Trendwatch Privacy, Security, Defense: March 26, 2020

The Next Web: Edward Snowden Warns that the Surveillance States We’re Creating Now Will Outlast the Coronavirus 

Temporary security measures can soon become permanent.      

MIT Technology Review: A New App Would Say If You’ve Crossed Paths With Someone Who Is Infected 

Private Kit: Safe Paths shares information about your movements in a privacy-preserving way—and could let health officials tackle coronavirus hot spots.     

Vice: New Earth Surveillance Tech Is About to Change Everything, Including Us 

New high-resolution satellites, AIs, and data tools are going to let us study Earth, and ourselves, in greater detail than ever before. That's going to come with "unthinkable" problems.      

Ars Technica: For the First Time, the US Space Force Will Actually Go to Space        

So far, Covid-19 has yet to substantially slow activity at the military's spaceports.         

Popular Mechanics: This Experimental Drone Could Change America's War Strategy

The Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie is tough to spot on radar and could be directly linked to the F-35 through an encrypted data connection to serve as a wingman under the pilot’s control.