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April 27, 2017
Why would a government want such a database? For intimidation purposes, of course!
“Show me the man and I’ll find you the crime.” Imagine that the following conditions were to be satisfied:
Liberty's Torch: The “Are You Paranoid Enough?” Edition
- All electronic communications is monitored and stored by the NSA or an equivalent.
- The storage technique is sophisticated enough that an analyst can isolate one particular person’s traffic in no more than a day.
- WiFi “hotspots” have expanded to map the entire United States.
- Commercial transactions, whether by dint of convenience or through the effective elimination of cash, have become entirely digital.
- Internet-enabled devices capable of monitoring and digitizing domestic conversations have become ubiquitous; at least one such device is “awake and alert” in every household, at every instant of every day.
Posted by gerardvanderleun at April 27, 2017 6:47 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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Right now I'm at about 80% and by years end I'll most likely be about 95% analog, maybe 100.
Posted by: ghostsniper at April 27, 2017 5:40 PM