After stumbling on a new kind of search engine for faces, we called privacy journalist Kashmir Hill. She’s been reporting on the very sudden and unregulated rise of these facial search engines. Here’s the story of the very first one, the mysterious person who made it, and the copycats it helped spawn.
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Mar 26
The Trial of the Driverless Car
In blue cities throughout the country, unions and politicians are fighting to ban driverless cars. We travel to Boston, where the fight has reached a fever pitch, and where the cars themselves will create some very unusual political alliances. (This is part two of a two part seri ... Show More
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Oct 2020
We didn't clear our search history
We're chatting about why it's important to speak the truth, both to others and to ourselves. Plus, how we first got into YouTube and the creators we watched, our first times watching suggestive videos, and Grayson got caught by our mom because he didn't clear the search history o ... Show More
55m 22s
Jul 2023
Introducing: Search Engine
No question too big, no question too small. On Search Engine, host PJ Vogt answers the kinds of questions you might ask the internet when you can't sleep. If you find the world bewildering, but also sometimes enjoy being bewildered by it, Search Engine is here for you. To learn ... Show More
9m 43s
Oct 2023
S3|E1: Needle in a Haystack
After discovering a woman’s body on a desolate road on the outskirts of Laredo, the police come to a chilling revelation: the killer they’re looking for may be one of the people working on the case. Find us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter. You can also subscribe to our ... Show More
32m 53s