{"podcast":{"title":"Technology Pill","slug":"technology-pill-560921","podcast_index_feed_id":560921,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/152674c8/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/technology-pill","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/3448418/3448418-1610538873523-a8397ebe0012e.jpg","author":"Privacy International","episode_count":104,"summary":"Find out how technology is reshaping our lives every day and explore the new powers of governments and companies.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-20T00:17:47.008339+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/technology-pill-560921"},"episode":{"title":"Europol's Shadow Surveillance feat Bill Goodwin","slug":"europol-s-shadow-surveillance-feat-bill-goodwin","published_at":"2026-06-19T13:07:39+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/technology-pill-560921/europol-s-shadow-surveillance-feat-bill-goodwin","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/technology-pill-560921","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/technology-pill/episodes/Europols-Shadow-Surveillance-feat-Bill-Goodwin-e3l0pfr","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/152674c8/podcast/play/121709499/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-19%2F5417f794-2a6a-acf0-ef9a-418ab895b84e.mp3","summary":"This week we're joined by Bill Goodwin, investigations editor at Computer Weekly and award-winning journalist, to discuss Europol's secret shadow IT system — and what it tells us about how law enforcement agencies evade oversight. Links Computer Weekly investigation: https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642525/They-protect-the-law-while-breaking-it-Inside-Europols-shadow-IT-systemWe Are Solomon: https://wearesolomon.com/en/mag/focus-area/accountability/they-protect-the-law-while-breaking-it-inside-europols-shadow-it-system/Privacy International's 2019 FOI on Europol: https://privacyinternational.org/report/3225/challenging-drivers-surveillance-eu-access-documents-requestsSpanish police and cryptophone intercepts: https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366643318/Spanish-police-systematically-hid-cryptophone-intercepts-from-courts-claims-ex-chief Bill's case Goodwin v United Kingdom: https://globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/cases/goodwin-v-united-kingdom/The Independent — Reporter's rights violated: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/reporter-s-rights-violated-1438583.html Horizon Parliamentary committee on Horizon redress: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/365/business-and-trade-committee/news/212661/post-office-horizon-it-scandal-serious-structural-failings-persist-in-redress/Bill at TCIJ on breaking the Horizon story: https://tcij.org/summer-conference-event/breaking-horizon-post-office-scandal/","meta_description":"This week we're joined by Bill Goodwin, investigations editor at Computer Weekly and award-winning journalist, to discuss Europol's secret shadow IT syste…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3370,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/technology-pill-560921/episodes/europol-s-shadow-surveillance-feat-bill-goodwin/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/technology-pill-560921/europol-s-shadow-surveillance-feat-bill-goodwin.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}