This is a great example of why those "whining privacy activists" go on about data protection, and against ID cards, master databases and so on. It seems like they did pretty much everything bad that they could have. People were classified as being "extremists" for no reason. Data was entered incorrectly and nobody cared. Information was distributed without clear policy, gathered secretly and not used for anything constructive except, apparently, to mark out political activists or anyone connected with them. Now imagine if that sort of "information" as it is now being collected and distributed on the national and international level. :m: Peace.
Really, there’s no much to imagine. It as been happening for over a decade, sponsored by US, Canada, England and Australia. Following several “Executive orders”, now is not only official but in a full swing. Funny, that when it was recently happening to citizens of Middle Eastern countries living in US, the population didn’t seem to recent it. Ignorant population don’t see what’s coming until it is all over their heads. …but, it will get worse, since our constitution had never foreseen excessive “executive order” abuses and the reverse gear it’s just not there! :m:
Big Brother I'm actually reading 1984 right now. And duly enjoying it. I think that the concept of Big Brother can be useful in some ways and harmful in others. Monitoring people who go to protests is stupid. However, I remember seeing something on the tele about a city somewhere in the US that had implemented cameras on or near every stoplight, so they could catch people speeding or running the lights, photograph their license plate and then bill them. In a few months the city made millions of dollars and cut what they were trying to prevent by two thirds. I guess, like any technology, it can be abused. Implemented correctly and we could live in a safer world, done incorrectly and it won't be long before we're shouting at pictures of Goldstein...
WTO The Seattle Police Department, in the wake of WTO'99, offered the sorry excuse that they would have been more effective in "preventing" violence if they had been allowed to spy on people in private residences without cause or warrant. :m:, Tiassa Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Omg he quotes this re: data protection and spying then links to a site that needs registration, rofl he doesn't post on the paranoid and conspiacy forums much then, he would get lynched for that one lol.
