After 25 Years, Mass Surveillance Has Failed to Make Us Safer
25 Years of Mass Surveillance Is Enough [Auth: Cindy Cohn; Bruce Schneier]
Cindy Cohn and Bruce Schneier argue that 25 years after 9/11, the shift from targeted to mass surveillance has expanded far beyond counterterrorism into routine law enforcement and private systems. They contend that the promised security benefits remain unproven, while the costs to Fourth and First Amendment rights are profound and growing with AI. The authors call for a serious reevaluation of this surveillance architecture.
A government that can 'Collect it All,' 'Process it All,' 'Exploit it All,' 'Partner it All,' and 'Sniff it All,' will ultimately, 'Know it All.'
- hurfdurf
- FrankWilhoit
Any discussion of this must center the fact that the surveillance began in Jan.-Feb. 2001, NOT after 11 September. The one telecom executive who objected was instantly framed into prison.
- oknoooo7
Even if you trust all current actors, the tapes are forever.