Can democracy survive in an era of mass surveillance and unbreakable encryption?
In short: As governments struggle to police cyberspace, a tension has emerged between the need for security and the right to privacy. This lecture examines the legal and technical deadlock following the Snowden revelations.
Professor Martyn Thomas explores the fundamental dilemma facing modern democracies: the necessity of policing cyberspace versus the judicial ruling that mass government surveillance is disproportionate. The video examines how the rise of strengthened encryption, a response by internet experts to the surveillance extent revealed by Edward Snowden, has simultaneously protected privacy and potentially weakened the ability of security services to disrupt criminal activity.
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