We're a top surveillance society?

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birdseye-cutout.jpg"Home of the free"? Try "A little freer than Singapore".

I don't see any evidence on the news or in my daily interactions that most U.S. residents realize that ours is one of the top surveillance states in the developed world. I didn't know it myself until I stumbled upon  a 2006 Privacy International report christening us an "Extensive Surveillance Society", a distinction we share with Thailand and the Philippines.  We're just behind China, Russia, Singapore, Malaysia and the U.K., all of which are "Endemic Surveillance Societies."

Don't you think if more us knew we were living in such a relatively restrictive society, we would be demanding our privacy back? The French are freer than we are, for goodness sake!  Shouldn't the Freedom Fries demographic be up in arms?

~~ Privacy International

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A coping strategy and advocacy outlet. I spend six hours each week researching, communicating about, and advocating legal and ethical responses to assaults on our shared democratic and republican ideals. My life has been nearly destroyed by the unconstitutional practices of politically/socially-motivated private intelligence contractors and the corruption and cronyism that allow them. When I first started this blog I didn't at all understand my sudden surreal/bizarre circumstances, but over the last two years much has fallen into place. I stay connected to the world through current events, the Internet and too much TV, but have been forced to live in near seclusion while responding to ever-shifting tactics -- from domestic terrorism to garden variety harassment. If it could happen to me it could happen to any if us. No matter what our political affiliations, we're all Americans, and must protect one another's dignity and humanity. All content on this site is property of Kyeann Sayer. All rights reserved.

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