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A couple examples of how such a universal surveillance system might be used: big brother could identify the people who meet with known peace activists or polit

by sswam 16y ago

A couple examples of how such a universal surveillance system might be used: big brother could identify the people who meet with known peace activists or political rivals, find their meeting places, and disrupt meetings or capture participants. They could track a target user until he might travel to a less populated area, then dispatch someone or something to capture or kill him.

trafficlight 16y ago
Or you could just leave your cell phone at home when you're going on clandestine missions.
- sswam 16y ago
  In many countries, simply posting an article against the government / regime as I might do could put me at risk of persecution. If I ever turn my phone on at all, I am adding to my location history in these systems. These systems operate by tracking _everyone_ who uses a cell phone, and movement history is recorded for everyone by default. The people committing surveillance have access to information about my family, friends, favorite restaurant, places of business, whether I have ever masturbated in a public rest-room, the hours of the day when I am awake, and when and how I travel; and the same information is available for every other mobile phone user. Oh - he drives to work on the freeway and parks his car here, so let's put a bomb in it. I feel it's not an acceptable risk to publish or allow people, especially government agencies, to view my location history. Some people do already give this information to Google and/or Apple. I'm not too paranoid but I think they must be ignorant or crazy to do that. In the last ten years, our governments (Australia, UK and USA) have committed acts of war which I strongly oppose. If military conscription were introduced again, I would not cooperate. I don't want the authorities - which may not always be benevolent - to have such a very great power over me which comes from knowing my every move and my every contact.

by sswam 16y ago

trafficlight 16y ago

Or you could just leave your cell phone at home when you're going on clandestine missions.

sswam 16y ago
In many countries, simply posting an article against the government / regime as I might do could put me at risk of persecution. If I ever turn my phone on at all, I am adding to my location history in these systems. These systems operate by tracking _everyone_ who uses a cell phone, and movement history is recorded for everyone by default. The people committing surveillance have access to information about my family, friends, favorite restaurant, places of business, whether I have ever masturbated in a public rest-room, the hours of the day when I am awake, and when and how I travel; and the same information is available for every other mobile phone user. Oh - he drives to work on the freeway and parks his car here, so let's put a bomb in it. I feel it's not an acceptable risk to publish or allow people, especially government agencies, to view my location history. Some people do already give this information to Google and/or Apple. I'm not too paranoid but I think they must be ignorant or crazy to do that. In the last ten years, our governments (Australia, UK and USA) have committed acts of war which I strongly oppose. If military conscription were introduced again, I would not cooperate. I don't want the authorities - which may not always be benevolent - to have such a very great power over me which comes from knowing my every move and my every contact.