Is the government watching us? Lots of Americans believe this and lots more suspect it. In 2013 a similar question was posed to the Director of National Intelligence, who gave an inconclusive answer that seemed to hide something.
A computer intelligence consultant for the government knew the government was in fact using social media and telecommunications companies to collect data about us. He, Edward Snowden, went public about it and there was an uproar.
So what if our government does have some sort of surveillance of us? Other countries certainly do it. But our American traditions don't approve because:
" [A] nation’s citizens should know what their government is doing for them and to them, and because of the hope that governments will serve their citizens better if they know that they are being held accountable."
Technology "has the power to . . suppress dissent . . . Too often, technology is being used to serve the governors [rulers], not the governed."
Other nations may be okay with that.
from Mind Matters
(cont'd tomorrow)
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