Citizens vs CCTV: State 'spying' sparks mass protests in EU

[Joanne98]

Run time: 03:02 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSNfgDxJo44   Posted on YouTube: September 11, 2010 By YouTube Member: RussiaToday Views on YouTube: 303   Posted on DU: September 11, 2010 By DU Member: Joanne98 Views on DU: 504

 

[ooglymoogly]

1. Watch out when governments use phrases like

"If you have done nothing wrong, you have nothing to fear." Particularly when it is governments like these who decide what is and what is not wrong. That was a major concept used by Nazi Germany to fulfill its lunacy to enslave the world under fascism.

It's good to see these Europeans have learned from our long gone American democracy; Something we did not.

[MikeMc]

2. More Surveillance

Google sends vehicles around to take photos of everyone's homes and streets, etc., for it's street view maps. The vehicles were recently discovered (in Germany, but you know they were doing it everywhere) to be simultaneously performing illegal surveillance and recording of the data on computers inside those homes. Says the NY Times, 5/15/10:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/16/technology/16google.html?scp=2&sq=google&st=cse


What use they could make with the data they were caught collecting is unknown, but they were performing illegal rolling wiretaps basically, of every house they drove past and photographed. It is interesting that the technology exists for this, and I never trusted their photographic drive bys. It's a private, for profit, big brother.


The governments have to know everything about us for 'national security'. On the other hand, the reason why citizens can't get any info on their own govs' actions, is 'national security'.

Ben Franklin's quote on trading freedom for temporary safety seems relevant.

[ooglymoogly]

3. +1 nt