All Activities Monitored

Re:All Activities Monitored by gumby on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @03:56PM (#21529465)

For some perspective on this level of surveillance (and what it's like when the technology extends to the consumer level) check out this 21 year old book by David Brin, "The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Privacy and Freedom".

(Preferably get it from your local library, if you still have one, or a small independent bookseller.)

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Re:All Activities Monitored by JohnFen on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @07:27PM (#21531418)

I have a very hard time picturing how someone could have freedom without privacy.

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Re:All Activities Monitored by smolder on Thursday November 14, 2019 @04:11PM (#21539462)

I agree, and it's specifically because everything is hierarchical. If you have more power you are free to be more private than everyone else, and know more about everyone else than they know about you. The ideal transparent society can't exist without a level playing field, so it's not going to happen.

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Re:All Activities Monitored by howard941 on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @05:03PM (#21530122)

I quite like this recommendation and if it comes to pass as Brin envisioned it where everyone is a watcher then it'll be a Good Thing. I hope that's where we're headed.

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Re:All Activities Monitored by JohnFen on Friday November 15, 2019 @01:13PM (#21547201)

I can't see how it could be a good thing.

It might be the least worst thing that is possible at this point, though.

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