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emac6300 privacy surveillance politics

started by Amanda Sparling on 17 Jan 14
  • Amanda Sparling
     
    "President Barack Obama announced today a revamping of the National Security Agency's vast surveillance powers by ending the government's bulk retention of records associated with every phone call made to and from the United States."

    http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2014/01/obama-nsa/

    The recent revelations from Snowden (regardless of political affiliation) have a dramatic effect on the standing of US technology companies, and how they are able to compete internationally as concerns of privacy/spying affect consumer decisions around the world.

    Obama's speech today represents a shift on the US's stance, though it will be interesting to see how that is practically applied.

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