Americans Are Being Watched (and it’s getting worse)

[@SecondThought]

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[@agridley1116]

This is why we have duckduckgo, although it still isn’t enough

[@edwardsnowden8821]

it's no Wonder China banned all American apps

[@thing1of296]

Does Means TV have content or creators from Canada?

[@Mike-zx1kx]

Seems to me you overlook the Israeli connection completely.

[@ItsArtyTheFox]

It looks like your link only lets you sign up for the monthly sub, not the annual; just an FYI :)

[@abstrusepaladin]

Yet FBI when there's a school shooter: "he was on our radar"

[@Chrissamurai2]

All of them with Daniel defense AR surely just a coincidence

[@PikaPetey]

Turns out everyone is on their radar

[@barknbryce6993]

@@PikaPetey i am a fed and you are on the list. pay 500 or you are under the rest

[@dinamosflams]

​@@barknbryce6993but I want to be over the rest 😢

[@ColinPaddock]

“We know everything, but we aren’t going to use it in any way to help you.

[@definitelyhuman3512]

Don't worry! There's no way the government would ever purposely harm it's own citizens for disagreeing with it, right? Anyways, time to go do my mandatory reading of how America is super free and good and liberty.

[@prasadkashish]

Don't forget to read 1984 and call China and DPRK "Oh literally 1984" & "the Orwellian thing ever"

[@definitelyhuman3512]

@prasadkashish good call! Just in the nick of time for my monthly "liberty check-up", too

[@alext3811]

*Laughs in CIA*

[@wetrucken1689]

😂hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[@joao3547]

​@@prasadkashish are you saying north Korea isn't as bad as the west makes it seem?

[@zumoshiri2157]

And many Americans consider Chinese government surveillance to be "dystopian." We're along side then with surveilling our population by the millions.

[@recmuralartcommission1993]

At least the Chinese government gives their citizens healthcare and affordable housing 😭

[@therearenoshortcuts9868]

US government is just better at distracting from it / hiding it from public discussion

[@OwlScan]

@@recmuralartcommission1993 Tofu-dreg construction is quite lovely indeed. And they do have the world's shortest waiting list for organ donations!

[@alfredandersson875]

You’re actually ahead :(

[@armandoventura9043]

The thing is that China does it only with its citizens, the United States does it with a great chuck of the world

[@LoudSunshine]

Do not bring your phones to protests, do not bring anything that can have tracking software in it, including smart vehicles with their own operating system and wear masks

[@alext3811]

I assume airplane mode is fine, as long as you're an Android, preferably on debug mode, because you can directly tell what the radios are doing. IIRC iOS used to only temporarily disable radios. Bluetooth can also be used to do rudimentary location tracking. I know this because when I was in college a year ago I would use an app to contribute to open cell and wifi coverage maps because well I myself wanted a good coverage map. EDIT: never used the bluetooth scanning functions, as I was only worried about mapping wifi on my uni's campus, and cell tower coverage.

[@Rompelstaump]

Protests without strong organization behind it is just urination into the wind

[@danielaguiar9807]

@@alext3811 FED ALERT

[@LoudSunshine]

@alext3811 airplane mode should disable the surveillance from Google's apps, but still not safe, the airplane mode doesn't affect all functions on the kernel level of the operating system, and since Google turned most of the android's Linux into proprietary software we would need to do a jailbreaking into the cellphone first before entering a debug mode because you would need root privileges to use it, unless you bought a open framework cellphone with Android or Linux phone, or bought a phone brand that allows you to do it, which are pretty rare these days, idk about iphones tho

[@aniya8759]

​@@alext3811Buying a Faraday bag is also an option. However, it's better to just leave your phone at home completely. Get a burner with 2 emergency contacts for the day of.

[@longshank59]

When the Patriot Act went into force I worked at company that sold leads to insurance agents. May not seem like much but the info at our disposal was astronomical. When woman became pregnant we'd sell parents Life Insurance. The data that this country has on us is unfathomable

[@ErutaniaRose]

Yeah….I still know people who assume nobody will be tracking periods. I’m nit taking chances.

[@masterofalltrades_]

we really are approaching a cyberpunk dystopia

[@podtherod9304]

@@masterofalltrades_already in it

[@SoRiveting]

@@masterofalltrades_we’ve BEEN in it.

[@Support_Ad_Blocker]

The Patriot Act was written before 911 was executed.....

[@D4rk4ng3l83]

And the German government was afraid that the country was being monitored by Chinese telecommunications hardware. What a laugh we had.

[@masterofalltrades_]

The Snowden files revealed that multiple Western governments engage in such mass surveillance. It is wild how citizens of Western countries believe the notion about China engaging in such mass surveillance but ignore their own government doing the same.

[@supermold]

two wrongs don't make a right

[@laurenz323]

As long as its the US conglomerate its okay. Its just for the safety

[@prolbunny756]

western european nations might as well be satellite states for the US we control their military and economy and markets, and do constant aggressive spying against their people and government If I was european, i would want the US and its psychotic security state out kick the BlackRock corporation out

[@D4rk4ng3l83]

@@laurenz323 Whose security? That of the people or rather that of the ruling exploitative system?

[@erikkennedy8725]

Orwell was wrong. Big Brother isn't the screen on the wall. He's being carried around in millions of pockets.

[@AngieDeAguirre]

Yeah... Big Brother was not the screen in the wall in 1984 either... I think you should give it another read. The screen was a distraction. Big Brother was something else. Big Brother was everyone because it was talking about how civilian people become extensions of authoritarian governments. So, in a way... Big Brother was everyone. Just like carrying phones...

