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On the way into work the radio had a British official on who noted that the UK hadn't had a terror attack in 4 years and during those 4 years in between British intelligence prevented 13 Islamic terrorist plots within the UK.
In a multicultural society where people freely flow in from parts of the world where extremists who read their holy words literally, is it not necessary to give up some privacy and freedoms to protect the safety of the public from multicultural events?
Some surveillance is necessary, however there is a fine line between legitimate surveillance and intrusion in to the lives of ordinary people and Britain seems to be heading across that line in many respects. The best example of a state where surveillance went too far is Communist East Germany where the hated secret police the Stasi continually engaged in surveillance of the entire population.
As for Britain, new laws allow the Government to not just engagde in mass surveillance but also to record and keep details pf phone calls and internet sites visited and this is is relation to ordinary people and not just those believed to be a threat.
BS when the guy shot up the Xmas party everybody asked- WHY did the FBI not know?- where is the intel?- how he do this and nobody knew? --- there are over 2000 threats a DAY... want to cut off your noses to spite your faces-
Today's war is INTEL- CYBER- Communications- media-
BS when the guy shot up the Xmas party everybody asked- WHY did the FBI not know?- where is the intel?- how he do this and nobody knew? --- there are over 2000 threats a DAY... want to cut off your noses to spite your faces-
Today's war is INTEL- CYBER- Communications- media-
It's a fine line, but there has to be some form of protection and rights in relation to the normal law abiding citizen.
Soon the Government will be able to track your movements through CCTV (the lates technology is facial recognition), ALPR (Automatic License Plate Reader/Recognition, Cell/Mobile Phone signals, tablets etc. Whilst vast cross referenced databases, they will be able to look at all your records from education, health, criminal records through to financial and credit cards and employment records, they will hold details of internet sites visited, phone calls made, they may even hold genetic records in the form of DNA but that's okay because it'a all for the public good and to keep us safe.
They can even hack in to our televisions, phones and see our internet webcams and images and hear our conversations.
Half of all American adults are included in databases police use to identify citizens with facial recognition technology, according to new research that raises serious concerns about privacy violations and the widespread use of racially biased surveillance technology.
A report from Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy and Technology found that more than 117 million adults are captured in a “virtual, perpetual lineup”, which means law enforcement offices across the US can scan their photos and use unregulated software to track law-abiding citizens in government datasets. Numerous major police departments have “real-time face recognition” technology that allows surveillance cameras to scan the faces of pedestrians walking down the street, the report found.
In Maryland, police have been using software to identify faces in protest photos and match them to people with warrants, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).The report’s findings, along with revelations from the ACLU on police monitoring in Baltimore, suggest that the technology may be violating the rights of millions of Americans and is disproportionately affecting communities of color, advocates said.
The political culture ushered in by obama has declared the ends justify the means. There are no legislated laws standing in the way of a regime attempting to install a repulsive ideology that would otherwise be rejected if openly presented.
Illegal surveilance is a must, just ask obama and eric holder who okayed and then falsified a warrant which had to be judge shopped before spying on journalists.
What the East German Secret Police (the Stasi) used to do was to gather as much information on those who didn't comform to society, they were systimatically discredit and fase accusations made about them or those close to them.
The Stasi would follow them, spread rumours about them, turn up at their work place and make accusations, they also faced being bundled in to the back of an undercover van, and taken to the Stasi Headquarters where they were totured and then imprisoned in one of the Stasi's own prisons, where torture and isolation techniques were often used, many were also labelled mentally ill.
The Stasi held vast files on millions of ordinary East Germans, they taped phone conversations, planted listening devices in peoples houses and apartments, took millions of photographs of targets under surveillance, iintercepted all communications such as mail and had numerous informants, so anyone who had a grudge against you could go to the Stasi and give them information about you, even if the information was lies.
On the way into work the radio had a British official on who noted that the UK hadn't had a terror attack in 4 years and during those 4 years in between British intelligence prevented 13 Islamic terrorist plots within the UK.
In a multicultural society where people freely flow in from parts of the world where extremists who read their holy words literally, is it not necessary to give up some privacy and freedoms to protect the safety of the public from multicultural events?
No. I have lived in various European nations and the level of surveillance in the UK borders on creepy.
When walking around London, look up. You'll see structures everywhere bristling with cameras. There's almost nowhere you can go on main roads in London without being on camera. Same goes for train stations, large stores, museums, government buildings, parks, etc. You're on camera all the time.
BS when the guy shot up the Xmas party everybody asked- WHY did the FBI not know?- where is the intel?- how he do this and nobody knew? --- there are over 2000 threats a DAY... want to cut off your noses to spite your faces-
Today's war is INTEL- CYBER- Communications- media-
Because they are collecting too much data. The sheer volume of it almost renders it useless if it's not targeted.
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