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The Surveillance State
- Big Data, Freedom, and You
- Narrated by: Paul Rosenzweig
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
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Summary
A man shoots down a drone that is flying over his private property. A retail store uses predictive data analytics to send pregnancy-related advertising to a teenager who has not told her parents about her condition. A police officer places a GPS device on a suspected criminal's car to follow him and build a case against him.
The news is full of such stories, in which new technologies lead to dilemmas that could not have been imagined just a few decades ago. The 21st century has seen remarkable technological advances, with many wonderful benefits. But with these advances come new questions about privacy, security, civil liberties, and more.
Big Data is here, which means that government and private industries are collecting massive amounts of information about each of us - information that may be used in marketing, to help solve criminal investigations, and to promote the interests of national security. Pandora's box has been opened, but in many ways the government is behind the times, relying on legislation from the 1970s to inform its stance on regulating the collection and use of this information.
Taught by Professor Rosenzweig, JD, esteemed legal expert and professorial lecturer at The George Washington University School of Law, these 24 revealing lectures tackle the tough questions about surveillance and data in the 21st century. With Professor Rosenzweig's guidance, you'll scrutinize our system of oversight for intelligence agencies, and you'll consider the ways in which the information that is collected impacts (or potentially impacts) our civil liberties.
This is your reliable source for all the facts you need to make your own reasonable choices - and take a first step toward an empowered future.
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- Peter White
- 08-07-19
Good, but very biased towards US law
This is a pretty good, interesting series of lectures. It's got two flaws for me. Firstly, it is legally focussed, with very sketchy technical background. Secondly, it is very US centric. If that's what you want though, a very good introduction.
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- Mike M
- 15-08-17
The age of Big Brother
Comprehensive introduction into big data and technology are having an increasing impact upon all of our lives.
If you value your freedom, knowledge of the so titled Surveillance State is important to understand how electronic data does, can and will impact on all our lives and what you can do to protect yourself from its most pernicious implications.
The title would suggest that it's our governments who are most interested in our data 'footprints', but increasingly we willingly or perhaps unknowingly submit ever more revealing and intimate details of how we conduct our lives to globalised, private 'actors'.
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- Mr C T Walsh
- 31-12-16
Informative and Balanced
A little biased towards the American legal/moral standpoint (I'm guessing written largely with an American audience in mind). The author does make an effort to discuss these concepts against the background of European laws too. Either way this was informative and thought provoking and well worth a listen.
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- Ronesha & Jedrzej
- 13-07-22
It was ok
It didn't go into as mich detail as i would have hoped. If they had a more effective brief at the beginning of the book maybe i would have had more accurate expectations. still learned some stuff.
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- Terje
- 23-04-17
Very interesting class.
This is a well done and researched class, and so much is hiding in plain sight. This is an easy listening class.
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