[@Contessa6363]

I have said that forever

[@loganb3032]

This is a very silly thing to say. Big Brother is the screen on the wall, manufacturing consent. The media is part of the same apparatus.

[@bizzarostormy]

Other than a mass solar storm and Putin talking about getting rid of the satellites, I have not heard of any way this would be undone.

[@storungz]

@@bizzarostormy dude you are totally right! That's what we need! A super charged, gigantic solar flare!! According to Google, our Sun reached Solar Maximum, the part of the Sun's 11-year cycle where solar flares are abundant and more powerful than usual, on 15-Oct 2024 and this could last for an entire year. Just 2 days ago we had a solar flare that was category "X2.3" triggering radio blackouts. This also happened a week prior on Halloween.

[@Discovery_Nuggets]

Every video in this channel is very important for humanity

[@SecondThought]

Thanks so much! We try our best

[@geoffreymartin6363]

Always my go to for sending to newbies. Hey JT if you're ever wanting video ideas, I'd love one on "socialists throughout history". I've used the line "most people you learned about in early school as being smart, important or creative, they're all socialist" mentioning MLK Jr, Einstein, and Picasso etc and I've not found a video that really pushes how they obfuscate this shit so early in our education. Thanks for yet another banger video either way

[@hellomynamesnino8932]

@@SecondThought hey jt, ​ @geoffreymartin6363'idea is really good, a video about famous smart people who where less famously communists. Like Einstein, mlk, malcomx, etc. I think it would be a great way to convert baby leftists.

[@OliverNorth9729]

​@@SecondThoughtDon't you think that may be sad too?

[@LEANDRE97]

@@geoffreymartin6363don’t forget Tupac, Fred Hampton, Rosa Luxembourg, J Robert Oppenheimer

[@masterofalltrades_]

This is the same case in London and UK. It is wild how citizens of Western countries believe the notion about China engaging in such mass surveillance but ignoring their own government doing the same.

[@ChrisSmith-bh2hg]

I think I heard that behind North Korea and Russia, the UK is the 3rd most heavily surveilled nation on Earth.

[@ihatecabbage7270]

because we Americans gotta blame somebody, or it's our own fault.

[@yawninghamster7238]

@@ihatecabbage7270 God forbid anything be Murica's fault. We're God's chosen people! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@BosberaadW]

@@ChrisSmith-bh2hg London I think is the most surveilled city on the planet, even more than Beijing, New York is also not far from the top

[@brightonkenny6491]

I guess it’s the same in Hungary , and probably all over the world , for that matter …

[@derptomistic]

"We're sorry but because you don't keep your phone perpetually above 90% we're going to have to decline your application for an apartment"

[@chancefoxhauck475]

literaly

[@imafish9070]

Sorry, you have too many tabs open at once we can’t offer you this job

[@SamuelSchultz19]

LOL😂😂

[@Male_Parent]

But I use battery protection on my phone so it only charges to 80%... 💀

[@raulvidal2343]

With Elon and Zuckerberg supporting Trump, I don't see how anyone can claim conservatives are against establishment and big tech.

[@katiekane5247]

It's how "patriots" will accept further surveillance 😕 Didn't you wonder why they were making immigration such a mess?

[@lynxthewise7233]

against establishment and big tech - that doesn't suit them.

[@pedecadonstudios714]

The idiots will continue to breay.

[@williampena197]

The GOP had sold its soul a long time ago, some people realized when the tangerine tyrant was heavily supported, some realized afterwards when he won, some never realized, some fall victim

[@AustinXaine]

But muh gas prices 😢

[@PrekiFromPoland]

They'll say - but this is crucial to... "our democracy".

[@JoseAlfonsoContreras-g9l]

*Freedom

[@gabrielmaroto18]

I hear so many people say I don’t mind being recorded or watched or surveilled. I’m not committing any crimes. What about the people who are committing crimes who are being watched surveilled and surveillance and not punished? What is the point of all this surveillance if the guilty continues to get away with their crimes in the Innocent are just watched.

[@MUSHIN_888]

The government and politicians are the real criminals

[@Celis.C]

Which democracy? It wouldn't surprise me if the orange monkey will remove the right to vote, not that voting did anything.

[@hectorvega621]

My response: "Whose Democracy?"

[@Mr.MasterOfTheMonsters]

The phrase: "I don't mind being spied on because I have never committed a crime" is as ignorant as it is revealing of someone's beliefs. There are thousands of people in jail that didn't break the law either. Unless you consider poverty, being non-white or standing for your rights as crimes... which I guess a lot of people do. (I just noticed KZbin unsubscribed me from this chanel. It's the firts time it happens to me)

[@sentientnatalie]

Yeah, YT will 100% stealth-unsub people randomly, it's very scary!

[@SuperFlashDriver]

If you don't want to lose your favorite channels, make a bookmark folder of KZbin Pages To Save, and then bookmark the channel, so you don't end up losing it.

[@abiliv-lf9tz]

KZbin can what? 😢

[@VVVVV99611]

@@sentientnatalie Both KZbin & Facebook has been doing things like this since 2016. I don't have anything else to say about it.

[@Cinapie]

Always remember to wear a mask when protesting!

[@arealhuman826]

and dont bring your phone, they track those too

[@loorthedarkelf8353]

Wear a mask Leave your phone at home Cover tattoos Wear generic and bulky clothes.

[@Marcelini1989]

​@@arealhuman826And how will you call a lawyer or your family without it?

[@loorthedarkelf8353]

​@@Marcelini1989if they were going to help, we wouldn't be dealing with this.

