Why 🦇 DigitalFourthAmendment picked: LISTEN: EFF’s @mguariglia.bsky.social joined @npr.org’s Code Switch to discuss how the surveillance state got built, who it was built on first, and why opposing it suddenly now unites so many factions.
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Here's an important discussion on the history and opposition to the surveillance state.
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Here's an important discussion on the history and opposition to the surveillance state.
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25 years after the U.S. government embraced mass surveillance in the wake of 911, it’s time to re-evaluate and consider responses that address the problem as a whole, former EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn and EFF Board Member Bruce Schneier wrote for @lawfaremedia.org.
This is an insightful commentary evaluating mass surveillance and digital privacy laws 25 years after 9/11.
“You’re not going to be able to stop this mass surveillance technology by moving to another vendor,” EFF’s @sairahussain.bsky.social told @theverge.com. “The only thing that is going to solve this whole problem is not relying on this technology.”
This is an important statement from EFF about mass surveillance technology and reliance on it.