The Verge reports on pressure on the U.S. government to reform the NSA’s surveillance programs, most recently from more than 50 cryptography experts in an open letter published Friday. “The value of society-wide surveillance in preventing terrorism is unclear, but the threat that such surveillance poses to privacy, democracy and the U.S. technology sector is readily apparent,” the letter reads. Meanwhile, the Republican Party passed a resolution at its annual meeting on Friday condemning the NSA’s massive collection of data. Stanford Center for Internet and Society’s Jennifer Granick writes on the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board’s report that NSA data collection is illegal.
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