The 2014 Cato Institute Surveillance Conference LIVEstreaming Now

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by Cheri Roberts, Challenging the Rhetoric, The Guerilla Media Network

Are you concerned about domestic spying? You should be. We all should be. Complacency is what got us here to begin with and only action will get us out. Knowledge is the first-step of action. Knowing all sides of an issue or debate is key.

LIVEstreaming now, The 2014 Cato Institute Surveillance Conference will be discussing many aspects of today’s Orwellian Police State spying programs.

From their site:

Never in human history have people been more connected than they are today — nor have they been more thoroughly monitored. Over the past year, the disclosures spurred by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden have drawn public attention to the stunning surveillance capabilities of the American intelligence community, and the unprecedented volume of data they collect from hundreds of millions of people around the world. But the growth of government surveillance is by no means restricted to spies: Even ordinary law enforcement agencies increasingly employ sophisticated tracking technologies, from face recognition software to “Stingray” devices that can locate suspects by sniffing out their cellular phone signals. Are these tools a vital weapon against criminals and terrorists — or a threat to privacy and freedom? How should these tracking technologies be regulated by the Fourth Amendment and federal law? Can we reconcile the secrecy that spying demands with the transparency that democratic accountability requires?

This inaugural Cato Institute Surveillance Conference will explore these questions, guided by a diverse array of experts: top journalists and privacy advocates; lawyers and technologists; intelligence officials … and those who’ve been targets of surveillance. And for the more practically minded, a special Crypto Reception, following the Conference, will teach attendees how to use privacy-enhancing technologies to secure their own communications.

This is an all day conference. You can see the schedule HERE and tune in during any part of it. 

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