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The Surveillance State

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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.

The Surveillance State: When Tyranny Comes Home

Life Inside China's Total Surveillance State - Wall Street Journal

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146	Shades of 1918 Wilson's Sedition act.	Savant	-	yesterday
145	Not specifically related to surveillance, but the impulse is the same: For Auto	Glenn Petersen	1	yesterday
144	The surveillance profiteers of COVID-19 are here 1: collect data; 2: track viru	Glenn Petersen	-	Monday
143	Saudi Arabia appears to be exploiting weaknesses in the global mobile telecoms	Ron	-	Sunday
142	When the current crisis recedes we will find that the Surveillance State is more	Glenn Petersen	-	Sunday
141	China's been selling it's 'See You Safe' program to other countr	Ron	-	Sunday
140	One giant step further: US government officials using mobile ad location data t	Glenn Petersen	-	Sunday
139	Tracking anonymized mobile devices from Spring Break, Ft Lauderdale, FL: Where	Ron	2	last Saturday
138	Bosses Panic-Buy Spy Software to Keep Tabs on Remote Workers Phones are ringing	Glenn Petersen	1	last Friday
137	As Coronavirus Surveillance Escalates, Personal Privacy Plummets Tracking entir	Glenn Petersen	3	March 23
136	The pandemic's coming health surveillance state axios.com	Ron	1	March 21
135	Some cell systems are overloaded today, and intermittently down..fwiw..people fr	Savant	-	March 16
134	Phones Could Track the Spread of Covid-19. Is It a Good Idea? China and South K	Glenn Petersen	-	March 16
133	Unless people are on the prowl for TP...lol	Savant	-	March 16
132	“Without the motivations of food and sex, most cats seem content to be homebodie	Glenn Petersen	-	March 16
131	How national security surveillance nabs more than spies By ERIC TUCKER Associat	Glenn Petersen	1	March 15
130	Surveillance knows no bounds.>> msn.com	Savant	1	March 11
129	Tech Firms Seek to Head Off Bans on Facial Recognition Microsoft, Amazon show s	Glenn Petersen	1	March 10
128	ow ‘Smart Tech’ Masks an Emerging Era of Corporate Control ‘Smart tech’ is a bu	Glenn Petersen	3	March 10
127	h/t zax Google tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home. That made him a s	Glenn Petersen	-	March 7
126	Before Clearview Became a Police Tool, It Was a Secret Plaything of the Rich In	Glenn Petersen	-	March 5
125	Hmm, wonder if the Russians have access to the streams? What could go wrong? &q	Savant	-	March 5
124	Through apps, not warrants, ‘Locate X’ allows federal law enforcement to track p	Glenn Petersen	2	March 5
123	The U.S. Fears Live Facial Recognition. In Buenos Aires, it’s a Fact of Life Li	Glenn Petersen	2	March 5
122	Utah Banjo AI engadget.com	Savant	2	March 4

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