the United States | 1:54 |
| Half a million | Estimate | Traffic cameras within the larger government-camera estimate | 2:08 |
| 40 to 50 million | Estimate | Privately owned security cameras in homes and businesses | 2:15 |
| Three | Count | Branches of federal government cited in separation-of-powers discussion | 8:33 |
| 10th Amendment | Constitutional reference | States retain powers not expressly delegated to the federal government | 9:14 |
| 2026 | Year | Speaker’s reference point when discussing erosion of constitutional barriers | 10:06 |
| Second Amendment | Constitutional reference | Example of a written constitutional protection the speaker says has been violated | 10:43 |
| 10 seconds | Duration | Claimed speed with which TSA master-key access was effectively defeated | 12:21 |
| 3D | Technology reference | Printing TSA master keys used as an analogy for insecure backdoors | 12:27 |
| 5 or 6 years | Time period | Claimed interval between repeated French governmental changes | 14:48 |
| 7 decades | Time period | Claimed span of repeated French governmental turnover | 14:51 |
| 10 | Count | Approximate number of French governments by 1870, as stated | 14:54 |
| 1870 | Year | End point of the French historical comparison | 14:53 |
| 250th anniversary | Time period | Claimed age the United States is approaching under the same governing framework | 14:58 |
| Three | Count | Kuyper’s three institutional jurisdictions: family, church, state | 19:05 |
External vendors, brands, and software
| Name | Type | Context / topic | Timestamp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Company | Cited as having visibility above ordinary Android-style app sandboxes | 1:20 | |
| GrapheneOS | Software | Presented as a more privacy-protective mobile operating system with finer-grained controls | 1:26 |
| Android | Software | Operating system discussed in relation to app sandboxing and Flock-camera architecture | 1:13 |
| Apple | Company | Mentioned with Google as a platform whose cloud/software controls are viewed skeptically | 3:24 |
| Flock | Company | Private camera system criticized for surveillance architecture and cross-jurisdictional data access | 3:31 |
| Ben Jordan | Individual | Recommended source for reporting on Flock-camera operations and problems | 3:35 |
| Claude | Software | AI agent used as an example of software barriers being exceeded | 6:12 |
| Anthropic | Company | Company behind Claude, cited in the AI anecdote | 6:14 |
| Elon Musk | Individual | Mentioned in connection with satellite internet expanding connectivity everywhere | 7:56 |
| TSA | Brand | TSA locks used as analogy for systems weakened by master-key access | 12:11 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Company | Private organization discussed as allegedly overlapping improperly with federal law enforcement | 15:45 |
| FBI | Brand | Federal law-enforcement agency discussed as allegedly sharing information/resources with SPLC | 16:00 |
| KKK | Brand | Organization named in allegations about SPLC funding relationships | 16:18 |
| Wikipedia | Brand | Mentioned dismissively when discussing Abraham Kuyper research | 20:02 |
Laws and policies
| Citation / name | Level | Type | Context / topic | Timestamp |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th Amendment | Federal | Law | Cited for the idea that the federal government has only expressly delegated powers and states retain the rest | 9:14 |
| Bill of Rights | Federal | Law | Described as setting areas the government cannot enter | 9:20 |
| Magna Carta | Federal | Law | Cited historically as part of the inherited tradition of limited authority under law | 9:42 |
| Constitution | Federal | Law | Discussed as a written instruction set dividing powers and establishing limits | 10:35 |
| Second Amendment | Federal | Law | Example of a constitutional protection the speaker says has been violated | 10:43 |
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This video has a very ambitious title.
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We're going to be talking about um
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government tyranny and overreach. We're
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going to be talking about AI tools and
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we're going to be talking about mass
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surveillance and flock security cameras
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in particular. Now, these three things
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have one thing in common. Uh not that
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they're going to be the plot, a whole
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bunch of sort of dystopian future sci-fi
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movies, but that all three of these
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things involve breaking news.
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Our [music]
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goal in this video is to try to solve
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the problem that unites these three
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things that we're talking about. Uh, and
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the solution is pretty simple. You don't
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have to wait till the end of the video.
