big brother is watching

big brother
@ledante (1086)
Taipei, Taiwan
November 12, 2018 4:52pm CST
I rarely get political in my work, but I couldn't stop thinking about how important net neutrality is and how big brother might be showing up a few decades late if our ISPs became content aware. Such a blatant violation of our fundamental right to privacy really needs to remain in a dystopian fiction...
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Faye
@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
13 Nov 18
I love this. It reminds me of one of my favorite movies "12 Monkies"
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Faye
@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
14 Nov 18
@ledante I did some research - I loved "Fischer King" and "Monty Python's Search for the Holy Grail" - but those are the only others of his work I know. Maybe I should look for more. Which ones of his do you like
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Alex Ledante
@ledante (1086)
• Taipei, Taiwan
15 Nov 18
@FayeHazel My all time favorite is Time Bandits, but most folks favor Brazil...
Alex Ledante
@ledante (1086)
• Taipei, Taiwan
13 Nov 18
Gilliam is a brilliant director!
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
13 Nov 18
I think those rights have been violated for some time already
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Alex Ledante
@ledante (1086)
• Taipei, Taiwan
13 Nov 18
There is still an expectation to privacy, but folks were shocked to learn that they could be tracked and even listened upon when their cel phones were "off"
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
13 Nov 18
@ledante That wouldn't surprise me
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Alex Ledante
@ledante (1086)
• Taipei, Taiwan
15 Nov 18
@arthurchappell who knows how long the government has been doing it, but then Apple got busted doing this with the iPhones...
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rsa101
@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
15 Nov 18
Yes technology is getting us hook in it just so we can be monitored more by whoever is controlling the net. Almost everything is already on the net already. They would just need to streamline it to get the data they need to.
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rsa101
@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
16 Nov 18
@ledante That is true. Although at times it may catch you eventually. I think technology is fast becoming intelligent already.
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Alex Ledante
@ledante (1086)
• Taipei, Taiwan
16 Nov 18
@rsa101 to be sure, anonymity will go the way of the unicorn in the next decade or so...
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Alex Ledante
@ledante (1086)
• Taipei, Taiwan
16 Nov 18
having different screen names on each site is an easy way to preserve your anonymity...
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
13 Nov 18
We should all be concerned.
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Alex Ledante
@ledante (1086)
• Taipei, Taiwan
15 Nov 18
California and some other states passed laws protecting Net Neutrality, but the rest of the nation is pretty horked right now
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