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Re:Writers Say They Feel Censored by Surveillance by kiba on Monday January 05, 2015 @05:15PM (#8841594)
To reiterate, the design of surveillance is population control,no more or less; terrorism is merely an excuse for technological implementation that was desired since time immemorial by the powers that be.

Counter-terrorism is a real motivation, but unfortunately the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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Re:Writers Say They Feel Censored by Surveillance by marcosdumay on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @11:52AM (#8845333)
Certainly, some people help the surveilance because they want to fight terrorism.

But the people that designed it would have designed something that actually helps fighting terrorism if that was the goal.

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