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And a month ago there was this story where a local municipality was shown to be exercising greater surveillance of groups, presumably despite constitutional rights and 'freedom to assemble':
Of course the NSA is deeply interested. The Washington Post admits as much.One example of Denver Police surveillance based on social media protest organization. @UR_Ninja @kgnu pic.twitter.com/E7v1NxgrjX— Left Disorder (@leftdisorder) February 13, 2016
Surprise! NSA data will soon routinely be used for domestic policing that has nothing to do with terrorism https://t.co/L44uldTjHK— Suzanne (@SuzanneTwoTon) March 11, 2016
People have begun looking at the idea of how corporate surveillance impacts populations and whether those populations have any recourse.
On "what data means, how it’s produced, & what influence it has for decision-makers”https://t.co/534yCx1nK5 pic.twitter.com/HXUUbQdU5p— Frank Pasquale (@FrankPasquale) February 24, 2016
Over the last month discussion has spread over the FBI asking Apple Co. to write code to hack into its own phone products. Apple has resisted publicly and the FBI and the Obama Administration have gamely taken to the airwaves praising the merits of their plea. But that's not all.
On Feb 9, Comey said we need back doors to solve (among other things) car accidents. https://t.co/VF9VzYPCXh— emptywheel (@emptywheel) February 22, 2016
This is NOT a modest request.
Still, if the comedian John Oliver is any indication, perhaps the tide in public opinion has tipped in favor of Apple's position, if no one else's.
_______________________________________________Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Encryption (HBO) https://t.co/GjsxCPgutg via @YouTube— neditsimple (@neditssimple) March 15, 2016
Henry Rollins was on the BBC World Service weekly show Hardtalk.
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