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[–] RayLomas 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

It's silly. People still think that the any governments give a shit about their security.

All this bullshit is to maximize the control of communication. It's essential considering the incoming crises, which will be caused by increasing wealth gap between the owners of production means and consumers (I'm not saying workers, as with spreading automation and AI soon most of us will be unemployed). If they don't posses means to extinguish all sparks of resistance as soon as they show, they'll need to face a revolution, which might end up unfavourably for them (as sometimes army/police might not want to shoot their families).

The last sentence is probably also the reason why drones and automated weapons are getting so popular in armies/law enforcement. Such weapons don't ask questions, and can't revolt when given inhuman or illegal order.