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NBTV: Your Money, Your Data, Your Life

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The Importance of Information Asymmetry

In the aftermath of 9-11 terror attacks, governments increasingly relied on mass surveillance as a tool to combat threats to national security. Governments buy and stockpile zero-day exploits from hackers so they can get backdoors into any remaining data that's out of their reach. In such instances, any semblance of privacy that users might believe they had when interacting with private entities evaporates. And suddenly, seemingly harmless information like shopping habits, search histories, social media interactions becomes fodder for governments scrutiny.

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