Blake Masters: Big Tech Is an ‘Extension of the Surveillance State’ (Page 1/1) sourmash AUG 10, 10:05 AM https://www.breitbart.com/t...-surveillance-state/ Blake Masters, the tech leader running in the Republican senate primary in Arizona, blasted Apple for abandoning its previously robust commitment to user privacy with its announcement that it will scan users’ photo libraries for illegal imagery. The candidate, who previously worked for conservative tech entrepreneur and early Trump supporter Peter Thiel, said users need a “new set of legal protections” to protect them from being “constantly spied on and exploited.” Masters previously condemned PayPal for its plan to share Americans’ financial transaction data with the far-left Anti Defamation League, calling it an “obvious pretext to suppress any dissent.” “Big Tech now operates as an extension of a surveillance state that indiscriminately violates your privacy,” said Masters.