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> There are precious few countries where surveillance is only used to catch murderers and kidnappers. I think that number is down to ~0 after 9/11. The more re
by tpmx 7y ago
> There are precious few countries where surveillance is only used to catch murderers and kidnappers.
I think that number is down to ~0 after 9/11. The more relevant distiction nowadays is between countries that are performing mass surveillance and those that are not.
- NateEag 7y agoHow could you ever know that a country is not performing mass surveillance? It just takes one leak to show that one does, but confirming the opposite seems impossible to me. You'd have to know everything about every detail of the whole government.
- tpmx 7y agoThe technically competent countries are (probably) doing it. That's the best I can say, honestly.