The article highlights how heightened usage of monitoring technologies by the US government, particularly during President Trump's administration, has instilled fear among federal employees regarding data privacy and abuse. It focuses on Andrew Bernier, a union leader who has received threatening emails connected to his union activities, revealing potential surveillance on his personal data. Federal employees across various agencies report feeling anxious and hyperaware, perceiving routine technological updates as threatening. These fears reflect a broader culture of discomfort surrounding technological oversight in government.
This month, Andrew Bernier, a US Army Corps of Engineers researcher and union leader, says that he has received a barrage of menacing messages from the same anonymous email account.
The unsettling messages, which were reviewed by WIRED, are an extreme example of the kinds of encounters that workers across the US government say they have had with technology since President Donald Trump took office.
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