Companies like Google profit enormously from data-mining of your personal searches, behaviour and habits. There is more money in selling that data than in selling a product. It’s surveillance capitalism. It really is a new kind of totalitarianism
ironically this is not what snowden brought to light - that was the government hacking and access everything, from which there has been little to no downside
the greatest threat to our society has been facebook, x, and all the other shitty media that has corrupted our democracy and aided totalitarians and monsters like russia
spying on terrorists has been a great asset
snowden is now just another russian asset
stone is a lunatic fantasist, but also a great artist
I liked the documentary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenfour
ironically this is not what snowden brought to light - that was the government hacking and access everything, from which there has been little to no downside
the greatest threat to our society has been facebook, x, and all the other shitty media that has corrupted our democracy and aided totalitarians and monsters like russia
spying on terrorists has been a great asset
snowden is now just another russian asset
stone is a lunatic fantasist, but also a great artist
Attention everyone screaming about tankies: this is the guy you neet to watch out for.
Watched it when it came out…can’t believe it’s been 12 years! Very good doco.