sag@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhat is spying?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square229fedilinkarrow-up12.22Karrow-down1116file-text
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minus-square1984linkfedilinkarrow-up45arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoThey are even part of paying for the massive underwater cables between continents that all internet traffic runs through. They took everything over. It’s the most extensive surveillance network in the world.
minus-squareSolarMech@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·1 year agoExcept that instead of an authoritarian government using it to totally control the learned populace, they are showing you ads. We’ve still got a way to go before 1984. If it did happen, you wouldn’t be able to discuss it.
minus-squareAustralianSimon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoTo be fair, Google does release data to governments so I guess it’s both.
minus-squarevoluble@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWe’ve always been at war with Eastasia.
minus-square1984linkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoUsed to be a joke, now its a journey.
minus-squareResol van Lemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoDystopia has taken over.
minus-squareAlex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoWho is accessing the cables/data has never been more important, it’s literally the difference between being in or out of reach of the law.
They are even part of paying for the massive underwater cables between continents that all internet traffic runs through.
They took everything over.
It’s the most extensive surveillance network in the world.
Literally 1984.
Except that instead of an authoritarian government using it to totally control the learned populace, they are showing you ads.
We’ve still got a way to go before 1984. If it did happen, you wouldn’t be able to discuss it.
To be fair, Google does release data to governments so I guess it’s both.
We’ve always been at war with Eastasia.
Used to be a joke, now its a journey.
Literally 1984
Dystopia has taken over.
Who is accessing the cables/data has never been more important, it’s literally the difference between being in or out of reach of the law.