<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:psc="http://podlove.org/simple-chapters" xmlns:podcast="https://podcastindex.org/namespace/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Patron Scam]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to <i>Patron Scam, a Brazen</i> investigative series on the story of Adam Abdalla, a New York businessman who was mysteriously denied entry to a club in Seattle after his ID was scanned and mysteriously “flagged.”</p><p>In this series, we go down the rabbit hole with Adam and try to answer: How did his information get there? Who controls it? And what laws, if any, protect us from being tracked, shared, and tagged by AI systems we never agreed to?</p>]]></description><link>https://whalehunting.projectbrazen.com/</link><generator>Riverside.fm (https://riverside.com)</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 17:23:49 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://api.riverside.com/hosting/CHCjcc18.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><author><![CDATA[BRAZEN]]></author><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 09:51:42 GMT</pubDate><copyright><![CDATA[2026 BRAZEN]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><ttl>60</ttl><category><![CDATA[Society & Culture]]></category><category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category><itunes:author>BRAZEN</itunes:author><itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to &lt;i&gt;Patron Scam, a Brazen&lt;/i&gt; investigative series on the story of Adam Abdalla, a New York businessman who was mysteriously denied entry to a club in Seattle after his ID was scanned and mysteriously “flagged.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In this series, we go down the rabbit hole with Adam and try to answer: How did his information get there? Who controls it? And what laws, if any, protect us from being tracked, shared, and tagged by AI systems we never agreed to?&lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><itunes:owner><itunes:name>BRAZEN</itunes:name><itunes:email>hello@brazenstudios.xyz</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:category text="Society &amp; Culture"/><itunes:category text="Technology"/><itunes:image href="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/f40d54aa-23ba-4191-ad14-f49f5d171fbc/logos/91313794-00e7-49b9-9f0d-002e2905ecc0.png"/><item><title><![CDATA[Patron Scam - Ep 3: AI Surveillance, How Far Has It Gone?]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to Patron Scam, a Brazen investigative series on the story of Adam Abdalla, a New York businessman who was mysteriously denied entry to a club in Seattle after his ID was scanned and mysteriously “flagged.”<br /><br />In this series, we go down the rabbit hole with Adam and try to answer: How did his information get there? Who controls it? And what laws, if any, protect us from being tracked, shared, and tagged by AI systems we never agreed to?<br />In this episode we are exploring data privacy, artificial intelligence, cross-border surveillance, and the legal gray zones that allow this technology to operate.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">e8b3a168-a949-454b-a9cc-055c04c837d2</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[BRAZEN]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/825b56b76b929becb460d44a55ac78914c69b9f4c6e0372e2922efb46bc82c9f/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiJlOGIzYTE2OC1hOTQ5LTQ1NGItYTljYy0wNTVjMDRjODM3ZDIiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiJmNDBkNTRhYS0yM2JhLTQxOTEtYWQxNC1mNDlmNWQxNzFmYmMiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2NDQxOWU1NGM5Yzc1MjczYzdhYzQ4YzUiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNjlkNzliYjZmNWM0N2E1ZDcxZGIwNjRjL2JyYXplbi1zdHVkaW9zLTl4b01GLWNvbXBvc2VyLTIwMjYtNC05X18xNC0yOS00MS5tcDMifQ==.mp3" length="60537983" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/f40d54aa-23ba-4191-ad14-f49f5d171fbc/episodes/e8b3a168-a949-454b-a9cc-055c04c837d2/transcripts.txt" type="text/plain"/><itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to Patron Scam, a Brazen investigative series on the story of Adam Abdalla, a New York businessman who was mysteriously denied entry to a club in Seattle after his ID was scanned and mysteriously “flagged.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this series, we go down the rabbit hole with Adam and try to answer: How did his information get there? Who controls it? And what laws, if any, protect us from being tracked, shared, and tagged by AI systems we never agreed to?