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OTOH, if its just public social media data, its naive to think that this wouldn't have happened. If Coke can access social media in realtime through a service s
by nemothekid 12y ago
OTOH, if its just public social media data, its naive to think that this wouldn't have happened. If Coke can access social media in realtime through a service such as topsy, why not big brother?
- a3n 12y agoThe theoretical answer is that they are a government agency and therefore answerable to us. If we tell them not to drive down even numbered streets they supposedly are supposed to obey that. Of course, we've gone beyond the point where anyone thinks they answer to anybody.
- nemothekid 12y agoYour theoretical answer doesn't even seem satisfactory. Given that you are American why should the German government be answerable to you? Lets say Japan's people are a-ok with the mass social media surveillance. Theres nothing stopping the Japan government from harvesting your (public) social media data the same way Sony does in order to gauge your interest in Playstation.