You Can Be Tracked Through Your Tires | Official Preview

Summary by Krater

Investigative reporter Byron Tau discusses his book Means of Control, explaining how foreign adversaries and private surveillance companies collect and exploit U.S. citizens' location and commercial data.

From the video

Answers: How do foreign adversaries and private companies use commercial data for surveillance on U.S. citizens and service members?

• Commercial location data surveillance
• U.S. service members tracking
• Mass surveillance tools in Silicon Valley
• Automotive data collection and subscriptions

What it concludes

• Foreign adversaries have used commercially available location data collected from data brokers to target U.S. service members.
• Data collection on citizens is highly dispersed across numerous private companies rather than held in a single government database in Western democracies.
• Automotive manufacturers are increasingly adopting subscription models to charge consumers for features already built into their cars, such as heated seats.