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He was wrong; we're having much more trouble with public (i.e. governmental) manipulation.
by wyager 11y ago
He was wrong; we're having much more trouble with public (i.e. governmental) manipulation.
- laotzu 11y agoSuch trouble would not be so feasible if it weren't for the centralized nature of commercial ISPs and big tech (Facebook, Google, Apple) in general and their collaboration with the government. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_(surveillance_program) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_(surveillance_program)
- wyager 11y agoI'd hardly call being forced under threat of imprisonment "collaboration".
- laotzu 11y agoWhether they want to collaborate or not is trivial. What is important is that they possess the information and tools for easy dragnet surveillance in the first place. Moving towards more distributed network tech like Mesh Networks is the only viable solution to dragnet surveillance I know of.