okidk@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 11 months agoWhat is spying?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square223fedilinkarrow-up12.2Karrow-down1127file-text
arrow-up12.07Karrow-down1imageWhat is spying?lemmy.worldokidk@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square223fedilinkfile-text
minus-square1984@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up44arrow-down1·edit-211 months agoThey are even part of paying for the massive underwater cables between continents that all internet traffic runs through. They took everything over. It’s the most extensive surveillance network in the world.
minus-squareSolarMech@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·11 months 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-up3·11 months agoTo be fair, Google does release data to governments so I guess it’s both.
minus-squarevoluble@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoWe’ve always been at war with Eastasia.
minus-square1984@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·edit-211 months agoUsed to be a joke, now its a journey.
minus-squareResol van Lemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months agoDystopia has taken over.
minus-squareAlex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-211 months agoWho is accessing the cables/data has never been more important, it’s literally the difference between being in or out of reach of the law.
They are even part of paying for the massive underwater cables between continents that all internet traffic runs through.
They took everything over.
It’s the most extensive surveillance network in the world.
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.
We’ve always been at war with Eastasia.
Used to be a joke, now its a journey.
Literally 1984
Dystopia has taken over.
Who is accessing the cables/data has never been more important, it’s literally the difference between being in or out of reach of the law.