The Surveillance State: Big Data, Freedom, and You

Security, Liberty, or Neither? (1x1)

Date de diffusion: Mar 04, 2016

Start by considering the tension between surveillance and the rule of law. While the pace of technological change is extremely rapid, laws are slow to keep up. Worse, the institutions responsible for creating laws often have internal conflicts about the role of privacy and security-as illustrated by a dramatic face-off over John Ashcroft's hospital bed.