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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 1:

(02:36 ) Byron’s background and why he decided to write this book 

(05:15 ) The Evolution of data brokering 

(09:00 ) Understanding metadata and data collection and how they can identify you 

(12:12 ) The implications for personal privacy 

(22:15 ) The state of privacy rights in the United States 

(26:16 ) The public-private surveillance relationship 

(28:43 ) The shift in Government attitudes toward this type of data 

(31:20 ) How social media changed the data collection game

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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