okidk@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhat is spying?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down11file-text
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minus-square1984@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year 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-up2·1 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.
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.