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Politics
The Surveillance State
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Emcee:  Glenn Petersen Type:  Moderated
Introduction Compact
"Big Brother is Watching You." - George Orwell

"There will come a time when it isn't 'They're spying me on my phone' anymore. Eventually, it will be 'My phone is spying on me'" - Philip K. Dick

George Orwell's 1984 and Philip K. Dick's Minority Report may be two of the most prophetic works of fiction ever written.

When given the choice between...

Security vs. Privacy and Convenience vs. Privacy

...we have generally chosen to give up our rights to privacy.

As a result, we live in a rapidly expanding Surveillance State, a mix of tech-fueled surveillance capitalism, and more ominously, an increasingly omnipresent surveillance network feeding into our ever-encroaching governmental agencies.

The Surveillance State feeds on a diet of artificial intelligence, facial recognition technologies, online tracking, smart Internet-connected devices, land-based surveillance cameras, satellites, telephone tracking, video doorbells and digital assistants. Virtually all of our movements and activities, both online and in the physical world, in our homes in in the outside world, including our workplaces, are being tracked and recorded.

While many of us have voluntarily given up our online privacy for the sake of convenience, entertainment and social connections, with ramifications that we are just beginning to appreciate, the surveillance by our local, state and federal entities has proceeded with virtually no debate.

While China may be the poster child for the use and abuse of surveillance technologies, the rest of the world is following them down the rabbit hole.

Please refrain from any partisan bickering. This is a bipartisan issue.

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588You're right. Not emphasized but present. An imaginative regime could go to S. maltophilia-last Saturday
587In the video, the company showed use of some of their tech in a civilian capacitSavant-last Saturday
586No doubt it has civilian applications.S. maltophilia-last Saturday
585Inside the Breakthrough Israeli Surveillance Device. XAVER 1000 This device useSavant-last Saturday
584Trump knocks down barriers around personal data, raising alarm thehill.comRon1June 25
583I'd rather piss away a few *illion on food stamp abuse than piss away my priS. maltophilia1June 25
582Monitoring and controlling food stamp use...needs to be done....too much mis useSavant-June 24
581The Trump administration is making an unprecedented reach for data held by stateS. maltophilia-June 24
580Can We See Our Future in China’s Cameras? ...Here’s how it happens: All S. maltophilia1June 23
579Airlines Don't Want You to Know They Sold Your Flight Data to DHS ....TS. maltophilia1June 10
578Mine was kind enough to come in person.S. maltophilia-June 8
577ins. cos...yes, happened to meSavant-June 8
576It's a runaway code compliance departments. But unfortunately there's S. maltophilia-June 8
575ACLU Sues Sonoma County over Code Enforcement’s Runaway Drone Spying Program Savant1June 8
574Over 4 billion user records leaked in "largest breach ever" - here'Savant-June 7
573Multiply all those public and private agencies together, add in the "informS. maltophilia-June 6
572Facial Recognition Is Getting a Lot More Invasive Under Trump The tech’s mistakeRon1June 6
571Yes, R.I.P. Glenn banned me for posting Epoch Times and Babylon Bee articles. Joachim K1May 31
570Not sure but I think Peterson may be gone. Passed away? Not sure. I got banned fgolfer721May 30
569‘E-tattoo’ could track mental workload for people in high-stake jobs, study saysSavant-May 30
568.... “I assume there’s a fair number of community residents who accept giving poS. maltophilia1May 27
567From the private sector: .....Browsers are notoriously difficult products to buS. maltophilia-May 5
566Damn, these stories are multiplying like rabbits. Fortunately all fake news./s S. maltophilia1April 27
565No, it's not China: ....These systems ingest data from school enrollment rS. maltophilia-April 23
564Don't talk to strangers: This ‘College Protester’ Isn’t Real. It’s an AI-PoS. maltophilia-April 20
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