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RB211: Bruce Schneier on Surveillance and Security

July 25th, 2013

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Revelations of the NSA’s data surveillance efforts have raised serious questions about the ethics and necessity of violating privacy that have been bubbling under the surface for some time.

Efforts to monitor communication are nothing new, but electronically mediated communication has increased the amount of information being shared, and the possibilities for eavesdropping are endless.

But there’s a trade off. People tolerate incursions into privacy for greater security or even convenience: health care, transportation, public safety, or any number of web utilities we use on a daily basis.

Bruce Schneier is an author, Berkman fellow, and security technologist. He recently sat down with David Weinberger to talk about the positives and perils of privacy violation.

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Reference Section:
Catch up on Bruce Schneier’s blog
Catch his recent talk at the Berkman Center
Bruce’s recent Book, Liars and Outliers

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This week’s episode produced by Daniel Dennis Jones.

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