Posted on 11/27/2014 6:36:34 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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 whove 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.
Introduction Julian Sanchez Senior Fellow Cato Institute |
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9:159:45 a.m. | Opening Remarks |
9:4511:00 a.m. | Panel 1: INTERNATIONAL SURVEILLANCE: FISA §702 & Executive Order 12333 Moderator: Charlie Savage Washington Correspondent New York Times John Napier Tye Former Section Chief for Internet Freedom State Department Marcy Wheeler Writer Emptywheel.net Laura Donohue Director Georgetown University Center on National Security & the Law Alex Joel Civil Liberties Officer Office of the Director of National Intelligence |
11:00 11:15 a.m. | Break |
11:15 a.m.12:30 p.m. | Panel 2: DOMESTIC SURVEILLANCE: Law Enforcement in the Digital Age Moderator: Jack Gillum Associated Press Faisal Gill Attorney & Surveillance Target Orin Kerr Professor of Law George Washington University Harley Geiger Advocacy Director and Senior Counsel Center for Democracy & Technology Chris Soghoian Principal Technologist and Senior Policy Analyst American Civil Liberties Union |
12:30 p.m.-1:45 p.m. | Lunch - Keynote Address |
1:453:00 p.m. | Panel 3: OVERSEEING SURVEILLANCE: Secrecy, Transparency, and Accountability Moderator: Siobhan Gorman Wall Street Journal Robert S. Litt General Counsel Office of the Director of National Intelligence Katherine Hawkins National Security Fellow Open the Government Steve Aftergood Director Project on Government Secrecy Federation of American Scientists Sharon Bradford Franklin Executive Director Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board J. Kirk Weibe Former Senior Analyst National Security Agency |
3:004:15 p.m. | Panel 4: LIMITING SURVEILLANCE: Congress, the Courts, and Technology Moderator: Ellen Nakashima Washington Post Elizabeth Liza Goitein Co-Director Liberty and National Security Program Brennan Center for Justice Matthew Green Research Professor of Computer Science Johns Hopkins University Kurt Opsahl Deputy General Counsel Electronic Frontier Foundation |
4:154:30 p.m. | Break |
4:305:30 p.m. | Closing Session Julian Sanchez Senior Fellow Cato Institute Julia Angwin ProPublica; author of Dragnet Nation |
5:307:00 p.m. | Special Post-Event: Crypto Reception Wine, cheese, and a hands-on opportunity to learn about installing and using privacy-protecting technologies for encrypted email, encrypted chat, and anonymous web browsing. Presenters include: Amie Stepanovich, Senior Policy Counsel, Access; and Matthew Green, Research Professor of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University. |
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It will never be legislated, but it will be approved for the government schools (you deserve a high speed internet connection) that will be allowed in the home ... thus ... mom and dad will jump on the cheap (or maybe free .. I know .. nothing's free) connection
It's for the chi'run, don'cha'know
And, of course, being provided by your (tax dollared) school, it MUST be regulated
I wonder if the government will try to monitor it.
I’m not sure net neutrality topics are included in the agenda posted above. Certainly, it will be discussed but it appears the programs center upon surveillance issues entirely.
A good chance of that.
The ayrabs didn't invent tequia ... and every political faction of the planet engages in the art of saying one thing and doing another while saying they are not doing another ... let me be perfectly clear ...
I viewed that video back about a year and a half ago. I think it took 5 or six sessions of 1/2 hour each. It’s long and comprehensive and thank you for the link.
"Wine, cheese, and a hands-on opportunity to learn about installing and using privacy-protecting technologies for encrypted email, encrypted chat, and anonymous web browsing."
If that is available online as a separate program, I'll include the link. Of course, these types of privacy-protecting technologies could be unfortuneate. Even in the best of intentions, using these types of privacy utilities would only make one a suspect, in the eyes of surveillance personnel. How the Patriot Act ever survives is beyond me. Facebook alone has conditioned American not to expect privacy.
Glad to see its going to be so balanced. /sarc
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