Vikram Kumar discusses surveillance

If you are following the ongoing discussion of mass surveillance in this  country this talk by Vikram Kumar, CEO of the Internet Party is essential viewing.

Listening to Vikram I can recognise all the signs he mentions of being subject to selective surveillance by the NSA/GCSB and can easily relate to his own personal reaction.

Nothing to hide, nothing to fear

Vikram Kumar on mass surveillance

 

Vikram thinks of himself as a technologist, a person who looks at technical issues from their interaction with society, economics, and cultural change.

In New Zealand he has worked with private sector businesses (Telecom NZ, Mega), government (State Services Commission), and not-for-profits (Internet NZ). Vikram is currently on a "career hiatus" as Chief Executive of the Internet Party till the 2014 General Elections. The Internet Party has been recently formed to advocate for a Bill of Digital Rights and New Zealand's digital future.

Vikram has often spoken and written publicly in the last few years about the Internet's opportunities and challenges as a technologist.

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