[@wcjerky]

@@loorthedarkelf8353 Remember, when attempted to be arrested or arrested, the only correct responses are: 'am I being charged with a crime?' and 'I WANT a lawyer.' Otherwise, say nothing. Remain compliant and polite; don't feed fuel to the fire. EDIT: I am not legal counsel.

[@renee1390]

My laptop will literally not stop asking for location permission.

[@secretweapon8367]

bro, please, like, don't, like, abuse the, like, word, like, "literally".

[@ColinPaddock]

Having had the same experience, he is not misusing the word literally.

[@secretweapon8367]

@@ColinPaddock if something is literally "not stopping", then it is doing something constantly, automatically, and without pause. both of you need to read a dictionary.

[@dcorgard]

Ha! They have that data at all times... if you're plugged into the internet, they know your location. And phones - obviously with GPS. The "Location On" is for some applications - not the government - they give no option to opt out.

[@renee1390]

@ oh yeah, I for sure wasn’t like “THE GOVERNMENT IS STEALING MY DATA” tinfoil hat way but more of like an “ugh, they’re doing it again, the ol’ routine” type way. Also I’m just annoyed it keeps popping up lmao

[@avalosalex1993]

My parents are retiring to Mexico in less than 5 years. They were born over there and had high hopes when they came to live here and make a living but they have slowly realized that this country isn’t what it is with all the craziness going on at the federal and state levels

[@x1Blz]

I mean, America has its own atmosphere, beautiful nature and also some really nice people, you can live well there, if you have a decent amount of money and there is a huge consumer industry, but there are so many negative points, everything I have listed has its downsides and the longer you are there, the more you become aware of that. I am happy to be in Europe in a socially liberal state with healthcare-system, even if we also have problems, it is not as bad as in America and above all the value system is different.

[@gewitterhund3164]

People without smartphone are now suspicious by default. (You can't do shit without them already anyway)

[@avalosalex1993]

I’ve never thought about it like that…my dad still doesn’t have one and he does fine as long as he buys local and carries cash at all times. He says it’s annoying to carry a cellphone lol

[@gewitterhund3164]

He's smart. 🙂

[@vulcanfeline]

i've never had one and never will

[@nikobellic8002]

I had one and sold it.

[@naomibousson]

I was disgusted when I opened the iNaturalist app a while back and got a pop-up saying that if I wanted to continue using the app I would have to agree to the US government tracking and storing my data. I'm not even American.

[@josephcarland]

If you were in the US. You would'nt even get that message. 😂

[@jackagnell4781]

Bro what I never got that message. Witerawwy 1984

[@loorthedarkelf8353]

... welp that explains a lot. Hi, I'm autistic, with extreme auditory sensitivity. Those ring tones that came out in the early aughts that kids could hear but adults couldn't? Stabbed my brain like a hot needle. I've always felt uncomfy in cities around the world. Part of it is overstim and crowd crush, but it got worse in 2010. Driving through NYC to see my sister caused such intense distress I had to rely on my partner for such trips. If cities are using infrasound to get more clever about location tracking, it would explain why I cannot stand to be anywhere near a major population center.

[@tylerblue9691]

Thats so unfortunate but also kinda cool, it’s like you have a super power! You’re not missing out much with cities anyways- I used to go a lot as a kid and now I don’t at all. Loud, smokers everywhere, not worth it.

[@loorthedarkelf8353]

​@@tylerblue9691in some ways, yes. In other ways its deeply fustrating cause when I saw Ow people tell me I'm lying or over reacting.

[@akhsanarrazi7825]

​@@tylerblue9691not to mention everything is expensive in big cities

[@117harper]

You can’t hear it. Autism isn’t a super power for hearing. Humans can’t feel or hear it.

[@ErutaniaRose]

For real! I’m AuDHD and between car sounds and beeping, cities are hell to me. European cities with less felt so much nicer, and had places to escape any noise that were walkable and full of shops. Miss that.

[@mitochondria558]

Well now I understand what Google is fucking useless nowadays. Literally cannot find just things that are old or niche that I'm trying to look up, because it's just mountains of ads for what they think I mean, instead of the actual niche thing that I'm looking for even when I put it in quotes.

[@Marcelini1989]

This. Any worthy searches start at 3rd, 5th or further pages.

[@mitochondria558]

@Marcelini1989 seeing the full scope of the story, I'm surprised it took 20 years for that to happen lol

[@Pickn4Gold]

I never had problems with using quotes in a search engine until this summer, it blew my mind. Technology isn't getting better, it's just flashier so people think it's better.

[@fueyo2229]

I had to create a new account so I could look up info for my uni project since it would show me random crap vaguely related to my past searches instead of what I was looking for. For projects now I just go to the library.

[@RenegadeRockChik]

Google has been totally useless for years. But now, it's not only Google. Bing, Yahoo, Duck Duck Go (believe it or not) and others are the exact same way. It's very difficult to find a search engine that not only gives you what you're looking for but also doesn't collect your data (at least as much as Google does). Also, quotation marks seem to mean nothing now, though search engines still recommend them to find what you want.

[@TomiThemself]

*So you're telling that it's not **__fill in a socialist country__** that is the Orwellian 1984 dystopiaaaaa???*

[@thejuvenoia]

Second Thought, you inspired me to join my local DSA chapter and sign up for my local PSL chapter's newsletter. It's not my first time organizing as a leftist, but the infighting in the previous org I was in had me disillusioned for awhile. thanks for revamping my hope in the struggle. i fuck with you.

[@GalacticNovaOverlord]

Infighting? What did they fight about?

