tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018073541417646773.post7467653432201547775..comments2024-03-28T18:11:29.865-04:00Comments on UNDERNEWS: China developing system to spy on all its citizensUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018073541417646773.post-24098912749337127142018-09-21T13:45:58.870-04:002018-09-21T13:45:58.870-04:00That should be scaring us green, because the US ru...That should be scaring us green, because the US ruling class has everything in place for a similar system except the myriad of cameras, and they're the least-important part.<br /><br />NSA's exabytes of voice traffic is just a hideously expensive boondoggle, but this kind of system --a layer on top of the existing systems that already monitor our lives piecemeal-- is terrifyingly plausible. One big database layer to record all our associations and interconnections, and we'll find ourselves on the equivalent of the "No-Fly" list for every part of our lives.<br /><br />Everyone commits Three Felonies A Day (q.v.) and that's all the Really Big Chunks floating around on top need to box us up forever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com