First the UK government announces it is going to record and store everything about everything you do, then Australia reveals its Great (Chinese-like) Firewall plans, and now it’s the Yanks’ turn.
Back in November last year I published an article entitled “Right to Privacy? Hah!“ The opening paragraph went like this:
“This is a story about something positively obscene that is occurring in the United Kingdom. But if you think something similar, to some degree or other, isn’t planned for you right now, wherever you are, then dream on — be happy in your ignorance.”
Well, it didn’t take long for me to be proved right about the imminent spread to other nations of this insidious Big Brother disease. [Click Here to Continue…]
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