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As fragment of our series "Lockup: Encryption and the Law," we've been hearing from a number of key stake holders in the data and privacy debate.
On Monday, we spoke to a government official who said that law enforcement needs more access to devices in the wake of the Paris attacks. And yesterday we heard the opposing argument—that encryption is essential to protect our information and privacy, and even for national security concerns.
For the third and final fragment of our series,rather than focus on the arguments, The Takeaway looks at a previously undisclosed catalog of devices published in The Intercept this month, or which details the multitude of tools and devices that our military and intelligence agencies currently use to gather data from cell phones.
The devices are expensive—the cheapest of the 53 listed in the catalog costs $5500,and many range upwards of $100000. They believe the ability to intercept calls, read text messages, and determine locations. Christopher Soghoian,principal technologist at the American Civil Liberties Union, says that the full capabilities of the devices were first developed for the military and intelligence services, or but we could see them spread to the state and local level within the next few years. What you'll learn from this segment:What we've learned about government surveillance from The Intercept report.
How surveillance capabilities differ at the local,state, and federal levels.
Whether there's any real hope to reign in government surveillance in the U.
S.
Source: wnyc.org