Former CIA and NSA Director Michael Hayden said this week that the "private industry" of technology firms have become the biggest threat to American's personal privacy, not the government.
"Our technology and our ambition have gotten ahead of law, policy and norms and now we're struggling to catch up," the retired general said on CBSN's "Red and Blue" on Tuesday.
"All of our habits as free people have been built up defending our privacy against the government," Hayden added.
"Because it was always the government, and only the government, that was powerful to invade our privacy in any way we cared about. That's no longer true — the government's no longer the primary threat to your privacy or mine — it's private industry now."
The former NSA chief added that many Americans rely on the Fourth Amendment to protect their privacy, but noted that it only protects against "unreasonable search and seizure," which has had a shifting definition.
"I think we're due for a serious recalibration as to what it is you and I should demand in terms of our privacy, not just from our government, but our industry too," Hayden said.
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