"... countries with a long history of Internet surveillance."
Pot, meet kettle. Seriously, how is this even worth a mention? The US invented wholesale internet surveillance.
Pot, meet kettle. Seriously, how is this even worth a mention? The US invented wholesale internet surveillance.
https://www.aclu.org/issues/national-security/privacy-and-su...
https://theintercept.com/2018/06/25/att-internet-nsa-spy-hub...
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/national-id-hr4760-biometri...
https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/26/16932350/ice-immigration-...
https://theintercept.com/2018/01/19/voice-recognition-techno...
https://www.zdnet.com/article/us-cell-carriers-selling-acces...
https://theintercept.com/2018/06/25/att-internet-nsa-spy-hub...
https://freedom.press/news/revealed-justice-depts-secret-rul...
https://www.eff.org/nsa-spying
https://www.eff.org/cases/first-unitarian-church-los-angeles...
https://www.eff.org/cases/jewel
https://www.eff.org/cases/hepting
https://www.eff.org/cases/smith-v-obama
https://apnews.com/d69a8e6db867477795f4152d0511bbf9
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/0...
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-security-records-fact...
edit: Why the downvotes with no response despite my comment being entirely relevant? If anyone would like to explain/counter I would be curious to hear their reasoning
You may not like the Chinese or foreign governments, but hacker news isn't a place to express that bigotry.
That's why they invented it, right? To make sure the political status quo does not change. That includes political systems in the US, UK, China and Russia.
That doesn't mean the US isn't performing the same level of surveillance/tracking, just that they aren't publicly picking up dissenters. In reality, if they were really worried, they'd hit you with a gag order and charge you in the FISA courts so you can't go public
https://freedom.press/news/revealed-justice-depts-secret-rul...