Originally Posted by
Richard
Most will take the stance of ,it will never get to that point,but we saw it happen in our northern neighbor,in a matter of seconds and under the guise of quelling a protest,those involved,even those who supported them online were tracked down and had their accounts frozen and were visited by the police.
That was in what is considered a 1st world democratic country to some and went to a police state with the stroke of a pen.
You see the other post,there are 350 million people in this country,so does the 350 million give up their rights and privacy in order to catch a few crimes.
None of that actually prevents crime,it helps the police solve the crime,another tool in the tool box of the police choose to act want to solve crime,but they were solving crimes long before the infiltration of câmaras.
You can carry a digital jammer and cash and use a VPN but even at that the states were selling our information long before the internet.
It always boils down to what are we willing to give up for a false sense of security.
Hoover had a file on everybody,now anybody can have a file on everybody.