The rise of the Surveillance Databases (www.privacyinternational.org)

submitted 1 week ago by moreeni@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Thank god we don't live in some ridiculous Eastern European mass surveilance red terror dystopia. Anything even remotely close will never happen under a democratic leadership

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[-] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 week ago

Op clearly forgot the /s.

If you think just because you live in a supposedly democratic nation that they are not doing these exact same things, you are either naive, ignorant, or stupid. Ignorance can at least be fixed by research.

[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

The databases at my company nearly 30 years ago were staggering at the time. I can only imagine.

[-] krolden@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

[-] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

Unfortunately this is basically every country, democratic or otherwise.

this post was submitted on 05 Nov 2024

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