Uh, do the kids these days really not know about the post-9/11 Patriot Act?
How the US is turning into a mass techno-surveillance state
Submitted 3 weeks ago by Captainautism@lemmy.dbzer0.com to technology@lemmy.world
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FinishingDutch@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Bloomcole@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Well Obama ‘fixed’ it.
Made it even more draconian but called it the Freedom Act.
Shit like that works every time.FinishingDutch@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
God I miss the pre-9/11 US, when the worst thing happening was bad jokes on SNL about Bill Clinton and cigars.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Is there a word for when the media is constantly like 3+ years behind with “warnings” like this? I mean Jesus Christ, turning into?
xodoh74984@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
20+ years behind
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
True… Though things have accelerated at an alarming pace over the past few years
danzabia@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
Better that they cover it than not. And the recent ramp up is worth reporting on, it’s a new level of weaponization compared to previous administrations.
propitiouspanda@lemmy.cafe 2 weeks ago
There’s a pokemon for it.
wewbull@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
I’m sure German could do a compound of “spät erkennen” or similar for a late realisation.
mannycalavera@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
“turning”? 🤣🤣
You Yankees really do live in a bubble.
jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
what happened here
eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Somehow that was removed for Rule 3, I don’t see how.
Xanthobilly@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
[deleted]floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Definitely not a “all criticism of the US is literal soviet propaganda” coping mechanism
cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
That kind of irrational logic will no doubt serve you well. Enjoy your future!
qweertz@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
nice xebophobic take, yanqui (mb you should go home?)
brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
it’s already a surveillance state and both the red and blue party are complicit.
y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Uh you mean since like, 2001?
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
And by US, the author means the world.
nullPointer@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
kinda been that way since 2001
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Since a bit earlier or so I’ve read.
qweertz@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Turnin?! into?!
ok delusional lib
JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Where are all the “nothing to hide” people now.
WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 2 weeks ago
Probably realizing that Democrats can now trace who bought MAGA hats and they too have guns.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 3 weeks ago
“Turning into” lol. The USA and all their partner countries like the ones in the 5 Eyes program have all been mass techno-surveillance states for decades.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The 5 eyes countries are not allowed to spy on their own citizens, but they can freely share data.
Isn’t there an obvious loophole here.
elvith@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Shhhh… Don’t make it even more obvious. The fig leaf covering it is already so flaccid, that it might instantaneously turn into dust at the slightest disturbance.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 2 weeks ago
It’s almost like it was by design.
They also just spy on their own citizens anyway, because who is going to stop them?
propitiouspanda@lemmy.cafe 2 weeks ago
The 5 eyes countries are not allowed to spy on their own citizens
I mean, they do it anyways.
serenissi@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
wait US is putting surveillance on techno producers?
bricklove@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
Here’s a 20 year old album about it (it’s really cool that my favorite band is called ISIS. It’s neat how they broke up in 2010 but I still can only wear the merch at home)
teamevil@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Panopticon is fucking brilliant…hands down my Favorite ISIS album.
RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
We are already there
peereboominc@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
How hard did Musk press his fingers on his other hand? Or does his blood not flow that hard?
DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Are these people retarded? Did they forget Edward Snowden?
just_another_person@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Every part of the world is. It’s not unique to the US. Laws need to be passed to stop this.
kyub@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Yes. Unfortunately, these systems are also a great gift for any upcoming fascist regime (like the Trump junta currently) which will not only happily continue using the existing infrastructure but also extend it like mad.
Maybe humanity’s greatest weaknesses overall: the lack of foresight and the lack of wisdom learned from historic precedents. Everything’s always about short-term goals, ignoring any long-term disadvantages. See also: climate disaster.
Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Bet you $500 that the next democrat president won’t tear down the system and will in fact give even more contracts to Palantir & co.
CitizenKong@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s a capitalism weakness, not a human weakness though.
ogmios@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Laws aren’t enough for something of this magnitude. The general population needs to grow to match the much greater challenges presented by modern technology, or we’re going to descend into another dark age until we do learn how to behave.