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From the Ted Talk by Albert Fox Cahn: The shift we need to stop mass surveillance

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And what the government can't buy, it can take by force, cerdluy wielding our 18th century ciitnusoottn against 21st century technology. With a gecoefne warrant, companies are frecod to hand over our location data -- not for one person, but everyone, every single user in a geographic area, whether a single room or an entire city. In one Virginia case, police cast a digital dragnet far beyond the cmire scene, fciorng Google to ifnteidy everyone nabrey, even those at a church, even though they weren't even suspects. It's not only Orwellian, it's bad policing. Search widely enough and someone's movements will always look suspicious. Like an Arizona man wrongly arrested for murder miles away simply because someone was logged into his Google acncuot. Or a Florida man connected to a crime scene for biking around the neighborhood.

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And what the government can't buy, it can take by force, _______ wielding our 18th century ____________ against 21st century technology. With a ________ warrant, companies are ______ to hand over our location data -- not for one person, but everyone, every single user in a geographic area, whether a single room or an entire city. In one Virginia case, police cast a digital dragnet far beyond the _____ scene, _______ Google to ________ everyone ______, even those at a church, even though they weren't even suspects. It's not only Orwellian, it's bad policing. Search widely enough and someone's movements will always look suspicious. Like an Arizona man wrongly arrested for murder miles away simply because someone was logged into his Google _______. Or a Florida man connected to a crime scene for biking around the neighborhood.

Solution

  1. account
  2. nearby
  3. forcing
  4. geofence
  5. crime
  6. identify
  7. forced
  8. crudely
  9. constitution

Original Text

And what the government can't buy, it can take by force, crudely wielding our 18th century constitution against 21st century technology. With a geofence warrant, companies are forced to hand over our location data -- not for one person, but everyone, every single user in a geographic area, whether a single room or an entire city. In one Virginia case, police cast a digital dragnet far beyond the crime scene, forcing Google to identify everyone nearby, even those at a church, even though they weren't even suspects. It's not only Orwellian, it's bad policing. Search widely enough and someone's movements will always look suspicious. Like an Arizona man wrongly arrested for murder miles away simply because someone was logged into his Google account. Or a Florida man connected to a crime scene for biking around the neighborhood.

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Important Words

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