{"product_id":"means-of-control-how-the-hidden-alliance-of-tech-and-government-is-creating-a-new-american-surveillance-state-hardcover","title":"Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eByron Tau\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou are being surveilled right now. This \"startling exposé\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e) by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist reveals how the U.S. government allied with data brokers, tech companies, and advertisers to monitor us through the phones we carry and the devices in our home. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A revealing . . . startling . . . timely . . . fascinating, sometimes terrifying examination of the decline of privacy in the digital age.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE SABEW BEST IN BUSINESS AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"That evening, I was given a glimpse inside a hidden world. . . . An entirely new kind of surveillance program--one designed to track everyone.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor the past five years--ever since a chance encounter at a dinner party--journalist Byron Tau has been piecing together a secret story: how the whole of the internet and every digital device in the world became a mechanism of intelligence, surveillance, and monitoring. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOf course, our modern world is awash in surveillance. Most of us are dimly aware of this: Ever get the sense that an ad is \"following\" you around the internet? But the true potential of our phones, computers, homes, credit cards, and even the tires underneath our cars to reveal our habits and behavior would astonish most citizens. All of this surveillance has produced an extraordinary amount of valuable data about every one of us. That data is for sale--and the biggest customer is the U.S. government. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the years after 9\/11, the U.S. government, working with scores of anonymous companies, many scattered across bland Northern Virginia suburbs, built a foreign and domestic surveillance apparatus of breathtaking scope--one that can peer into the lives of nearly everyone on the planet. This cottage industry of data brokers and government bureaucrats has one directive--\"get everything you can\"--and the result is a surreal world in which defense contractors have marketing subsidiaries and marketing companies have defense contractor subsidiaries. And the public knows virtually nothing about it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSobering and revelatory, \u003ci\u003eMeans of Control \u003c\/i\u003eis the defining story of our dangerous grand bargain--ubiquitous cheap technology, but at what price?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eByron Tau \u003c\/b\u003eis an investigative and enterprise journalist who specializes in law, courts, and national security. As a reporter for the Associated Press, he won a 2026 Pulitzer Prize in international reporting for an \"astonishing global investigation into state-of-the-art tools of mass surveillance.\" Tau previously worked at \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and Politico. A native of Holliston, Massachusetts, Tau has degrees from McGill University in Montreal and Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9.3 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 27, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53446761021747,"sku":"9780593443224","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/means-of-control-how-the-hidden-alliance-of-tech-and-government-is-creating-a-new-american-surveillance-state-hardcover","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}