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The Surveillance State

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Introduction Compact

"Big Brother is Watching You." - George Orwell

"There will come a time when it isn't 'They're spying me on my phone' anymore. Eventually, it will be 'My phone is spying on me'" - Philip K. Dick

George Orwell's 1984 and Philip K. Dick's Minority Report may be two of the most prophetic works of fiction ever written.

When given the choice between...

Security vs. Privacy and Convenience vs. Privacy

...we have generally chosen to give up our rights to privacy.

As a result, we live in a rapidly expanding Surveillance State, a mix of tech-fueled surveillance capitalism, and more ominously, an increasingly omnipresent surveillance network feeding into our ever-encroaching governmental agencies.

The Surveillance State feeds on a diet of artificial intelligence, facial recognition technologies, online tracking, smart Internet-connected devices, land-based surveillance cameras, satellites, telephone tracking, video doorbells and digital assistants. Virtually all of our movements and activities, both online and in the physical world, in our homes in in the outside world, including our workplaces, are being tracked and recorded.

While many of us have voluntarily given up our online privacy for the sake of convenience, entertainment and social connections, with ramifications that we are just beginning to appreciate, the surveillance by our local, state and federal entities has proceeded with virtually no debate.

While China may be the poster child for the use and abuse of surveillance technologies, the rest of the world is following them down the rabbit hole.

Please refrain from any partisan bickering. This is a bipartisan issue.

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617	A year ago, Oracle cofounder and chairman Larry Ellison described a future wher	S. maltophilia	1	October 6
616	Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens wil	S. maltophilia	-	September 28
615	...“Using software I worked on to send U.S. citizens to a foreign gulag withou	S. maltophilia	-	September 25
614	The lawsuit won't likely get far. You'll hear from the defendant how the	S. maltophilia	-	September 18
613	Yeah well they are suing over that particular surveillance...	Ron	-	September 18
612	Probably not unusual. I see one of these google.com at almost every intersecti	S. maltophilia	-	September 18
611	Police cameras tracked one driver 526 times in four months, lawsuit says yahoo.	Ron	1	September 18
610	The N.Y.P.D. Is Teaching America How to Track Everyone Every Day Forever ny	S. maltophilia	1	September 16
609	Exclusive-US warns hidden radios may be embedded in solar-powered highway infras	Savant	-	September 10
608	China's Secret 650-Foot Weapon is 45 Miles from U.S. Soil In October 1962	Savant	-	September 9
607	.....The breach shows in stark terms the security and privacy risks of adding	S. maltophilia	1	September 4
606	Maybe some court cases will clarify the most absurd possibilities, but not neces	S. maltophilia	-	August 12
605	S.....okay with some of that, but restriction on information about *menstruatio	Savant	-	August 11
604	The Facial-Recognition Sham Surveillance won’t make the internet safer. By Alb	S. maltophilia	-	August 11
603	"Every journalist in Gaza is writing his own obituary," Al Jazeera	kidl	1	August 11
602	Another source: ....The Tea spillage is emblematic of what’s at risk when we at	S. maltophilia	-	August 6
601	New Social Security Rule This Week Gives SSA Full Access To Your Bank Account y	Savant	-	August 6
600	... It’s clever to make the public case for verification hinge on the right to	S. maltophilia	-	August 6
599	Shouldn't be a surprise to anyone reading here. Police nationwide are embra	nicewatch	-	August 4
598	States Have More Data About You Than the Feds Do. Trump Wants to See It. Critics	S. maltophilia	-	August 2
597	Palantir Only one direct mention this year, siliconinvestor.com ,though it was	S. maltophilia	-	July 26
596	There are ways around it but almost impossible for one person in one place. Cann	nicewatch	1	July 26
595	There's been government surveillance, as you noted, increased since the Patr	S. maltophilia	-	July 26
594	Most likely they already know more about you! Do you use a smartphone? Do you us	nicewatch	-	July 26
593	....The bill release comes as Delta Air Lines announced on a recent earnings	S. maltophilia	-	July 23

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