Should Americans Worry About Mass Surveillance in the US?

If you’re wondering if your phone is listening to you…the answer is basically, yes. Big Tech knows your every move, purchase, email, and internet search, but data collection affects more than your Netflix queue and Amazon suggestions. Silicon Valley is cashing in on the government’s increased need and reliance on security technology. VICE News' Krishna Andavolu investigates this unlikely alliance of the Feds and Big Tech that’s ushering in a new era of surveillance, with drastic implications for privacy and human rights.

This segment is from the show ‘VICE’ which originally aired in December 2021."

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[rollingpebble]

We’re about 80 billion smart phones too late.

[TM-frgh]

They allow crime to justify surveillance.

[djangotrane]

Just to be very clear, in case anyone overlooked this, the surveillance is not on the billionaires. Their lives are more completely held in private spaces, and they have teams of lawyers to ensure they’re not being tracked in the same way everyone else is if they choose not to be. This is, ultimately, surveillance of working- and middle-class people.

[hisbigal]

No matter how they sugarcoat it, it’s still surveillance.

[jacobedward]

"we call it comparison because when people hear facial recognition they think survellience... it's security not survellience"

George Orwell is calling

[joshuabillingsley]

"If you have nothing to hide" is a literal Gestapo line of thinking.

Data privacy will be the forefront of modern rights discussions. We need a right to privacy added to the first amendment.

[frankly]

As Sean Paul Reyes would say: “they’re always recording us, but always seem to have a problem when we record them”

[jasonolszanicky]

I laughed
My Alexa laughed
The FBI agent on the other end of Alexa laughed...

[raysiris]

Americans: we want a secure border
American government: mass surveillance it is

[truthseeking]

It's time to STOP being SCARED. And START being PISSED!!! THESE GOVERNMENTS WORK FOR US. WE'VE LET THEM GROW AND THINK THEY OWN US.

IT'S TIME WE LET THEM KNOW THAT WE ARE THE ONES IN POWER - ONCE AGAIN. THEY WORK FOR US.

[joybeybeeluv]

Lies…….people don’t want to be spied on. Ask people who are free to speak honestly without repercussions…….

[MARDISTRONG-qvcx]

It’s surveillance, no matter how you wanna say it. It’s an invasion of personal privacy to be ourselves.

[CedroCron]

The most dangerous words ever said... "Yeah but I have nothing to hide". It's not about hiding, it's about privacy and data not being abused by the wrong hands that can access it. They can't abuse it if they didn't have it in the first place. REMEMBER THAT!

[iRenegade]

"Should Americans be
Put it this way - Manning, Snowden, Webb, and Assange are/were *ALL HEROES.* Point

[armadillospaz]

“Nobody wants big brother” says little brother

[asia]

As someone who lives in Atlanta, we are LITERALLY protesting these surveillance measures.

[redacted]

If government isn't watched but the people are... you're in a virtual prison.

[bradical]

I live in a small town of nearly 7000 with little to no serious crime.
We now have nearly 100 surveillance cameras throughout town.
Disgusting!!

[Hold_on_now_playa]

Eventually they will shut off your car if you haven’t paid your taxes. Sick world.

[chrisbell]

Loved the part where she admits to lying about what it is so people are more comfortable with it