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Bluetus

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4. The surveillance state.

Reply to Lochloosa (Original post)

Fri Jun 12, 2026, 10:30 AM

Jun 12

See Flock. There are lots of horrible stories of outrageous abuses with their data.

This is not substantially different fron the notorious totalitarian regimes of the 20th Century, except that we now do it with automation.

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I hope he wins in a big way RainCaster Jun 12 #1

Agreed PatSeg Jun 12 #2

Unfortunately, this administration has changed the way you can log into any government agency online ... aggiesal Jun 12 #5

they haven't asked me for that yet RainCaster Jun 12 #6

Any one could see this happening if they thought it out-but profits are more importaant Stargazer99 Jun 12 #3

The surveillance state. Bluetus Jun 12 #4