Mat Bracken, FR’s Travis McGee, is former military, a published author and a VERY knowledgeable person. When he speaks/writes its worth serious consideration.
Around 30 years ago I had a conversation with a young man who had recently gotten out of the military. He had been in Intelligence. One of those people who has to sign those Non Disclosure forms. The ND’s with real teeth in them.
The last two years of his service had been spent in England helping set up surveillance systems.
His only comments were “Big Brother is already here” and “Do nothing electronically”. Mind you this was 30 years ago when the internet was an infant.
By 1984 there was already the ability to spy on everything. The Internet just made it real easy to do it.