Posts Tagged ‘surveillance’

Moving into a surveillance society

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

Every year brings us closer to a surveillance society…

Some people say that they feel safer when they are being surveyed by the government rather then a private company. I feel differently. It’s much easier to hide from a company then from the state, and, a company can be influenced by money and shareholders.

Then there is the argument that you can use elections to remove bad governments, but a government is a government. They are all the same, they just follow the leash of the USEU and it doesn’t matter if they are blue or red. In the end, we’re the suckers, and the politicians just keep lining their pockets with cash, while your freedoms are being cast in the bin one by one.

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You are being watched

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

This story on boing boing points to an editorial at Forbes about modern cities. Worth a read!

I especially liked Cory’s Snitchtown. I have serious issues with surveillance these days, and Snitchtown mirrors my thoughts 100%.

Stockholm’s subway stations are lined with cameras. I counted around 20 cameras at my station. I wonder what they do with all that footage? Wouldn’t it have been wiser to invest that money in a few more security guards to patrol the subway at night?

I personally don’t feel any safer with these cameras. And the subway is still a shithole on Friday and Saturday evening when the drunk masses come out to play.

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