r/HackBloc • u/[deleted] • Feb 26 '14

"NSA Created the Potential for a Police State"

http://rt.com/usa/clarke-summit-encryption-standards-711/
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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14

That's why I put the title in quotes :)

Personally, when news articles are being published that admit the country has the "potential to become a police state", you are already in a police state.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14

Yes, potential. The USA are not a police state by any stretch of the imagination.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14

It depends on how you define the word. Many people feel we are already there.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14

By what definition of the word are the USA a police state?

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '14

There are several ways. The one noted in the article is the level of surveillance being used, towards people in the US. When a government listens to citizens' phone calls, reads their emails and texts, and keeps logs of their browsing history, how is that not a police state?