Is there a word for when the media is constantly like 3+ years behind with “warnings” like this? I mean Jesus Christ, turning into?
How the US is turning into a mass techno-surveillance state
Submitted 16 hours ago by Captainautism@lemmy.dbzer0.com to technology@lemmy.world
Comments
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 hours ago
xodoh74984@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
20+ years behind
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 hours ago
True… Though things have accelerated at an alarming pace over the past few years
danzabia@infosec.pub 6 hours 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.
wewbull@feddit.uk 6 hours ago
I’m sure German could do a compound of “spät erkennen” or similar for a late realisation.
propitiouspanda@lemmy.cafe 8 hours ago
There’s a pokemon for it.
y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 hours ago
Uh you mean since like, 2001?
FinishingDutch@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Uh, do the kids these days really not know about the post-9/11 Patriot Act?
Bloomcole@lemmy.world 12 hours 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 9 hours ago
God I miss the pre-9/11 US, when the worst thing happening was bad jokes on SNL about Bill Clinton and cigars.
just_another_person@lemmy.world 16 hours 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 15 hours 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 15 hours 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 15 hours ago
That’s a capitalism weakness, not a human weakness though.
ogmios@sh.itjust.works 14 hours 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.
brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 12 hours ago
it’s already a surveillance state and both the red and blue party are complicit.
nullPointer@programming.dev 14 hours ago
kinda been that way since 2001
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Since a bit earlier or so I’ve read.
JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Where are all the “nothing to hide” people now.
WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 10 hours ago
Probably realizing that Democrats can now trace who bought MAGA hats and they too have guns.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 15 hours 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 12 hours 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.
propitiouspanda@lemmy.cafe 8 hours ago
The 5 eyes countries are not allowed to spy on their own citizens
I mean, they do it anyways.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 6 hours 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?
elvith@feddit.org 11 hours 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.
serenissi@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
wait US is putting surveillance on techno producers?
bricklove@midwest.social 9 hours 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 6 hours ago
Panopticon is fucking brilliant…hands down my Favorite ISIS album.
peereboominc@lemm.ee 15 hours ago
How hard did Musk press his fingers on his other hand? Or does his blood not flow that hard?
mannycalavera@feddit.uk 11 hours ago
“turning”? 🤣🤣
You Yankees really do live in a bubble.
Xanthobilly@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
You know, it’s funny, the only time I read someone referring to Americans as Yankees is when it’s a post-Soviet bloc troll. Such a red flag to me.
SinAdjetivos@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
[David Attenborough voice] Here we see the Yankee attempt to protect their bubble by claiming that anything which contradicts their perceived reality is the result of some dangerous foreigner.
However, while the Yankee does their best to isolate themselves from the perceived dangers outside, they are completely unaware that this paranoia is just one of the symptoms of the parasite that has begun to lodge itself deep within their brain. Without immediate assistance the Yankee will likely develop increasingly fascist tendencies before perishing in a rather gruesome manner as the other infected Yankee colony self destructs.
cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 6 hours ago
That kind of irrational logic will no doubt serve you well. Enjoy your future!
floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 hours ago
Definitely not a “all criticism of the US is literal soviet propaganda” coping mechanism
PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 5 hours ago
That sounds like the lazy thinking of a yank. With love from post-Soviet bloc, Canada.