&lt;br /&gt;In this episode we are exploring data privacy, artificial intelligence, cross-border surveillance, and the legal gray zones that allow this technology to operate.&lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:duration>00:42:02</itunes:duration><itunes:image href="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/f40d54aa-23ba-4191-ad14-f49f5d171fbc/episodes/e8b3a168-a949-454b-a9cc-055c04c837d2/images/4d0b9dcd-76f2-47e5-b0cd-1ceefa84a116.png"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode><itunes:title>Patron Scam - Ep 3: AI Surveillance, How Far Has It Gone?</itunes:title><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patron Scam - Episode 2: Is Illegal AI Facial Recognition Technology Already Watching Us]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to Patron Scam, a Brazen investigative series on the story of Adam Abdalla, a New York businessman who was mysteriously denied entry to a club in Seattle after his ID was scanned and mysteriously “flagged.”<br /><br /><br />In this series, we go down the rabbit hole with Adam and try to answer: How did his information get there? Who controls it? And what laws, if any, protect us from being tracked, shared, and tagged by AI systems we never agreed to?<br /><br /><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://projectbrazen.com/projects/whale-hunting/" target="_blank">https://projectbrazen.com/projects/whale-hunting/</a></p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">c7305514-9eb4-489a-b3e9-a7dd1674328e</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[BRAZEN]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/5142635e89bb37cff49dccffa34e42e96075a55341b25d856faf02b49a3e480f/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiJjNzMwNTUxNC05ZWI0LTQ4OWEtYjNlOS1hN2RkMTY3NDMyOGUiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiJmNDBkNTRhYS0yM2JhLTQxOTEtYWQxNC1mNDlmNWQxNzFmYmMiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2NDQxOWU1NGM5Yzc1MjczYzdhYzQ4YzUiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNjljNTFjNDRhYmFhZGNiZWY3YTU0NTRkL2JyYXplbi1zdHVkaW9zLTl4b01GLWNvbXBvc2VyLTIwMjYtMy0yNl9fMTItNDUtOC5tcDMifQ==.mp3" length="69297571" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/f40d54aa-23ba-4191-ad14-f49f5d171fbc/episodes/c7305514-9eb4-489a-b3e9-a7dd1674328e/transcripts.txt" type="text/plain"/><itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to Patron Scam, a Brazen investigative series on the story of Adam Abdalla, a New York businessman who was mysteriously denied entry to a club in Seattle after his ID was scanned and mysteriously “flagged.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this series, we go down the rabbit hole with Adam and try to answer: How did his information get there? 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Who controls it? And what laws, if any, protect us from being tracked, shared, and tagged by AI systems we never agreed to?</p><p></p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">181366ed-7524-49ca-a05a-dab2fb25898e</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[BRAZEN]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/af95dc12b530ae08a63fdbc7108277a8f29726ebea380e46ff5e2ad80e31df22/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiIxODEzNjZlZC03NTI0LTQ5Y2EtYTA1YS1kYWIyZmIyNTg5OGUiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiJmNDBkNTRhYS0yM2JhLTQxOTEtYWQxNC1mNDlmNWQxNzFmYmMiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2NDQxOWU1NGM5Yzc1MjczYzdhYzQ4YzUiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNjljM2IzYTcxZGQ2NzEyYTAxM2ZhNmNkL2JyYXplbi1zdHVkaW9zLTl4b01GLWNvbXBvc2VyLTIwMjYtMy0yNV9fMTEtNi0zMS5tcDMifQ==.mp3" length="65801134" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/f40d54aa-23ba-4191-ad14-f49f5d171fbc/episodes/181366ed-7524-49ca-a05a-dab2fb25898e/transcripts.txt" type="text/plain"/><itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to &lt;i&gt;Patron Scam, a Brazen&lt;/i&gt; investigative series on the story of Adam Abdalla, a New York businessman who was mysteriously denied entry to a club in Seattle after his ID was scanned and mysteriously “flagged.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In this series, we go down the rabbit hole with Adam and try to answer: How did his information get there? 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