There is Actually One Thing You Can Do to Fight the Surveillance Machine

Note to Self

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4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2015

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Security technologist Bruce Schneier, author of “Data and Goliath,” says you should stop feeling guilty about skimming the Terms of Service. Get mad instead.

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0:00.0	Hello, friend. This is an episode of Note to Self, but from when we used to be called New Text City.
0:06.6	Same good content, just the old name. Enjoy.
0:15.3	From WNYC, this is New Text City.
0:17.8	Where digital gets personal. I'm a new summer Odie.
0:21.4	And on this week's show, a conversation that changed how I feel about snooping and surveillance.
0:30.6	Because I don't know about you, but usually when I hear that the NSA is collecting my phone data,
0:36.8	where that Buzzfeed archives all my answers to their silly personality quizzes.
0:42.0	What I really want to do is stick my fingers in my ear and then go,
0:44.9	La la la la la la la la.
0:46.7	Because what's the point of knowing if there's nothing we can do?
0:50.3	Well, on this episode, a new perspective.
0:53.5	Because getting the scary details can actually make us feel better.
0:58.3	It's like if you were told that you have a disease, you would still want to know, right?
1:01.8	Like, what does the research say? What's the prognosis?
1:04.8	It's a way of having just a little control.
1:08.4	And what's that cliche?
1:10.1	Knowledge is power.
1:14.4	And in the past couple of weeks, I got numerous emails from you.
1:17.9	Listeners asking for help in understanding privacy and data better.
1:22.8	You're going to hear some of those emails and voice memos that you sent in throughout the show.
1:26.8	And thanks for those, by the way, keep them coming. We love answering them.
1:30.7	Anyway, so to tutor us in privacy and data, I turned to a really nice guy.
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