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The solution is strong sandboxes. Now,
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you probably know what sandboxing is.
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You think about it as it relates to your
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phone. Uh, your cell phone has a bunch
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of different apps on it. And in order to
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accomplish certain things, you want app
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A to have access to your files and you
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want app B to have access from uh you
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know your camera or your GPS or
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whatever. And the goal is to have a
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device that can give you control over
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the data that different uh apps have
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access to. So we call that sandboxing.
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Now on Android, the sandboxes are
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managed by the operating system itself.
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So kind of defeats the purpose in some
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ways. Google can see into every sandbox
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that you've created for your device to
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follow for the apps. That's why people
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like graphine OS because it offers a lot
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more granularity of between the apps and
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it erases a lot of that Google
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surveillance uh layer. But uh this
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concept goes far beyond just data
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protection and uh privacy. Uh but this
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idea of compartmentalizing sensitive
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data is very important uh especially
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when we start to talk about mass
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surveillance. And in this video, I want
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to talk real quickly about cameras,
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security cameras. [music]
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Uh, there are a lot of them out there.
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There are probably 5 to 10 million
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security cameras currently being owned
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and managed by the United States
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government, uh, federal, [music]
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state, and county level governments. Uh,
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you're probably thinking, a traffic cam.
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That's only about half a million
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cameras. The rest are other places
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watching other things. But there's also
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a ton of privatelyowned cameras inside
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of people's houses, inside of commercial
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businesses. That makes up another
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probably 40 to 50 million security
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cameras. So, there's a lot of security
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[music] cameras that are currently out
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there. And in the past, these devices
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have been sandboxed. [music]
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Uh, generally speaking, they've been
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sandboxed in physical ways. The way that
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security camera systems used to work in
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the past was pretty simple. You'd have
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your actual hardwired security cameras
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and you'd plug those into some sort of
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uh network video device that does all of
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the recording uh of those video files.
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Before that, it was it was [music] tape.
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I don't know if you kids remember how
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tape used to work, but it was
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essentially little bits of rust uh that
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were stuck to a plastic ribbon and that
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would go on a spools and uh yeah,
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somehow images got recorded onto those
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things in sound. Uh but as technology
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has developed, we started storing things
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on hard drives and now we've started to
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store things in the cloud where there's
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an awful [music] lot less data
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compartmentalization.
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Yes, there are software rules in the
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cloud. They're supposed to keep your
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data safe, but uh you can trust them
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about as far as the sandboxing on your
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Google or Apple phones. Uh which brings
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us to flock cameras. If you don't know
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anything about the Flock camera system,
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I recommend that you watch some videos
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by Ben Jordan. Uh Ben has been doing a
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great job of documenting how the Flock
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cameras work and all of the problems
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that they have. The first problem that
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they have is uh an Android data
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compartmentalization problem cuz these
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phones are essentially just Android
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computers uh or almost like Android
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phones cuz they have a camera and they
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have a data radio and they have a
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battery charging component and an
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internal battery generally run off of a
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solar panel which allows them to be
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placed all kinds of places where it
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would be difficult to set up a regular
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old-fashioned security camera. But uh
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that's just where the problems sort of
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start because the data lives unencrypted
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on the camera. So almost anybody can
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access it if they have physical access
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to the device. The data is transmitted
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to the cloud in ways that are not
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secure. And then once the data is in the
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cloud, it is accessible by people that
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it really shouldn't be accessed by. So
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obviously a lot of security and privacy
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considerations there. But the biggest
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issue with the flock cameras is not the
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tech stack. It's a lack of
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compartmentalization in the civil
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sphere. Uh the problem with the flock
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cameras is that it is a private company
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installing private cameras inside of
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municipal jurisdictions using that local
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tax money. Uh and then the data is made
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available to state and federal
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governments. So the problem is not just
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that data siloing isn't working and
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different data silos are getting
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cross-contaminated
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by information that shouldn't be leaking
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out. The bigger issue is this
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jurisdictional one where privatelyowned
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cameras are being accessed by different
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levels of civil government. uh the
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barriers that should exist between the
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rights of citizens and the
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responsibilities and jurisdictional
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powers of civil magistrates are separate
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for a reason that that gap between those
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two different jurisdictions exists on
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purpose. It's not a barrier that needs
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to be solved with technology. And let's
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not gloss over the fact that there are
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certain problems that should be solved
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by technology and the technological
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solutions need to be carefully vetted
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even if the problem was one that should
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legitimately be solved. And the issue is
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probably going to be one of control and
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uh authority. Uh, I just read about an
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issue last week where there was uh there
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was a company [music] that gave Claude,
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the AI agent from Anthropic, access to a
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certain part of its system and then
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Claude uh managed to give itself access
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to more of the system. There were
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software barriers in place that software
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uh inside of the AI brain was able to
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overcome and using its new access,
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Claude was able to erase a bunch of
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stuff off of a hard drive. So there are
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issues where not having physical
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mechanical barriers in place will cause
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problems because software barriers
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[music] are permeable and you know soft.
