Comment by newnewpdro
8 years ago
It doesn't really matter, if a business has the data and the state wants it, the state gets access to the data via the business.
The division is so trivially violated it's pretty much irrelevant.
8 years ago
It doesn't really matter, if a business has the data and the state wants it, the state gets access to the data via the business.
The division is so trivially violated it's pretty much irrelevant.
Securus is in the news today [1], an excellent example of how irrelevant it is that the private sector vs. the government is performing the surveillance. It's just information, information knows no boundaries.
But those largely cosmetic boundaries certainly play a large role in public perception and acceptance of living in a surveillance state.
[1] https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/gykgv9/securus-ph...