[–] 24231857? 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
This is what Westworld the TV show is about.
They provide all of these wonderful electronic devices to us, but the data they glean from doing so enables them to... what?
Learn about our personalities?
Copy them?
Predict what they would do under certain circumstances?
Any circumstance?
[–] 24231822? 0 points 10 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago
I'm an IT guy. One day while troubleshooting a routine issue I captured evidence of NSA capturing all our data (encrypted) between our headquarters and one of our European locations. I showed it to my boss, just to be transparent. She was SHOCKED and asked if there was anything we could do. I laughed and said no, just understand that this is happening. We all knew it was but I never dreamed I'd get actual proof.
[–] 24232838? 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
They did, there was absolutely no delay whatsoever. The only way I knew they were in the middle of our tunnel is their equipment replied to a trace route (with a 6.x.x.x address). Someone forgot to turn off ICMP on their equipment.....ooooops. They did eventually disable ICMP though.
[–] 24231527? 0 points 12 points 12 points (+12|-0) ago
This concept used to scare me but I concluded that they already have us sorted into categories anyway. Avoiding conversations and keeping quiet isn't going to change their minds. The last thing they want is for us to share information but there is no reward for those who do what they want them to do.
[–] 24232357? 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I felt the same way for a long time. But I stopped caring. Luckily for me I'm such an insignifcant spec on the wall the I'm below the radar.