[@SecondThought]

This is so great to hear! Keep up the good work ✊

[@thejuvenoia]

@@SecondThoughtsame to you, keep educating and inspiring- your voice is reaching people, and that matters! ✊🏾

[@Moonflight021]

I would join my local DSA but it costs money-it kind of baffles me that they’re gatekeeping socialist organization?? Rn I’m just working on anarchist infrastructure via food independence

[@jacksonreiter7237]

​@Moonflight021 the reason DSA makes you pay is for it to pay for the nation wide infrastructure it has. I know it sucks to have to pay and it why I initially didn't join, but if you are low income or a student they have a membership plan where you pay 5 dollars a year.

[@judylandry302]

I was looking online to buy a new car, then my bank sent me a picture of my 10 year old car with its trade in value. The picture was of my actual car in my driveway. I didn't finance it through the bank. They know. Everything. Scary.

[@Support_Ad_Blocker]

Google Earth has my house and my truck in the driveway online for the whole world to see.

[@vulcanfeline]

@@Support_Ad_Blocker i support your username XD

[@agirlwhosalsoadog]

@@Support_Ad_Blocker Dude I feel your pain. Before it was updated in like 2022, for YEARS my childhood home on google earth had a picture of my brother, my dog and I on our front porch. I was probably only around 9 years old at the time and my brother was 12. We were children who did NOT consent to be photographed or have our faces on the internet for anyone to easily come across, and were only outside because we were curious what the weird car driving through our neighborhood was. Ironically we googled it later to find out lol but yeah none of this is okay. I never felt comfortable knowing people could just zoom in on a map to a random place and see where I live and me as a child. It feels like a target on my back.

[@Support_Ad_Blocker]

@@vulcanfeline It gives me no amount of grief....

[@Support_Ad_Blocker]

@@agirlwhosalsoadog At least they pixelated my license plate number....

[@Virjunior01]

Even worse... i've literally been seeing suggestions and ads on youtube based on conversations i've had while my phone was in my pocket for the last two years.

[@Kwauhn.]

People will say it's because of heuristic marketing algorithms working on other data like Google searches and proximity to other device holders, but sometimes it's _way_ too fast and accurate to be anything other than microphone/camera input.

[@natesofamerica]

A terrorist empire can't prevent terror.

[@horridohobbies]

Truer words have never been said.

[@AndrewThoesen]

Literature critics: shall the future be more 1984 or Brave New World? America: why not both!

[@malogibeaux4946]

honestly brave new world is far from the worst we've seen in fiction; better be artificially happy than not happy at all.

[@BizzeeB]

This video sponsored by legal weed and Draft Kings.

[@jefferson808]

Meh, seems more like Dune at this point.

[@vulcanfeline]

you're all forgettng the dream of The Handmaid's Tale

[@yawninghamster7238]

@@malogibeaux4946Agreed. America is already BNW (for now.) It didn't start turning into 1984 until that worthless Shrub imposed the Patriot Act on us for no good reason. Privacy has done nothing but wither away since.

[@LunaBoo12]

This just really shows how we've been like the proverbial frog in a pot, not noticing the slow ramp up of surveillance until it's too late to do anything about it. And come January, it will definitely be too late. Scary stuff 😬

[@THATMF911]

Chat are we cooked?

[@Ozymandias001]

Chat spam L for this cooked state

[@grmpEqweer]

L

[@Caero_]

Things may sure as hell be looking grim as of right now with fascists having officially won the white house, but none of it is truly over, I can tell you that much

[@sexonlithium]

No we not bro, you don't want Lenin to call you a pathetic pussy do you? Organize and make yourself heard.

[@THATMF911]

@@Ozymandias001 L

[@K_a_Z010]

Edward Snowden warned us in 2013, it’s too late.

[@j.cooper1322]

Enemy of the State warned us in 1998.

[@transporteeducação-s6x]

That's why dystopic books are fewer today: we are already living the worst dystopia! Joining pieces of every horrible future imagined in the past!

[@Elcabron13]

Check out the new ban list

[@galemartin9155]

I'm a 54-year-old black man and American this is not new to me. I've adapted strategies around this. To everyone else good luck.

[@Sky_xjks]

Any advice???

[@Corndogg316]

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

[@katiekane5247]

Jones Plantation movie?

[@thizloliboi7523]

Yup big brothernis real... George Orwells 1984 had come in fruition

[@SecondThought]

literally jorjor wel 1967 😔

[@daveb8559]

And it will only get much worse, now.

[@lex4478]

@@SecondThoughtwitewawwy geowgie

[@wcjerky]

@@SecondThought We entering _Fahrenheit 451,_ my brother. Florida, on a national scale. "Florida man" has met his match in "American man."

[@EnverHalilHoxha1917]

The rae pist guys anti communist book couldnt project onto communism how evil capitalism is.

[@XoaGray]

The worst thing about all this is that by an impossible margin people just don't care at all. So no one is really doing anything with enough momentum behind it to curtail this in any way.

[@littlestbroccoli]

Yes, it's beyond disheartening. So disgusted to hear people I know parrot the "well, if you're not doing anything why do you care?" line. Because it can easily turn into something no one wants, real fast. And one person can't stop this onslaught.

[@Edda-Online]

@@littlestbroccoli usually I try to explain, that e.g. Google is able to predict exactly what is your threshold price for whatever product. Even better than you yourself. Do you want to get offerings at that threshold price only, while others get it for much cheaper? Tbh usually unsuccessfully.

[@XoaGray]

@@littlestbroccoli Absolutely. A great example of this was the overturning of Roe vs Wade. Women across the US suddenly found something that had been legal for them to do for decades wasn't. And in many cases Smartphone data has been used against them. And something I've definitely noticed over the years, is that no nation that ever started taking people's rights away ever stopped at just one.

