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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