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In reply to the discussion: STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Monday, 20 October 2014 [View all]Demeter
(85,373 posts)13. Laura Poitras on Snowden and the Total Information Capture Approach to Surveillance
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2014/10/tom-englehardt-interviews-laura-poitras-on-snowden-and-the-total-information-capture-approach-to-surveillance.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NakedCapitalism+%28naked+capitalism%29
YVES SMITH: This interview with Laura Poitras is a reminder of how the world has, and more important, hasnt changed since the explosive revelations made by Edward Snowden less than a year and a half ago. Even though his disclosures produced a great uproar, with demands in the US, UK, and Europe for explanations and more information about the nature and range of spying programs, actual changes have been few indeed. Fittingly, the biggest consequence may be economic, as foreign countries and companies have become leery of US dominated cloud computing, and are also correctly fearful that NSA trapdoors are embedded in hardware made by American tech vendors. But the knowledge of the range of surveillance activities is almost paralyzing. It remains hard for non-technical mere mortals to do much to limit the most intrusive forms of snooping (IMHO, the worst is geolocation, followed closely by how much law enforcement officials can glean if they get access to your smartphone).
Even worse, laying bare information to the surveillance apparatus is increasingly becoming tied to employment. Employers demand access to Facebook accounts of young hires. Those who say they dont use Facebook are deemed to be social deviants and are scratched off the list of possible hires. Im told that older candidates are similarly judged by how many links and references they have on LinkedIn. Ugh. Lambert discusses in a related post tonight how LinkedIn plans to make itself an even better employment Stasi.
INTERVIEW AT LINK ON THE SNOWDEN DOCUMENTARY
...a remarkable new film, Citizenfour, which had its premiere at the New York Film Festival on October 10th and will open in select theaters nationwide on October 24th...
YVES SMITH: This interview with Laura Poitras is a reminder of how the world has, and more important, hasnt changed since the explosive revelations made by Edward Snowden less than a year and a half ago. Even though his disclosures produced a great uproar, with demands in the US, UK, and Europe for explanations and more information about the nature and range of spying programs, actual changes have been few indeed. Fittingly, the biggest consequence may be economic, as foreign countries and companies have become leery of US dominated cloud computing, and are also correctly fearful that NSA trapdoors are embedded in hardware made by American tech vendors. But the knowledge of the range of surveillance activities is almost paralyzing. It remains hard for non-technical mere mortals to do much to limit the most intrusive forms of snooping (IMHO, the worst is geolocation, followed closely by how much law enforcement officials can glean if they get access to your smartphone).
Even worse, laying bare information to the surveillance apparatus is increasingly becoming tied to employment. Employers demand access to Facebook accounts of young hires. Those who say they dont use Facebook are deemed to be social deviants and are scratched off the list of possible hires. Im told that older candidates are similarly judged by how many links and references they have on LinkedIn. Ugh. Lambert discusses in a related post tonight how LinkedIn plans to make itself an even better employment Stasi.
INTERVIEW AT LINK ON THE SNOWDEN DOCUMENTARY
...a remarkable new film, Citizenfour, which had its premiere at the New York Film Festival on October 10th and will open in select theaters nationwide on October 24th...
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