[@KevinFeeley_KHF]

Man, you have really stepped up your game. Keep up the good work.

[@SecondThought]

Thanks so much!

[@Pickn4Gold]

I gotta say Google sucks at using the info it thinks if collects on me, especially if an occasional search for something in spanish or japanese changes all their ads to those languages even on Spotify. Also love the feminine hygiene ads as someone who doesnt have that setup down there, and the gaming/ED pill ads because it cant decide how old I am or what I like. Keep pushing Amazon ads, I'll never sign up so its a waste of their money.

[@Kwauhn.]

Yeah, ad personalization is completely ineffective. A thinly veiled junk "product" meant to legitimize consumer surveillance.

[@ZeekarPRIME]

The onion jokingly asked "is the government spying on schizophrenic people enough?" And the government said "you know what, we aren't"

[@ThisPlanetIsGhettoAF]

😂 I was recommended that video on KZbin this week 👀

[@cherryVision]

​@@TwisterTornadothey arent a joke ruiner, they are a valuable comment creator. Also schizos need to be spied on by the gov for sure

[@youtubeuniversity3638]

​@@TwisterTornado...I think they mean the REAL NOT JOKE gov said that, I don't think they in ANY way meant to make any statement in regards to the punchline.

[@TwisterTornado]

@@youtubeuniversity3638 Oh, that does make more sense. Thanks.

[@youtubeuniversity3638]

@@TwisterTornado Welcome.

[@Phuckitall]

Two things: 1. 1998 film, Enemy of the State, called it, years before 'it' came to the public consciousness. 2. Ben Franklin: "Those who would trade liberty for security deserve neither liberty nor security." Also: don't forget all that biometric data collection when you wear your apple watch or fitbit. Even continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) aren't safe.

[@TrillHanks]

Here before this is taken down

[@piperjaycie]

Why would this be taken down? It’s common knowledge.

[@Thor_dude1234]

@@piperjaycie It might remind more people of this screwed up country, perhaps reminding them for the rest of their lives.

[@hippocalypse9152]

seeing a lot of "wear a mask to protest" which is very important, but just as important are Don't wear clothes that can be directly traced to you, Eye makeup and or eye covering, and make sure to use encrypted communication(that is not owned by meta, and does not store logs)

[@panwamave]

One thing that bothers me is why the internet is barely usable nowadays? Is it like the thing with AI when it's database becomes to wide and it just homogenizes everything into slop? I don't think it's working how they intended and the more data they add the more useless it becomes. Like with that thing with the creditability and last names. Still people are taking the decisions and the decisions they are considering worth making are stupid to begin with because rich people are too alienated from what really matters.

[@schkullington]

Yeah genuinely never thought I'd see the day that I'd have to add "reddit" to the get a decent answer to questions

[@JohnZornAscended]

It’s what happens when you strong arm the algorithm.

[@Surge127-h7l]

oh fuck google knows all about me getting media for free

[@Arewethereyet69]

the scary part is one day they might come after everyone that watches anything online. Call it a post -tax or face prison time. You think HBO/Apple wouldn't train their AI to buy up data showing who watched what and then building a personalized claim using their AI lawyers to sue people?

[@artemis666333]

Stop bc that’s always what I think of. How many people will accept putting people in jail for streaming Disney shows “Because That’s Illegal”.

[@user-wc5lw7ps6h1]

@@artemis666333 It won't happen.

[@banquetoftheleviathan1404]

Support the show by buying the toys

[@MR-co2ti]

Or your ad blocker! Sinnner....

[@amendtheman]

Imagine advanced A.I. with indistinguishable voice simulation of friends and loved ones calling citizens and using data collected over decades on each person to cater to a specific grift, scary times and scary possibilities…. Hopefully I didn’t just give anybody any ideas

[@aprildawnsunshine4326]

It's already happening 😞

[@mrbanana6464]

That's existed forever. Targeted attacks while pretending to be someone else is just called identity theft.

[@SuperFlashDriver]

At that point we'll end up living in a virtual reality world but in real life.

[@caseyjones5145]

Stuff like this is why I'm saving my money & moving to Peru

[@chriswilliams8159]

The US government has masterfully convinced its citizens to trade their freedom for security, and all the heinous acts they've committed in the name of national security is somehow justified.

[@MasonAlex-f9p]

If it's free, then the NSA is covering the cost.

[@CyclicCipher]

We make memes about China being a surveillance state and then we do this

[@abcxyz6606]

Its Murica/West Balant Lies and Projection attack against China. Isnt it proven now that everything They accuse China of, murica/West is actually doing it, millions worst??? Now the world understand why China is smart to ban Western Big Tech and Lying Propaganda media "news"...

[@BosberaadW]

China probably learned all its craft from the US, and most likely not as good as the US

[@barronjaffe9401]

Second Thought is so underated, it's one of best channels. Keep it going!

[@jer1776]

As someone who went to school for cybersecurity, thank you for making this video. The thing nobody talks about in security is the fact every tech entity is collecting way too much data on us all, all data that can be hacked/sold to/shared with to god knows who. Even worse now that so many devices are smart and services cloud connected. Data that was never collected or doesnt exist on a server somewhere doesnt need to be secured and is what every person who cares about cybersecurity should strive for.

[@alija83]

Without privacy: - The asymetry/insecurity is created between the one who is watching and the other one which is being watched. - You are not making any actions freely because you know you are being watched. - You can't make up your mind (i.e. your home) when you know that you are being watched.

[@katiekane5247]

We've become observed particles 😳

[@Faunadude]

Do you think theres hidden cameras inside of the toilets lol

[@JohnZornAscended]

Or you could not give a shit. Every dog has its day. Just another useless generation.

