Government eyes are watching you. They see your every move: what you read, how much you spend, where you go, with whom you interact, when you wake up in the morning, what you’re watching on television and reading on the internet. Every move you make is being monitored, mined for data, crunched, and tabulated in order to see who you are or what makes you tick, and how best to control you when and if it becomes necessary to bring you in line. Indeed, simply by liking or sharing this article on Facebook or retweeting it on Twitter, you’re most likely flagging yourself as a potential renegade, revolutionary or anti-government extremist—a.k.a. terrorist. Yet whether or not you like or share this particular article, simply by reading it or any other articles related to government wrongdoing, surveillance, police misconduct or civil liberties is enough to get you categorized as a particular kind of person that needs to be spied on just in case you decide to challenge the government in any way. Chances are you have already been assigned a color-coded threat score—green, yellow or red—so police are forewarned about your potential inclination to be a troublemaker.
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Show Notes
“On whistleblowers and government threats of investigation,” The Guardian
“The CIA is investing in firms that mine your Tweets and Instagram photos,” The Intercept
“The new way police are surveilling you: Calculating your threat ‘score,’” The Washington Post
“Exposing Bush’s historic abuse of power,” Salon
“Social Media Usage: 2005-2015,” Pew Research Center
“Philip K. Dick Warned Us About the Internet of Things in 1969,” Slate
“BCA agreed to FBI terms on secret cellphone tracking,” Star Tribune
“Judge Gorsuch on arrrest warrants and Doppler radar devices,” The Washington Post
“How many times have the cops photographed your license plate?” Washington Examiner
“DEA using license-plate readers to take photos of US drivers, documents reveal,” The Guardian
“9 Ways You’re Being Spied On Every Day,” The Huffington Post
“New surveillance cameras will use computer eyes to find ‘pre crimes’ by detecting suspicious behaviour and calling for guards,” Daily Mail
“A FINGERPRINT SCANNER THAT CAN CAPTURE PRINTS FROM 20 FEET AWAY,” Popular Science
“Police radar gun that shows if you’re texting?” C-Net
“First came the Breathalyzer, now meet the roadside police “textalyzer,”” Ars technica
“DOJ budget seeks funds for police body cameras, immigration judges,” The Hill
“A fight over access to video from LAPD body cameras is shaping up,” LA Times
“Your Samsung SmartTV Is Spying on You, Basically,” The Daily Beast
“FBI Taps Hacker Tactics to Spy on Suspects,” The Wall Street Journal
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