Crowds outside Studio 54, 1970s.
The programs of the past can be characterized as “proximate surveillance,” in which the government attempted to use technology to directly monitor communication themselves. The programs of this decade mark the transition to “oblique surveillance,” in which the government more often just goes to the places where information has been accumulating on its own, such as email providers, search engines, social networks, and telecoms.
Worth a read. The defender of the NSA policy seem to think this is a simple matter of privacy. It isn’t.
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‘Airport 1975’ - 1974 film poster
Well, not to people, but to creepy little critters with zeroes and ones running through their veins. Alexis Madrigal’s article on how he is tracked by 104 insubstantial monsters has become de rigueur reading for those following the story.
I’m still in a bit of a quandary over whether or not I…
life:
On this day in LIFE — June 12, 1964: In color: Ugly war in Vietnam
Notice how the early depictions of the Vietnam War always try to make it seem like World War II? This is especially prevalent throughout the John Wayne movie “The Green Berets”.
A cartoon by Paul Noth. For more cartoons from the issue: http://nyr.kr/10T5v01
The only downside to being a classic movie fan is having to listen to the utter crap people say about any movie made before 1960. Haven’t they ever heard of Pre-Code?
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