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There has always been mass surveillance. Consider: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/tudors/spying_01.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/tudors/spyin
by rocky1138 13y ago
There has always been mass surveillance. Consider: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/tudors/spying_01.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/tudors/spying_01.shtml
- lukifer 13y agoBut there has never been the capability to capture, store, index and query every piece of audio and text communication, for all persons, forever. Comparing historical spies to the modern surveillance state is like comparing the musket to the A-bomb.