Means of Control — Part 2

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In this two part series, Journalist and author Byron Tau joins host Ron Steslow to discuss his new book Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance Of Tech And Government Is creating a New American Surveillance State

Part 2:

(02:17) The extensive government data collection Edward Snowden revealed

(09:40) How data vendors bypass privacy reviews within government agencies

(11:50) The role of encryption in safeguarding privacy and the historical context of encryption legalization

(18:40) Government efforts to weaken encryption and what that means for your privacy

(22:45) How foreign governments could misuse data

(24:24) The public awareness of this form of surveillance

(26:38) What could legislative reform look like?

(29:37) The influence of advertising and data brokers in shaping privacy

Read Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance Of Tech And Government Is creating a New American Surveillance State — https://bit.ly/44199hw

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