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But uh let's get back to these
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jurisdictional limits. Uh this is
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something that is really important and
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GK Chesterton talked about this a long
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time before AI or before the cloud even
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existed. Um I want to read this quote
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from him where he describes there exists
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in such a case a certain institution or
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law. Let us say for the sake of
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simplicity a fence or a gate erected
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across a road. The more modern type of
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reformer goes gayely up to it and says I
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don't see the use of it. Let us clear
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this away. And then he goes on to
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explain that there is a wiser and more
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rational person who says whoa whoa whoa.
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A fence that you don't understand is the
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last thing that you should tear down.
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Come back when you understand why the
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fence is there and then we can discuss
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whether or not it needs to be torn down.
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Um there are walls and barriers that are
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being torn down in our society today
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partly because technology provides an
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opportunity to do so. uh the physical
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limitations of separate non-networked
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devices is removed by [music] nearly
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ubiquitous wireless internet and thanks
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to Elon Musk we got satellite internet
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that can go anywhere in the globe. It's
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really really cool. But at the same
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time, we are eliminating certain
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physical and mechanical barriers that
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used to exist [music] say with um camera
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systems that had a really important
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purpose. And we also now have the
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opportunity to [music] really easily
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destroy other jurisdictional barriers
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and fences that had a very important
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[music] purpose. Uh, one of the things
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that is incredibly politically incorrect
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to say now is that America's foundation
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is based on walls. Uh, walls that
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separate things. One of the best
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examples of this would be the three
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branches of government that we have at
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the federal level. So, we have our
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legislative, our judicial, [music]
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and our executive branches of
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government. And the separation of powers
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is very important. [music] Artificial
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barriers that were put in place for a
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very specific reason. making sure that
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the power of the federal government
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would be split up in three separate
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areas and there would be no co-mingling
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of those powers. Uh but that idea even
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presupposes when we passed our
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constitution and our bill of rights
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because prior to that we had colonies
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and the idea of these colonies becoming
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states was that they would keep a bunch
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of powers and not give them to the
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federal government. That's why the 10th
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amendment says that the federal
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government only has very explicit
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express powers. And then on top of that,
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we have the bill of rights saying the
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government cannot come into these areas
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by any means whatsoever. And the 10th
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amendment says the states retain any
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power that the federal government has
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not explicitly been given. And this idea
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predates our colonies. We inherited a
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whole bunch of these ideas from Britain.
