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July 16, 2025 35 mins
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 podcast@politicology.com or leave us a voicemail at ‪(202) 455-4558‬  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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