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This is only if you believe that dragnet surveillance is not done on purpose, in order to control the masses.

• xwdv 6y ago
  Control the masses to do what exactly?
  • AndrewBissell 6y ago
    What not to do is the better way to pose the question.
    • mac01021 6y ago
      Ok. Not to do what?
      • mixmastamyk 6y ago
        Not inconvenience those in power. Remember there are enough laws that no one is in compliance with all of them. That leaves anyone unpopular at risk of retaliation. Therefore, the more data points you have on an opponent, the more control you have.
        • mac01021 6y ago
          Are you saying that citizens with a mind to criticize an administration/senator/whatever are regularly blackmailed into refraining from doing that?
          • feanaro 6y ago
            I'm not the commenter you asked, but I'm saying we don't know, we cannot easily know and we shouldn't bring ourselves into a position where we even have to ask.
          • mixmastamyk 6y ago
            Blackmailed? No need. Retaliated against, punished, neutralized, ruined, stalked? Often. - https://whistleblowersofamerica.org/2019/04/01/what-is-whistleblower-retaliation/ https://whistleblowersofamerica.org/2019/04/01/what-is-whist... - https://whistleblower.org/timeline-us-whistleblowers/ https://whistleblower.org/timeline-us-whistleblowers/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRS_targeting_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRS_targeting_controversy - https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/43kxzq/dmvs-selling-data-private-investigators-making-millions-of-dollars https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/43kxzq/dmvs-selling-data-... - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOVEINT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOVEINT - https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/danielwagner/she-told-the-dea-its-agent-was-a-stalker-then-things-got https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/danielwagner/she-told-t... - https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-us-government-employee-charged-computer-hacking-and-cyber-stalking-scheme https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-us-government-employee... Think you're safe at home? - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Ridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Ridge Think it is new? - https://theconversation.com/j-edgar-hoovers-revenge-information-the-fbi-once-hoped-could-destroy-rev-martin-luther-king-jr-has-been-declassified-118026 https://theconversation.com/j-edgar-hoovers-revenge-informat...
  • feanaro 6y ago
    Control elections, establish favourable policies, silence influential thinkers going against the popular order.