"1984" should be compulsory reading...

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On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 11:59 AM, Mark Kipyegon via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:

Is there evidence to support your response? It could be argued that advances in technology have made it even easier for big brother.

If history is anything to go by then we know that 1) mass surveillance is open to abuse and 2) it doesn't protect the law abiding public

On 8 Jan 2016, at 11:39, "Alex Watila" <awatila@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> My understanding is that the amount of data been generated by the internet of things has outstripped governments capacity to process.
> Government focus has then shifted to only processing data related to people of interest.
> Laws and conventions also exist to guide how this data can be accessed and processed.
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