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Google and social tech are ticking authoritarian Time bomb. Whatever information Google, Facebook, Apple etc have on you, and the literally thousands and I do
by AtlasBarfed 3y ago
Google and social tech are ticking authoritarian Time bomb.
Whatever information Google, Facebook, Apple etc have on you, and the literally thousands and I do mean thousands of associated internet ad companies and specialized databases have on you...
The government has on you. Actually multiple governments have on you.
1984 doesn't even begin to detail the fundamental level of information awareness that governments have on their fingertips of their population.
The entire infrastructure now exists in government. All it takes is an authoritarian executive to be elected that isn't an incompetent buffoon, Democrat or Republican.
So you're correct, it is inherently political. But it's not partisan. Google represents a political battle of fundamental democracy. One that was lost in the privacy battle 10-15 years ago. It is very, very doubtful. The privacy on the internet can be re-established in America considering the appetite of the federal government for total information awareness and the lobbying behemoths that big tech represent