tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-672515173999750909.post8197626651809784556..comments2024-03-02T21:39:54.633+00:00Comments on Outcries & Asides Revisited: Google Minus.JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069822009799120415noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-672515173999750909.post-45301586464445292942012-08-31T12:46:08.905+01:002012-08-31T12:46:08.905+01:00Ironically, one of the present government's pr...Ironically, one of the present government's pre-election pledges was to 'reduce the surveillance society.' When in opposition, they voted against the previous administration's attempt to bring in an Act increasing powers to read e-mails and texts and listen to phone calls. Now they're trying to do the same thing. They say it's in the name of 'keeping us safe.' But at what price? And experience shows that such movements become obsessive and you end up with something resembling a police state.JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16069822009799120415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-672515173999750909.post-82075302319455630662012-08-31T03:37:16.154+01:002012-08-31T03:37:16.154+01:00Alex and I are at this moment watching a documenta...Alex and I are at this moment watching a documentary made in the UK, Disappearing David, about this sort of thing. You should look into it and watch. Very interesting. This guy is looking into all the ways the government tracks and keeps info about people via the Internet, credit card purchases, mobile phone use, etc, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-672515173999750909.post-29119505809168330952012-08-30T12:33:12.225+01:002012-08-30T12:33:12.225+01:00We have similar concerns over here. It seems the p...We have similar concerns over here. It seems the principle role of government and the police is to protect the system now. Serving the public is taking second place. There are those who argue it's the same thing, but I don't believe it is. It's a matter of emphasis, and if you go too far down the road of protecting the system, you end up with the kind of totalitarian state that western 'democracies' have always railed against. That's the direction in which we seem to be headed.JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16069822009799120415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-672515173999750909.post-34572036410468761652012-08-30T02:57:14.044+01:002012-08-30T02:57:14.044+01:00Here's another thing about Google that i'm...Here's another thing about Google that i'm sure you won't like... i just learned that they save all your Google searches for 10 years... probably to sell the info to ad companies and also law enforcement and the government, here in the US anyway, can access a 'person of interest's' Google search histories.andrea kisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03898121037672767070noreply@blogger.com