Every part of the world is. It's not unique to the US. Laws need to be passed to stop this.

Yes. Unfortunately, these systems are also a great gift for any upcoming fascist regime (like the Trump junta currently) which will not only happily continue using the existing infrastructure but also extend it like mad.

Maybe humanity's greatest weaknesses overall: the lack of foresight and the lack of wisdom learned from historic precedents (e.g. Nazi Germany? Forgotten by now). Everything's always about short-term goals, ignoring any long-term disadvantages. See also: climate disaster.

"Turning into" lol. The USA and all their partner countries like the ones in the 5 Eyes program have all been mass techno-surveillance states for decades.

That's a capitalism weakness, not a human weakness though.

Bet you $500 that the next democrat president won’t tear down the system and will in fact give even more contracts to Palantir & co.

How hard did Musk press his fingers on his other hand? Or does his blood not flow that hard?

kinda been that way since 2001

Laws aren't enough for something of this magnitude. The general population needs to grow to match the much greater challenges presented by modern technology, or we're going to descend into another dark age until we do learn how to behave.

Where are all the "nothing to hide" people now.

Uh, do the kids these days really not know about the post-9/11 Patriot Act?

Same thing

The 5 eyes countries are not allowed to spy on their own citizens, but they can freely share data.

Isn't there an obvious loophole here.

Well Obama 'fixed' it.
Made it even more draconian but called it the Freedom Act.
Shit like that works every time.

it's already a surveillance state and both the red and blue party are complicit.

2010s global surveillance disclosures - Wikipedia

(en.wikipedia.org)

Shhhh... Don't make it even more obvious. The fig leaf covering it is already so flaccid, that it might instantaneously turn into dust at the slightest disturbance.

"turning"?

You Yankees really do live in a bubble.

Probably realizing that Democrats can now trace who bought MAGA hats and they too have guns.

Is there a word for when the media is constantly like 3+ years behind with "warnings" like this? I mean Jesus Christ, turning into?

wait US is putting surveillance on techno producers?