The technologists that read HN have created a surveillance panopticon that will make it very easy for the state to go after unpaid taxes – particularly those wh

The technologists that read HN have created a surveillance panopticon that will make it very easy for the state to go after unpaid taxes – particularly those who can't afford the army of accountants, laywers, and lobbyists required to hide their income, offshore their businesses, or otherwise avoid paying their fair share. SV techbros will happily sell your data to whichever tyrant is paying, including the federal government. https://www.csis.org/analysis/surveillance-sale https://www.csis.org/analysis/surveillance-sale https://epic.org/issues/consumer-privacy/data-brokers/ https://epic.org/issues/consumer-privacy/data-brokers/ https://energycommerce.house.gov/posts/how-your-online-data-is-being-abused-to-surveil-you-and-violate-your-freedoms https://energycommerce.house.gov/posts/how-your-online-data-... https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-releases-documents-confirming-the-nsa-buys-americans-internet-browsing-records-calls-on-intelligence-community-to-stop-buying-us-data-obtained-unlawfully-from-data-brokers-violating-recent-ftc-order https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-relea...