ENCORE: Means of Control — Part 2
Politicology17 Juli 2025

ENCORE: Means of Control — Part 2

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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