It’s not really “the Internet” per se Assange is talking about, but the whole panoply of information processing technology once it becomes wedded to networking. One doesn’t need TCP/IP at all to do a lot of surveillance. And I think visions of total dystopia and domination are often as unrealistic as ones of utopian perfection.
Assange: The Internet Could Create a "Totalitarian Spying Regime"
Assange said the web could allow greater government transparency, but also gave authorities their best ever opportunity to monitor and catch dissidents.
March 15, 2011 |