Security and Privacy, Cyrus Farivar

Published: June 6, 2015, 11:59 p.m.

b'Show #88 Hour 1 June 06, 2015 | Guest: Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica\\u2019s senior business editor\\n | Show Summary: Ars Technica\\u2019s senior business editor returns to In Deep for an update on the tension between surveillance, security, and privacy. How private is your home with commercial and private drones overhead? What privacy toll is exacted when every vehicle in town has its license plate photographed and tracked \\u2013 with the information available for sale? What\\u2019s at stake in the current debate over the Patriot Act?\\nCyrus Farivar is the Senior Business Editor at Ars Technica, and is also an author and radio producer. His book, The Internet of Elsewhere \\u2013 about the history and effects of the Internet on different countries around the world, including Senegal, Iran, Estonia and South Korea \\u2013 was published by Rutgers University Press in April 2011. He previously was the Sci-Tech Editor, and host of \\u201cSpectrum\\u201d at Deutsche Welle English, Germany\\u2019s international broadcaster. He has also reported for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, National Public Radio, Public Radio International, The Economist, Wired, The New York Times and many others.'