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Post by avordvet on Feb 18, 2015 6:05:32 GMT -5
Creepy, Calculating & Controlling: All the Ways Big Brother Is Watching YouSubmitted by Tyler Durden on 02/17/2015 22:25 -0500 Submitted by John Whitehead vbia The Rutherford Institute, “You had to live—did live, from habit that became instinct—in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized.”—George Orwell, 1984None of us are perfect. All of us bend the rules occasionally. Even before the age of overcriminalization, when the most upstanding citizen could be counted on to break at least three laws a day without knowing it, most of us have knowingly flouted the law from time to time. Indeed, there was a time when most Americans thought nothing of driving a few miles over the speed limit, pausing (rather than coming to a full stop) at a red light when making a right-hand turn if no one was around, jaywalking across the street, and letting their kid play hookie from school once in a while. Of course, that was before the era of speed cameras that ticket you for going even a mile over the posted limit, red light cameras that fine you for making safe “rolling stop” right-hand turns on red, surveillance cameras equipped with facial recognition software mounted on street corners, and school truancy laws that fine parents for “unexcused” absences. My, how times have changed. www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-02-17/creepy-calculating-controlling-all-ways-big-brother-watching-you
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Post by avordvet on Feb 24, 2015 11:33:10 GMT -5
Curbing Big Brother’s Unchecked Surveillance StateFeb. 23, 2015 9:00am, Edward Woodson As bad as the surveillance state has already become, it could get worse if Congress fails to act on new legislation introduced last week by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev,) and Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.). The bill, the Law Enforcement Access to Data Stored Abroad Act, or LEADS Act for short, is designed to balance the needs of law enforcement to obtain the contents of electronic communications with privacy protections for citizens in the digital age. The rules of engagement for acquiring evidence in the physical world have long been established to require court orders and warrants. For digital evidence, the rules have been a bit grayer. In this haze, the Department of Justice has taken the position that it has a right to nearly any digital record on demand. www.theblaze.com/contributions/curbing-big-brothers-unchecked-surveillance-state/
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