okidk@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhat is spying?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1560arrow-down130file-text
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minus-square1984@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoThey are even part of paying for the cables that all internet traffic runs through. They took everything over.
minus-squareSolarMech@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoExcept that instead of an authoritarian government using it to totally control the learned populace, they are showing you ads. We’ve still got a way to go before 1984. If it did happen, you wouldn’t be able to discuss it.
minus-squareAustralianSimon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoTo be fair, Google does release data to governments so I guess it’s both.
minus-square1984@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoUsed to be a joke, now its a journey.
minus-squareAlex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoWho is accessing the cables/data has never been more important, it’s literally the difference between being in/out of reach of the law.
They are even part of paying for the cables that all internet traffic runs through.
They took everything over.
Literally 1984.
Except that instead of an authoritarian government using it to totally control the learned populace, they are showing you ads.
We’ve still got a way to go before 1984. If it did happen, you wouldn’t be able to discuss it.
To be fair, Google does release data to governments so I guess it’s both.
Used to be a joke, now its a journey.
Who is accessing the cables/data has never been more important, it’s literally the difference between being in/out of reach of the law.