Government have convinced the public that all of this is totally benign and necessary for their own safety. All the while the real power brokers get insanely rich from it.
That is what conservative politics over the last century has been all about, wealth persuading poverty to use it's political freedom to keep wealth in power.
Wow, it's such a pity that Google 'spying' is so unavoidable............oh wait, I can avoid it and I do avoid it by not using any Google service and arming Firefox with a series of privacy extensions like Adblock Edge and Ghostery.
When you use a Google service you accept everything in their terms of service so stop bitching.
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On the post: Misleading Figures Used To Puff Up Importance Of Intellectual Monopolies In Europe
IP is responsible for the creation of the planet, and creating and sustaining life. All you plebs would do well to remember it.
On the post: Luddites Are Almost Always Wrong: Technology Rarely Destroys Jobs
Re: Re: Re: Operators vs call centers?
On the post: Luddites Are Almost Always Wrong: Technology Rarely Destroys Jobs
Re: Re: Operators vs call centers?
Crap pay, crap hours and dealing with nothing but crap all day long.
On the post: EA Hates You: SimCity Kneecaps The Modding Community
On the post: Comcast's CEO: As Long As I Keep Saying Aereo Is Illegal, Sooner Or Later Someone Will Believe Me, Right?
Hear that?
Where is Sir Richard Attenborough to commentate on this natural phenomenon?
On the post: NSA Has Built Its Own, Secret, Warrantless, Shadow Social Network, And You've Already Joined It
Re: Money well spent
Government have convinced the public that all of this is totally benign and necessary for their own safety. All the while the real power brokers get insanely rich from it.
That is what conservative politics over the last century has been all about, wealth persuading poverty to use it's political freedom to keep wealth in power.
On the post: Adam Steinbaugh's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week
Re: Re: Techdirt's NSA bump now definitely over.
On the post: Car Thief Tries To Blame GTA For His Actions
Re: And as usual Timmy denies (4 days later) the rather obvious associations
On the post: Car Thief Tries To Blame GTA For His Actions
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On the post: Court Says That Google's Scanning Email Content To Place Ads Could Violate Wiretap Laws
Re: IT'S SPYING, MIKE.
When you use a Google service you accept everything in their terms of service so stop bitching.
On the post: UK Government Study Tries To Gloss Over TAFTA/TTIP's Problems With Impossibly Precise Figures
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On the post: Court Says That Google's Scanning Email Content To Place Ads Could Violate Wiretap Laws
On the post: UK Government Study Tries To Gloss Over TAFTA/TTIP's Problems With Impossibly Precise Figures
Re: At least it's a change
On the post: Study: Claiming That Games And Violence Are Linked Now Linked To Violence
Claiming That Games And Violence Are Linked Now Linked To Violence
On the post: Pirate Parties Blocked From WIPO After US & Other Countries Complained That They Don't Support WIPO's Mission
All I have to say is, liberal democracy, my arse.
On the post: Copyright As Censorship: Using The DMCA To Take Down Websites For Accurately Calling Out Racist Comments
On the post: Yes, It's Fair Use To Mashup Charlie Brown And The Smiths
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On the post: All It Takes Is Two Words To Wipe Away One Of The Pillars Of Free Speech Online
That is going to become crucial in the coming years.
On the post: Surprise: Paywalls Cause Massive Falls In Number Of Visitors - And Boost Competitors
Yep
Hands up if you do the same.
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