Technology is relevant in the discussion, because it is what makes surveillance possible at today's scale. Some technology promotes freedom by enabling free and

Technology is relevant in the discussion, because it is what makes surveillance possible at today's scale. Some technology promotes freedom by enabling free and uncensored communication: neutral networks, encryption, self-hosted servers. Other technology promotes surveillance by centralizing information flow: Facebook, Twitter, Google Mail, etc. RSS and forking Javascript were given as examples, because distributed communications infrastructures rely on open standards.