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There was English common law all the way
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back to the Magna Carta and even King
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Alfred. There was this idea that
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jurisdictions were limited and offices
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were limited. Uh not even the king was
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above the law. There were fences around
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his authority that were immovable. Now
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of course over time things have changed
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a little bit. uh and it would be
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understandable if you wanted to make the
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argument that today in the year 2026 so
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many of those barriers have been eroded
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or already removed that uh maybe the
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Constitution and the Bill of Rights that
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we have here in the United States are
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part of the problem and not the
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solution. But here's where we need to
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get back to this this difference between
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software limitations and hardware
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limitations. software barriers and
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instruction sets versus actual
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mechanical obstacles and fences. What we
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wrote as [music] a nation inside of the
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Constitution and the Bill of Rights were
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always software rules. There were always
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only going to be instruction sets. The
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Second Amendment [music] has obviously
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and clearly been violated by the federal
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government. Uh and the state
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constitutions that have similar language
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have often been violated by state
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governments. California and New York
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[music] obviously come to mind. But you
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got to understand that those are
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instruction [music]
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sets. Those are not the physical
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barriers. It is the responsibility of
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both the civil [music] magistrate and
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the people to uphold those barriers and
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maintain those fences. Uh if people do
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not follow the instructions does not
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necessarily follow that it is the fault
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of the instructions that they were not
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followed. Uh and there's always there's
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always this desire to overcome some of
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these [music] barriers because they are
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inconvenient. They're always going to be
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inconvenient to somebody. And you can
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see this happening uh in the technology
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sphere a lot. Uh strong encryption is
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something that should be on every device
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so that the owners of the devices
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[music] can own and control their data.
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The federal government has problems with
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this because they would [music] like
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access to that data. They would like it
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to be convenient to access the data, not
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inconvenient. That's why there is a
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strong push uh at different times from
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[music] different agencies to have back
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doors built into these encryption
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models. Um, which not only is a terrible
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idea from a tyranny perspective, it's
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also a terrible idea from a
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technological perspective because it
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weakens the entire model. Uh, a great
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physical example of this would be those
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TSA locks. Uh, when the TSA said that
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you were allowed to lock your luggage,
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but you had to lock it with special TSA
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locks that a TSA master key could open,
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well, it took about 10 seconds before
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somebody published those TSA master
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keys, and now you can just 3D print
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them. You can just have them. Uh,
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they're kind of like the um waterproof
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compartments on the Titanic. Uh, they're
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perfectly waterproof except for the top.
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So, the ship is completely unsinkable
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except from above. That is how a lot of
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these barriers are being treated right
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now in the United States. Not because
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the instruction manuals that we wrote
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for future generations are being
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followed, but because they aren't. And I
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think that amongst uh many of the
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divides that we have between the right
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and the left in the United States is
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kind of an understanding of these fences
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and these barriers. uh progressives on
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the left want to tear down as many of
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the old fences as possible and
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conservatives uh on the right want to
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keep these things around for the most
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part. But there's a different uh kind of
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misunderstanding as well. The right
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tends to understand that uh what has
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been written on pieces of paper uh these
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are instructions that we are supposed to
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follow. So the fact that the
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instructions exist uh means a lot to us
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and often times I think we assume that
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the instructions on paper will be
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followed and therefore the work has been
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done. Uh meanwhile over on the left
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people are often thinking to themselves
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uh they only care about the now. They
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only care about tomorrow. They only care
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about physical force and the actual
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physical mechanical barriers that exist,
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not the instructions. Uh this is why on
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the right you see a lot of hearkening
13:58
back to the original instructions uh and
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not a lot of taking control over the
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actual means of authority. On the left
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you only see the opposite of that. Uh
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you can even see that right after the
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American war for independence. The
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American founders worked very hard to
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write instruction sets for the future.
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They worked very hard to figure out what
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was the best possible form of government
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that they could [music] institute and
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the best possible constitution and the
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best possible way to divide up these
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different powers amongst [music] county,
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state and federal and then also at the
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federal level between these different
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horizontal powers. In France, they had a
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bloody revolution that immediately
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followed in an incredibly slap dash
14:41
reign of terror. And then actually that
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government only lasts for about six
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years. Then there is a new revolution
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and a new government every five or 6
14:51
years for the next 7 years. By 1870
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they've had about 10 different
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governments and we are approaching our
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250th anniversary of the same
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government. Now a bunch of our fences
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have been torn down. A bunch of our
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expectations um that we used to have as
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a nation for the separation of powers
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have been eroded. And there's a lot of
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stuff that we have to rebuild. The good
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news is we have the instruction sets
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that are there and we have the past that
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we can lean on to actually see what
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worked and what didn't and how those
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things were torn down is a very
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important thing for us to study and to
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understand and we're constantly I would
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say constantly seeing examples of this.
