Cover of Means of Control

Book · 2024 · Business & Economics

Means of Control

How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State

by Byron Tau · Recommended by 1 person on 1 podcast

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Shawn Ryan — 2 mentions
Discussed
“You're the author of Means of Control, which focused on servicing the intersection of corporate data gathering and government surveillance.”
Discussed
“So, I'll tell you about that. So, you wrote about a company called Glacier in your in your book.”
Other mentions (4: passing, ad reads, own books)
Own book
“Yeah, I mean, it's something I'm I'm interested in cuz it it grows out of my book.”
Own book
“Cuz like you mentioned, I I did talk to Glacier in writing this book and and a few other people who made hardened phones.”
Own book
“And I even detail in my book my attempts a few years ago to try to go buy a car without without a data connection.”
Own book
“...and I think I found Glacier and I found the people at it as someone who was trying to solve this problem both for the private sector as well as having government clients and and at the time I was I was kind of thinking about the fact that privacy was be becoming something of a luxury good...”