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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
Follow Ron and Byron on X (formerly Twitter):
https://twitter.com/RonSteslow
https://twitter.com/ByronTau
Email your questions to [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (202) 455-4558
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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
Follow Ron and Byron on X (formerly Twitter):
https://twitter.com/RonSteslow
https://twitter.com/ByronTau
Email your questions to [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at (202) 455-4558
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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