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3. Information is power

Sat Aug 24, 2013, 06:58 AM

Aug 2013

The government now has unprecedented power over our lives.

If history has shown us anything, it is that the powerful will always use their full power unless they are forced to stop.

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What surveillance really is, at its root, is a highly effective form of social control [View all] limpyhobbler Aug 2013 OP

K&R'd!!! snot Aug 2013 #1

That is a very important point that can't be stressed enough... Pholus Aug 2013 #6

When nothing CAN be hidden, "nothing to hide" rings kind of hollow. MNBrewer Aug 2013 #4

You can hide stuff by not using networked electronics. Pholus Aug 2013 #5

Information is power Chemisse Aug 2013 #3