[@Derek.Mitchell]

Chat are we organizing?

[@LunaBoo12]

We better, or we're screwed...

[@BlakeGeometrio]

We need to be.

[@Just_A_Guy_Here.]

We're on a watchlist anyways with our devices.

[@katiekane5247]

The Conscious Resistance

[@Undead-Warlock]

Isn’t this like, EXACTLY what the Captain America and the Winter Soldier film was all about? Freedoms VS Safety

[@seanmcgee1471]

also neo (bad guys from ww2) infiltrating the government which is only gonna become a more relevant fear now

[@TRAVELLEROFWORLDS]

This was uniquely informative. Thank you.

[@fitnesstips4442]

Germany had democracy, until they didn't.

[@gabrielmaroto18]

when they came for the immigrant. I said nothing. when they came for the transgender, I said nothing. When they came for the gay, I said nothing. When they came for the poor, I said nothing. When they came for the disable, I said nothing. When they came for the black, I said nothing. When they came for white passing Marginalized groups. I said nothing. When they came for women I said nothing. when they came for me. There was no one left to say anything. This is the order in which they will chip away at the American population. We are already divided in conquered.

[@gabrielmaroto18]

@@fitnesstips4442 when they came for the agitator, I said nothing when they came for the collaborator. I said nothing when they came for me. There was no one left to say anything. I wrote this comment using the modern day demonized in vulnerable, but it was removed by the KZbin algorithm. Again.

[@kate56ful]

why dont they use the surveillance system to catch online pedophiles and sex traffickers?

[@MG-js8bn]

Uh, they do. In spades.

[@epicphailure88]

​@@MG-js8bn Just not on the Epstein list.

[@cryptidcorviid]

too many of them are high ranking in the government lmao

[@SixOneNiner23]

@@kate56ful don’t ever go to cornpub

[@jamesmyers8619]

It's designed to protect property, not people

[@DLeo14]

The powers that be seem to be far more interested in preventing the flow of ideas, particularly in regards to critical thinking, than preventing the loss of life.

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

At some point (9/11) Americans became more Paranoid about anyone or anything that wasn't American. & you know the old saying give them an inch & they'll take a mile.

[@akhsanarrazi7825]

They've made a lot of enemies so ofc they're paranoid.

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

@akhsanarrazi7825 We wouldn't have so many enemies if America wasn't so hellbent on imperialism disguised as "Liberation".

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

​@@akhsanarrazi7825American imperialism at it's "Finest". 😑

[@Just_A_Guy_Here.]

@@akhsanarrazi7825 Basically the american strategy of solidifying world status.

[@nikobellic8002]

@@akhsanarrazi7825 Then they should't have made a lot of enemies.

[@MrMysterious420]

I'm just gonna mention Shotspotter here. It is audio surveillance deployed in US cities to "supposedly" record gunshots, but like Alexa it's always listening, also Naomi Brockwell is a great starting pint for anyone wanting to bolster their online privacy

[@ApolloBlatenszky]

I’m starting to think America is bad guys :(

[@AraAshmayne]

Only starting to? Have you read any of the actual un-whitewashed history of the United States??

[@littlestbroccoli]

Was it the skulls on our caps?

[@Kwauhn.]

Well, at least 75 million of them are. This kind of surveillance technology _will_ be used against the "enemy within."

[@SheilaTheGrate]

It's the same in Canada. We have no reasonable expectation of privacy in public anymore, and to be honest , in private either.

[@adnanbosnian5051]

Its in Bosnia too. Palestine is a trick, we are ALL occupied.

[@x3swk]

THIS may be the video to get you delisted for good. Keep up the good work, this is an excellent and informative production!

[@quebon2]

What's missing here is how our phones literally watch and listen to everything we do and say, all day, every day, even when it's not in use. I doubt anyone who owns an iphone hasn't seen ads pop up which exactly mirror something they saw with their own eyes or heard someone say when they were just in a social situation. Hell, I've had ads related to aspects of my body I've never discussed or searched for. It's just the phone being fully aware through its camera and mic at all times. We have to start looking into that as well.

[@WhoAmEye_WhoAreEwe]

I own an iPhone (v.13) and not once have I had an unwarranted ad suggestion (as you mention above)........but then, I turn off a great deal of permissions, etc... I also do not use a lot of social media

[@mrbanana6464]

Targeted ads don't rely on your camera or mic, that's a common misconception. They're just so good that they can extrapolate data like that.

[@melindasmith3713]

Allins read your mind ​@@WhoAmEye_WhoAreEwe

[@plopoplapa]

​@@mrbanana6464 it can't even hear me when I want it to set a timer. Nobody can convince me they're constantly processing the audio from billions of conversations daily. That's absurd. It's what you said.

[@Kwauhn.]

@@mrbanana6464 Probably, but just to be safe...

[@danstoevskijoe]

Thanks for your work. I am finally a proud member and also support you on Patreon. I wish I could support you and your research with more money but I'm currently unemployed due to mental issues that the State doesn't consider serious enough (so they're just gonna wait until I get better to go back to work or until I die). Stay strong!

[@jonathanguzman3044]

An anti capitalist streaming service??? I never thought something like that would be possible

[@lilpetz500]

This is such an important corner of the discussions we need to have to survive the next few years, and I'll be further acting on this with seriousness. Step one, attempt to find the most secure way to be able to research, best search engine, most ethical VPN etc. I've already had almost 5 years of experience slowly restructuring my life about serious advances for fairtrade, anticapitalist action that can be realistically sustained without draining all my energy. I'm not in the US, but my country is in proximity, and the US didn't deserve this either. Even if we've had a pretty big database of our data already taken by the companies, it's never too late to cut them off.

