#368: How the Government Gets Your Data

Tech Policy Podcast

Byron Tau (NOTUS) discusses his new book Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State.

Topics include:

• Some history: four generations of data brokers
• The continuing evolution of data collection and technological surveillance
• The great danger: data fusion / comprehensive data profiles
• Why won’t Congress regulate government data use?
• National security vs. privacy
• Should we fear a social credit system?

Links:

Means of Control

NOTUS

X: @ByronTau

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