Information is power, when is asymmetrical, detailed, indexable and searchable. History shows how most dictatorships worked very hard at accessing citizen info

Information is power, when is asymmetrical, detailed, indexable and searchable. History shows how most dictatorships worked very hard at accessing citizen informations while keeping secrecy about their actions. Democracies are based on the opposite principle where public bodies are transparent and citizens are attentive observers. The same power struggle exist between people and corporations.