Edward Snowden | The New Mass Surveillance | 5

American Scandal

Wondery

True Crime, Exhibit C, Society & Culture, History, Documentary, History Daily, American History Tellers, Lindsay Graham

4.6 • 18.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Matthew Guariglia is a historian who studies surveillance and policing. In this conversation with Lindsay, Guariglia argues that online platforms like Nextdoor have created a new form of mass surveillance, one that threatens local communities.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to American Scandal add-free on Amazon Music, download the app today.
0:07.0	From Wondery, I'm Lindsey Graham and this is American Scandal.
0:38.0	In 2013, Edward Snowden shocked the world when he revealed that the federal government was spying on millions of Americans.
0:51.0	Snowden had been working as a contractor for the National Security Agency.
0:55.0	He felt motivated to serve his country in the war on terror.
0:58.0	As a gifted computer programmer, Snowden found what seemed like a natural home at the NSA.
1:04.0	But after stumbling on a highly classified document, Snowden faced a moral crisis.
1:09.0	He learned that in the broader fight against terrorism, America spy agencies were targeting regular citizens collecting data from phone calls, emails, and other online activities.
1:19.0	Snowden went on to leak a trove of government documents revealing the scope of the NSA's programs.
1:25.0	The news coverage that followed was an immediate sensation and set off a heated debate about privacy on the internet and the trade-off between national security and personal freedom.
1:34.0	It's a debate that's recently picked up steam on a more local level, with a growing popularity of online platforms like Nextor and Citizen.
1:42.0	These crowdsourced apps allow residents to monitor their own communities and post information online.
1:48.0	They're often billed as a way to keep community safe.
1:51.0	But according to my guest, Matthew Guariglia, the apps also foster paranoia, racial profiling, and a skewed understanding of crime.
1:59.0	Guariglia is a historian who studies police and surveillance.
2:03.0	He's the author of the forthcoming book, Police and the Empire City, which looks at the history of New York City's police department.
2:10.0	He also works as a policy analyst for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an organization that works on privacy and technology.
2:16.0	In our conversation, we'll look at how platforms like Nextor have helped create a new paradigm of master balance.
2:22.0	And then we'll go back in history and look at some of the dire consequences when citizens lose their privacy.
2:28.0	Our conversation is next.
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2:41.0	And I promise you that if you give me just five minutes of your time,
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