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Originally Posted by oilers_fan
Doesn't this fall into the category of if you aren't doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about? I guess nobody likes people watching over their shoulders, but unless you are downloading child porn, I'd say you aren't going to be bothered by a visit from the men in blue.
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I suspect this kind of surveilance capability would have less to do with catching criminals than having the ability to wield totalitarian control and power over society. I don't think the system is too preoccipied with controlling conventional criminals in our society, like drug dealers, rapists, thieves, etc. If they were we'd see a system were victims of crime, not to mention the poor and handicapped members of society, would have more rigths than the criminal members of society. No, I suspect this has more to do with with control and power over society rather than law enforcement. Think of the marketing implications of this alone ... "the man" could track our online conusmer behaviour and either sell or exploit this info for personal gain. They'd also be able to identify and track political oppenents and dissidents, politicial trends, credit/debt trends, etc., etc. The credit and debt info they could gather would better enable them to maximize their profits through manipulation of prime rates, inflation and such. Nope, I don't trust this at all, and trying to couch it as a law enforcement ploy is just a mug's shell game.