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Re:Palantir is using War on Terror tools to track American c... by pmlnr on Thursday April 19, 2018 @09:01AM (#16875512)
Definitely not, although that specific aspect - you _know_ you're being watched - makes life different, in some way, simpler. The rules are obvious, however, if they change, you might find yourself in a much worse situation, than in the West - for now.
Re:Palantir is using War on Terror tools to track American c... by gnode on Thursday April 19, 2018 @09:21AM (#16875661)
> you _know_ you're being watched - makes life different, in some way, simpler.

Arguably, what happens when people are aware of surveillance is one of the worst parts of it. Following the Snowden revelations, there were noticeable chilling effects:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/04/27/new-s...