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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.

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536NSW.. point to point average speed cameras Mr Graham said NSW is behind otSavant-last Monday
535cancelThomas M.-last Monday
534The Dome Is Watching You A new arena uses facial recognition for just about everS. maltophilia-August 29
533Surveillance from individuals is a concern, also Full presser: Oakland CountSavant1August 26
532step 2 ...after the surveillance....this>> Democrats Weaponizing "No-Savant-August 21
531Glenn has passed on... so he won't be moderating here in the future.... restSavant-August 15
530Froze all of our credit accts today. (had to unfreeze them last month and spacedNeeka-August 15
529global surveiling and info hack Serious data breach, including, apparently EVERSavant1August 15
528Elizabeth Goitein: The House just voted against the rule that would have broughThomas M.-July 31
527Maybe the state should surveil the suveillants. .... “Companies should not be S. maltophilia-July 27
526'Flock safety' cameras give police extra help...and watching everyone, FSavant-July 1
525" will the same censors simply set up shop in some new organization withSavant-June 23
524Major Tentacle Sliced Off Censorship Beast With Disgraced Stanford Think Tank ShThomas M.-June 23
523Public servants uneasy as government 'spy' robot prowls federal offices Savant-June 22
522Why all the hysteria about AI danger? To justify government takeover and, ultiThomas M.-June 14
521Adobe joins Microsoft in admitting it's now basically spyware Adobe is facThomas M.1June 6
520.... Want to know where a driver is now or was parked two years ago? Just check S. maltophilia1May 26
519Inspector General Michael Horowitz testified that more than 3.4 million search Thomas M.1May 10
518IRS used AI to access bank accounts of US citizens: Rep. Harriet Hageman Rep. HSavant1April 11
517Buried in the House intelligence committee’s Section 702 “reform” bill, which iThomas M.2March 22
516Automakers Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies LexiS. maltophilia1March 12
515A Backroom Deal Looms Over a High-Stakes US Surveillance Fight Top congressioRon1February 14
514Amazon’s Ring will stop allowing police to request doorbell video footage from uGlenn Petersen-January 24
513MIT study exposes a new vulnerability in your phone’s light sensor *Apparently, Savant1January 18
512 Data brokers know everything about you – what FTC case against aS. maltophilia2January 16
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