The Internet is a surveillance state

CNN ^ | March 16, 2013 | Bruce Schneier

[UCANSEE2]

They use the megadata .

Probably get it from this guy.

[AlexW]

“So how much does gasoline cost?”
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Probably about 4 bucks per gallon, but it is immaterial,
as a car is not necessary here, as in the US.
I see very few cars per day, and I know very few expats that have one.
I travel my town and go to market by bicycle.
If I need to go north or south to a big city, I take a bus that I can catch anywhere on the highway. I rarely wait more then ten min. to catch one.
That is for an air conditioned bus with airliner type seats, on-board movie and Wi-Fi.

[bronxville]

Exactly! I’m very nervous that many are going along with the BS these obnoxious media jackals are spewing.

[KrisKrinkle]

“I think you know that meant US government intrusion.”

Maybe. A lot of people on this forum write as if the US government is the only government and thus the only government that poses problems.

“As for the foreign governments that I have lived under,
they have not tried to dictate how I live.”

That’s kind of hard to believe because it’s not in the nature of government, any of them. It’s more believable that they haven’t tried to dictate anything you disagree with.