Jacob Appelbaum's 29C3 keynote on the out-of-control surveillance state

Cory Doctorow 1:13 pm Fri Feb 15, 2013

Jacob Appelbaum's keynote from 29C3 — last December's Chaos Communications Congress in Hamburg — is a riveting hour on surveillance, freedom, and the wild, criminal lawlessness of the NSA and other spy agencies. Jacob's factual, methodical laying out of the growth of American surveillance is brilliant, terrifying and enraging, and it left me wanting to rush to a barricade. Jacob's insights into how we are coping with the surveillance state and why that needs to change are terrific. Someone make a transcript of this, please.

Jacob Appelbaum 29C3 Keynote: Not My Department

(via Schneier)

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