New York Times: Trump Invented the Surveillance State

New York Times: Trump Invented the Surveillance State

The New York Times runs a jaw-dropper:Elon Musk may be stepping back from running the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, but his legacy there is already secured. DOGE is assembling a sprawling domestic surveillance system for the Trump administration — the likes of which we have never seen in the United States… What this amounts to is a stunningly fast reversal of our long history of siloing government data to prevent its misuse… The…

US as a Surveillance State - Schneier on Security

Two essays were just published on DOGE’s data collection and aggregation, and how it ends with a modern surveillance state. It’s good to see this finally being talked about.