[@quangminh9873]

I used to watch a video of Kurzgesagt of how governments and organizations collecting personal datas in the past. It's frightening to see it becoming reality

[@MinistryOfMotivations]

Your potential is limitless. Each step forward, no matter how small, builds toward greatness. Believe in yourself; success awaits you ❤

[@seblubla1685]

This is like that one quote from these asian cookies

[@MrGeocidal]

Your potential to get spied on is limitless

[@IlikepurpleXP]

I mean this was very apparent with how any time we would say something out loud near our phones, we’d get served an ad for it.

[@benji9235]

☭

[@EnverHalilHoxha1917]

Three Arrows? Kinda based but not really but good enough anyway.

[@benji9235]

@EnverHalilHoxha1917 I was still a bit shy and just starting when I made this acc and now I just stick with it

[@JohnBrown010]

Literally 2024 by Shorsh ohwell

[@highway_roadkill]

and my friends call me crazy for putting tape over my laptop's built-in webcam

[@Edda-Online]

If you are paranoid, it doesn’t mean they aren’t after you!

[@banquetoftheleviathan1404]

I treat it like I treat my window. It's your fault if you see something lewd. Myob

[@josephrion3514]

I didnt realize that 2001 ended the potential we had for more protections. Thats wild.

[@WONGKHAIHONGMoe]

Americans: We have freedom of speech under the first amendment!! Also Americans when I say "FREE PALESTINE!!" on the internet:

[@phenomenonautumn9367]

As a young man and someone who escaped the 1ncel rabbithole, I'm not upset that Kamala lost to Trump. I'm upset that more Americans would rather have some ultra-wealthy billionaire who has absolutely no respect for the law or his opponents and his surrounding environment as a president, than one of the most qualified w̶o̶m̶e̶n̶ people in the current US government cabinet. I'm upset that Americans don't understand the economics and how the reason why we're paying more for groceries is because of the tariffs Trump implemented in his first term. I'm upset that more Americans would rather drive their gas guzzling Ford F-250s and spend a fortune on gas anyway, than care about their community and putting effort into sustainable practices such as more jobs based off renewable energy and infrastructure. I'm upset that more Americans only care about themselves and look for the shortest and easiest answers, rather than think about the big picture and long-term implications a second Trump presidency will cause. I'm upset that more Americans would rather have a person who has inherited his father's fortune and has always lived a carefree life as a president, than a highly experienced politician who has experience in all three branches of government. I'm upset that people automatically think conservatives will automatically lower the prices of food, when many conservative politicians want to completely get rid of food stamps. I'm upset that people automatically think conservatives will automatically lower the prices of college and housing, when conservative politicians want to get rid of student loan forgiveness and make it harder for people to get a down payment. I'm upset that people in my country are against paid parental leave and universal healthcare because they think that is "punishing hard work and rewarding laziness", and therefore socialism. I'm upset that more Americans saw a guy who normalized vilifying the other political party as a batter candidate than a candidate who did her best to gain lots of momentum. I'm upset because if all of this is not indicative of the downfall of American society, I don't know what is. As Republicans now have the presidency, the supreme court, the house and the senate, project 2025 is a reality. The downfall of the USA is 100% on the American people!

[@jossan414]

True

[@michelleespino9814]

It’s crazy we are right there with you. I feel like an alien in my own country just because I care about all those things

[@sentientnatalie]

No, the downfall is on capitalism.

[@FurtiveSkeptical]

America just choked to death on the vomit of its own stupidity.

[@pedecadonstudios714]

​@@FurtiveSkeptical good way of putting it. I like it. Very american.

[@davigamesp53]

Sometimes i think acting as if theres always someone watching through my phone camera is me being far too paranoied Then i remenber the CIA exists

[@Kwauhn.]

Literally. I find myself saying "just joking" when I joke about touchy subjects... because I'm scared it'll go on some record somewhere and be used against me in the future.

[@TheAzul_Indigo]

It’s all fun and games until you can’t get an apartment because your WiFi connected washer/dryer reported how often you clean your clothes to your bank.

[@billtomson5791]

I hate it when that happens.

[@AnonemesisRecords]

Instead of addressing the underlining reason for the crime they want to evade Americans privacy and profit off they created.

[@ddneq677]

Buy a new phone, and the first thing you have to do before you can even use it is agree to googles terms, which involve you giving up your privacy. It's so creepy. Law enforcement can simply request info from them w/o a warrant and creep through your phone right from their vehicles. Nothing about that is safe.

[@joshuacroy3888]

Anytime you read the words "we value your privacy" just remember it really means "Trust me Bro"..

[@marcvictoria1414]

Watching, ok, really listening to this while working out at 24 hr fitness. I got a new card in July and haven't paid my membership since July. I lived in and walked right in. Apparently, they were busy and didn't stop me. 15 minutes later, they walked up to me to talk to me about my membership. I asked how they found me, and she said that the cameras knew where I was. So it's happening everywhere.

[@rachelhyatt5766]

Surveillance is horrendous for humanity!

[@Housewarmin]

At this point i've accepted there's nothing I can do to have true privacy. I hope the FBI agent assigned to me is doing great.

[@katelawyer3689]

Hopefully the new alt right goverment we just elected won’t use these horrible systems to jail us dissenters for our socialist beliefs and left wing values… Hopefully…………

[@dmswanson5694]

Excellent, work: succinct, accurate, and dead-on. This topic has been one of the subjects of my poetry for longer than I care to admit. Do more. (I would give more if I could, but I'm a poet, so ...). Onward.

