
The Surveillance State
Big Data, Freedom, and You
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Paul Rosenzweig
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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There really is no such thing as privacy anymore !
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Great course -- very timely
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I couldn't have enjoyed this more than I did.
Highly, highly recommended.
Excellent Presentation
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Of the several hundred Audible books that I have listed to over the past 15 years(fact and fiction), this is clearly the best. Timely, provocative, and all potential biases clearly iterated. Well done.Outstanding Audiobook
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lots to learn
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Excellent survey of important issues.
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Interesting from start to finish!
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Very important information
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What I liked most about this book is that the lectures are presented in an equal and unbiased form. The author is not opinionated about if there is too much or too little surveillance, instead he explains through real and fictional examples how both could potentially be viewed as true.
I've read a lot about surveillance and the laws around it, and I still learned a many things from this book. The author provides an eye opening history of surveillance back as far as the second world war when technology was considered immature to what we have today. It became quickly evident that far reaching and obtrusive surveillance can be accomplished by people without the benefit of technology.
Did you know that only one of the two common methods of unlocking your phone, password and finger print, is protected by law?
Do you think that the speed at which government operates is fast enough to keep up to the rate at which technology is changing surveillance?
This is truly a great book and I would recommend it to everyone. At the end of this book you will really be considering the age old question of who is watching the watchers?
Unbiased
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Many courses I am ready to be done. With this course I could have listened to more. I am likely to re-listen to this one.
Some say privacy is this generation's liberty. A right the US has trampled in both the commercial and private spheres. Whether this is true or not, it is important that informed citizens begin to educate themselves about the issues and begin to discuss and dissect relevant arguments.
The inevitability of dronage, the ability of foreign governments to identify, track and target groups of domestic citizens, the ability of domestic governments to do the same, the inevitability of "smart" computer algorithms to do the same, etc.,etc. There is so much here to absorb and discuss. One of the most worthwhile audiobooks I have purchased. Excellent presentation. Excellent discussion. Highly recommended.
Absurdly good! Topical, interesting, important.
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