Techdirt Podcast Episode 166: How The Courts Created The Surveillance State

The US has been something of a surveillance state since long before the Snowden revelations that showed the full extent of some of the NSA's activities. A lot of this is made possible - often unintentionally - by decades-old court decisions regarding technology. It's a problem. This week, reporter Cyrus Farivar - whose new book Habeas Data digs into this judicial history - joins us to discuss how courts created the surveillance state.

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