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Watch out: Apple timepiece can grab snippets of conversation without both speakers' consent (www.theregister.com)
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War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Privacy is surveillance

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[–] [S] 71 points 1 month ago (2 children)

George Orwell only made two mistakes:

  • He was off by 42 years
  • The surveillance is conducted by the private sector in cahoots with the fascist state for profit rather than directly by the state.
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  • [–] 12 points 1 month ago

    The surveillance is conducted by the private sector in cahoots with the fascist state for profit rather than directly by the state.

    it had always been this way and orwell would have known that if he didn't buy into the propaganda.

    i'll be forever funny that COINTELPRO was active during orwell's time so there's a strong possibility that it elevated his work because of its pro-propaganda messaging.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    The surveillance is conducted by the private sector in cahoots with the fascist state for profit rather than directly by the state.

    Yeah, I don't think that's a particularly meaningful distinction. It's actually a viable definition of fascism itself.

    “Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.” — Benito Mussolini

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