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.
“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.”
Well said, and that is it in a nutshell. But soon it will all be replaced globally with Musk’s new Starlink/Skynet system.
It’s a Big Red Club
and We ain’t in It.