![]() Schneier doesn’t expect us to resist these irresistible benefits - just the abuses that have emerged as byproducts.įor instance, he argues, we shouldn’t need an Edward Snowden to find out what kinds of information US intelligence agencies collect about Americans or foreigners. The data they capture can route us past traffic jams, protect the security of our homes, and keep tabs on our children. So far, the post-9/11 surveillance surge has only aided the politicians and bureaucrats who point to the uptick as proof that they’re doing their best to avert the next attack.īut the computers and smartphones that track us also serve us, and very well. Every time a potential terrorist has been caught in recent years, it’s been due to old-school police and intelligence techniques, not the digital dragnet. But Schneier claims all-pervasive government surveillance hasn’t made our nation more secure. When Google compromises our privacy, we at least get free e-mail in exchange. But Schneier reminds us that law enforcement and intelligence agencies have struck up an uneasy and often unwelcome alliance with corporate America, raiding commercial databases to support a campaign of ubiquitous surveillance aimed at nearly everyone on earth. ![]() ![]() Corporations such as Google and Verizon are in fact more adept at collecting information about us than the FBI could ever be. ![]()
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