Yesterday, I wrote about the logical conclusion of government surveillance in democracies. If you’re wondering what the end result looks like in the large, here’s the answer.
The most horrifying part of the linked story is:
- Singapore’s program is modeled on a proposed U.S. program (Total Information Awareness) that was too extreme even for congress. It was aborted in the U.S., although parts were secretly resurrected as other separate programs.
- Western security services have traveled to Singapore to study the system and, presumably, mine it for ideas.