What is funny is when we complain about other countries and their spying activities, such as China with TicTok.
No kidding, they simply copy us.
The roots of this “evil” web or lies, secrets, and loss of individual privacy as well as censorship were planted by George H. Bush.
The Internet was in its infancy and as President, but also the former head of the the CIA, he ensured that the regulatory framework was put in place that was EXTREMELY favorable for the intelligence community. It didn’t go to the people through legislation or the courts. You had politicians and bureaucrats making the rules up as they go, all to their own advantage.
Today you basically have a web of government and private sector intertwined organizations where everyone is providing a nugget of information or is a gatekeeper to control it. Telecom, Internet providers, operating systems (MS and many others), anti-virus, search engine, social media, everyone is a part of the system and you as a user have no true freedom to navigate information unfiltered nor privacy.
"NAH...f**k that, we'll just go after YOU!"
In my opinion, this is mostly an economic and standard of living issue - not a military issue.
It is difficult to envision NATO and Russia fighting a classic naval engagement in the Black Sea.
Remember, by posting here on FR you are probably going to be placed on a surveillance list.
Type carefully and review before clicking on ‘Post’.
And it has continued.
Buried in the J6 hysteria is that they used this domestic spying to go after Americans.
Interesting guy and good story.
Good reason to run a VPN. Yes, yes, you may not know what the provenance of the VPN is that you are connecting to, but that due diligence is on the VPN users’s shoulders to discern.
One of the ways God has blessed the United States was to give us people like Mark Kiein who would out evil at great risk to themselves and with no benefit to themselves. Thank YOU Mark Kiein for your time here on our earth... and bless your brother for sharing.
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