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The other thing that happened last week,
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uh, in addition to Claude escaping his
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box and doing stuff inside of an area
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where he wasn't supposed to be, but
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wasn't prevented from accessing, we saw
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an indictment from the federal
15:45
government against the Southern Poverty
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Law Center. And I would argue that the
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situation is almost identical. The
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Southern Poverty Law Center is a
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nongovernment
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institution, [music]
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a non-government organization. And we've
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known for a long time that it has been
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operating handin glove with the FBI,
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sharing information and resources in
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ways that are not cool. But we also
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learned last week that they've been
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operating handinand glove with a whole
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bunch of the hate organizations that
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they have been uh created to fight. So
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actually passing huge amounts of money
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directly to the KKK and other uh
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rightwing organizations. Um and there's
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a whole bunch of reasons for this. And
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people are legitimately and I would say,
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you know, justifiably annoyed by this,
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not just at the hypocrisy, but the fact
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that it is wire fraud and it is money
16:34
laundering and it is, you know,
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completely lying about everything
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they've been doing to their donors. But
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I would say that what's more disturbing
16:41
than even that is the way that they have
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been working with the FBI. This uh
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eraser of a barrier between a private
16:50
organization and a government agency. Uh
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this is a problem in many different
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ways. Uh and once you find out the way
16:57
that the donor operations been working
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and the co-mingling of assets and
17:01
information back and forth, you start to
17:02
ask questions like how big of a donation
17:04
did you have to give to the SPLC so that
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you could get uh essentially buy some
17:12
FBI harassment of somebody that you
17:14
didn't like. or if you were an FBI agent
17:17
and you wanted to run a CI without
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having to tell anybody, uh, were you
17:21
able to do that using money that uh, you
17:24
gave through semiofficial channels to
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the SPLC? Uh, the answer is we don't
17:30
know. It was probably a very complicated
17:32
solution where people could do a whole
17:33
bunch of stuff that they weren't allowed
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to. And hopefully this allows people to
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now think a little bit more clearly
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about non-government organizations in
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general because despite the title,
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non-government organizations have
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primarily received money from the
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government, primarily received their
17:50
directions from the government and the
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hiring back and forth from the public
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and private sector inside of those
17:55
particular organizations uh crosses
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fences and barriers that should exist
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for really really good reasons. We see
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this, I think, starting out with the
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flock cameras, uh, when this private
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company installs cameras on behalf of a
18:11
municipality with tax money and then
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allows other federal agencies to look
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into it as well as other private
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agencies or private institutions or
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private companies that shouldn't have
18:20
access to that data. You see the
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potential damage that can be done by
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getting rid of fences that are really,
18:27
really important. Uh so once again we
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[music] come back to our point
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mechanical barriers are required [music]
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software barriers will never be enough.
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[music]
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Now, if you guys are curious about uh
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some of these ideas of separate [music]
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jurisdictions or separate spheres of
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influence, I highly recommend that you
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read about a guy named Abraham Kyper. Uh
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he was a strong believer in what the
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founders believe that there were three
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institutions given by God. The family,
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the [music] church, and the state. They
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were separate jurisdictions and they
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didn't have overlap and they shouldn't
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have overlap. and one institution should
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not try to take over the jurisdiction
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[music]
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of another. Now, Kyper is an interesting
19:24
guy to write and talk about this because
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he was a dad, he was a pastor and he was
19:30
also a politician [music] who became the
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prime minister of the Netherlands. So,
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he understood these three jurisdictions
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very personally and he [music] believed
19:38
in the separation of these jurisdictions
19:41
very strongly. Uh if you are looking for
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someone who has done a lot of the work
19:46
on this topic and been an example of
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somebody who wanted to maintain these
19:51
strong mechanical fences between these
19:54
jurisdictions for the preservation of
19:56
liberty and national heritage. Uh he's a
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fantastic person to [music] research. Um
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probably not his Wikipedia page though.
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I imagine that that's uh not super
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complimentary.