Cops Keep Stalking People with Flock

Go to surfshark.com/404Media to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN, plus there’s a 30-day money-back guarantee—or just use code 404MEDIA at checkout! 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. Story 1: 01:22 FCC Wants IDs for Burner Phones 05:40 How Buying a Phone Would Change 06:19 What Is a Burner Phone? 10:39 How Other Countries Handle Phone IDs 13:39 Would eSIMs Be Affected? 17:00 Why the FCC Says It Needs This Data 19:17 Privacy Concerns and Who Gets Hurt Story 2: 29:10 Cops Keep Using Flock to Stalk People 29:23 The Florida Officer Who Searched His Ex 69 Times 33:17 Report Finds Abuse Across the Country 38:38 How Flock’s Audit Logs Work 41:35 Why Most Abuse Is Only Found After the Fact 45:07 Would Search Warrants Help? FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones By Forcing Telecoms to Get All Customers’ IDs: https://www.404media.co/fcc-wants-to-... Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock to Stalk People: https://www.404media.co/cops-keep-get... SUBSCRIBER'S STORY: Software Update Automatically Turns off Amazon Delivery Drivers’ AC During Dangerous Summer Heat: https://www.404media.co/software-upda... This is a production of 404 Media, a journalist-owned tech website. Learn more and subscribe at: htttps://404media.co Listen to our weekly podcasts: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0F3oY47... Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0... Become a paid subscriber for access to bonus content: https://404media.co/membership