[@Naren25]

I live in the second most surveiled city in the UK, I'm not doing anything criminal, but I suddenly feel the need to become more anonymous

[@nikobellic8002]

I'm doing anything criminal and same.

[@montenegrofees]

The best way to escape the digital surveillance other than throwing all tech in trash is to use linux and private android roms without sim cards and with strict firewalls installed, like portmaster for desktops and rethinkdns for android or constant tor connection. Ah and drop google. Proton is pretty good for an average person

[@quentagonthornton49]

Linux is great, but open source Android ROMs are almost always very device specific, especially the ones with privacy focused features like GrapheneOS. For my phone, the best I can do is uninstall all Google and Samsung software with Universal Android Debloater. Any spyware in the kernel is inaccessible though.

[@montenegrofees]

@quentagonthornton49 yeah, that's why I prefer to buy phones from phone makers that let users flash whatever they want to, unlike Samsung, LG, now Asus, the whole bbk holding and now Chinese Xiaomi. It's kinda weird that only google lets users install private roms and custom firmware. But I want to get a Fairphone one day

[@ihatecabbage7270]

is impossible now T-T

[@Shining237]

From my understanding - US Corporate Media owns the vast majority of News Networks throughout the World now 📰📺

[@simbeau]

Thanks for the deep dive. As a Canadian, whose country completely cooperates with the US surveillance, it's even worse for me because the few safeguards that are there for Americans don't apply to me. The governments are telling us to be afraid of the info that Tiktok gets from us but I'm far more worried about the Canadian and American governments getting every single thing I do with the complete consent of the companies that were once in place to at least pretend to stand up for our privacy rights.

[@fellowcitizen]

💗Free Palestine💚

[@thecolourwhiteproductions3391]

Obsessed

[@THATMF911]

@thecolourwhiteproductions3391 what do you mean by that

[@otarimuradishvili5540]

Down with Imperialism 🎉

[@Arewethereyet69]

@@thecolourwhiteproductions3391 Damn, when did being anti-Genocide mean you are obsessed?

[@SSJfraz]

Not going to happen under Trump. The cultist agenda is going to be in full swing now.

[@PifflePrattle]

The day will soon come when we are required to have a phone on us in public. No need for papers please. The cops will have devices that can detect whether you have a trackable device on and it will be a crime to be out in public without one. Great times ahead. For some.

[@sentientnatalie]

At that point, they may as well chip people compulsorily, but then that wouldn't allow for such a mass of arrest possibilities, so you could be right.

[@mrdeanvincent]

How long until driver's licences and public transport cards/tickets are only available in a digital form on your device? That could happen almost overnight, especially in countries which have already started rolling them out as an option.

[@LordBrittish]

They know that you’re watching this video. *Big Brother is watching 👁️👁️ They have seen your search engine history

[@LastMinuteGuess]

As a Data Scientist, this video is highly accurate and well-detailed. Most people have no understanding just how much corporations and the government know about you.

[@RunicSoulEater]

6:18 giving real "not CIA Johnny Harris" vibes with the highlighter. Love it.

[@thinkbeforeyoutype7106]

What’s becoming so obvious to people now is that colonialism has never ended just rebranded with different terms. From Natives indigenous people being called “savages” in the old days to now being called “terrorist” by neocolonialists who are neoliberals, neoconservatives, and zionist. 1) Savages is now “terrorist” 2) Civilizing them is now “bringing them democracy” 3) Colonies is now “territories” We can all see Israel is a colonial project being supported by former and current colonials such as U.S, UK, and others who also control territories of indigenous natives in Caribbean Islands, Pacific Islands, Hawaii, and many more. The liberation of Palestine will definitely give RISE to many indigenous natives around the world to free themselves from western domination. This is the underlying ripple effect that the U.S government and its puppet allies don’t want to happen

[@AceTriggerz]

We live in surveillance capitalism, and its getting worse, and people most worried about getting surveilled, dont realize their internet activity is doing exactly that

[@rickb3650]

No matter how bad you think it is, it's much worse. I spent most of my career doing and developing tools in data analysis. We all tried to warn of how dangerous this tech was. We also told anyone who would listen what must be done to prevent the worst abuse.

[@shebeefingonmystroganoff]

realistically what can an avg person do /genq ? like its awful but im already spread thin i dont think i have the mental capacity for any more stuff like doing xyz everyday to ensure my privacy after uploading some art or msging friends on my phone ykwim :/

[@animefurry3508]

Universal Panopticon, the Internet is as big if not a bigger revolution then the printing press, we still have no training wheels or railings on it. As a Communist one must be very careful and vigilant when reading any Post Modern thought, but in saying so, Foucault's essays on Disapline societies, Deleuze's on Control societies, and honestly all of Baudrillard's work, I think are essential to understanding the modern Internets effect on human subjects, society and economy.

[@AR-24]

As someone who watched a ton of videos man made here in the U.S criticizing china for doing this exact same thing. I’m starting to wonder if the US was just pointing fingers as they were trying to replicate the same thing.

[@LIZZINHELL]

it sucks that all these technologies that have legitimate uses are used in horrible ways. thinking about it, i suppose that's why they work. for all the bad stuff governments and corporations can do with ring doorbell cameras, i bought one because of the severe (and admittedly extremely stupid) amount of anxiety i get from leaving takeout guys waiting at my door in the cold or missing packages and stuff. it's a really weird and personal example i know, but i hope it at least demonstrates my point. richard feynman (scientist who helped make the atomic bomb, make of that what you will) met a buddhist monk who said "to every man is given the key to the gates of heaven. the same key opens the gates of hell." kinda hope we learn to use our keys better in the future.