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Wednesday 5 March 2014

Living in a Prison Planet

Living in a Prison Planet


Living in a Prison Planet New Databases Threaten Our Liberty By Jimmy Mengel 2014-03-03





 And set a watcher upon her, great and strong Argos, who with four eyes looks every way. And the goddess stirred in him unwearying strength: sleep never fell upon his eyes; but he kept sure watch always. —Hesiod, The Aegimius The Greeks were the first to document the frightening idea of "mass surveillance" that plagues us today. For the Greeks, "the watcher" was represented by Argus Panoptes — a giant monster with one hundred eyes. His name meant "all-seeing," and he was employed by Zeus' wife Hera with the task of guarding Io — one of Zeus' many lovers. Read More 
 Living In a prison Planet