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You should abstain from googling politically incorrect ideas. It is possible that the state will require searches for for politically incorrect content be logge

You should abstain from googling politically incorrect ideas. It is possible that the state will require searches for for politically incorrect content be logged and used to create a profile on possible dissidents.

gundmc 5y ago
What country do you live in?
- hedora 5y ago
  No idea what country they’re in, but the US government’s already logging such things: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/can-government-look-your-web-habits-without-warrant-senators-hope-n1207936 https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/can-government-look-yo...
- qualudeheart 5y ago
  American. Programs like this almost definitely exist in America. Even if they didn‘t, it would only be a matter of time for them to be implemented since it is in the interest of the state to monitor its population for behavior that could be dangerous to it. That isn‘t even necessarily bad! It‘s just problematic that it could easily be used for immoral surveillance. It‘s imo a good thing to identify likely future terrorists. It‘s not a good thing to surveil members of e.g. sexual minorities or peaceful dissidents. I‘m a recent immigrant, so I am sorry if my English sounds weird.
neartheplain 5y ago
Not an unreasonable concern. Remember Google's Project Dragonfly? They were building and testing a system which would not only censor Google Search in mainland China, but provide Communist Party authorities with unlimited access to search logs. They only stopped because they got caught, and enough Google employees caused a stir about it internally. The executives who supported this project and kept its existence secret within Google are still with the company. Who's to say they won't try again, in China or any other country? https://theintercept.com/2018/11/29/google-china-censored-search/ https://theintercept.com/2018/11/29/google-china-censored-se... >Locating core parts of the search system on the Chinese mainland meant that people’s search records would be easily accessible to China’s authoritarian government, which has broad surveillance powers that it routinely deploys to target activists, journalists, and political opponents.

gundmc 5y ago

What country do you live in?

hedora 5y ago
No idea what country they’re in, but the US government’s already logging such things: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/can-government-look-your-web-habits-without-warrant-senators-hope-n1207936 https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/can-government-look-yo...
qualudeheart 5y ago
American. Programs like this almost definitely exist in America. Even if they didn‘t, it would only be a matter of time for them to be implemented since it is in the interest of the state to monitor its population for behavior that could be dangerous to it. That isn‘t even necessarily bad! It‘s just problematic that it could easily be used for immoral surveillance. It‘s imo a good thing to identify likely future terrorists. It‘s not a good thing to surveil members of e.g. sexual minorities or peaceful dissidents. I‘m a recent immigrant, so I am sorry if my English sounds weird.

neartheplain 5y ago

Not an unreasonable concern. Remember Google's Project Dragonfly? They were building and testing a system which would not only censor Google Search in mainland China, but provide Communist Party authorities with unlimited access to search logs. They only stopped because they got caught, and enough Google employees caused a stir about it internally. The executives who supported this project and kept its existence secret within Google are still with the company. Who's to say they won't try again, in China or any other country? https://theintercept.com/2018/11/29/google-china-censored-search/ https://theintercept.com/2018/11/29/google-china-censored-se... >Locating core parts of the search system on the Chinese mainland meant that people’s search records would be easily accessible to China’s authoritarian government, which has broad surveillance powers that it routinely deploys to target activists, journalists, and political opponents.