Thursday, January 3, 2008

U.S: Amongst World's Top Surveillance Countries


Privacy International, a UK privacy group, and the U.S.-based Electronic Privacy Information Center have put together a world map of surveillance societies, rating various nations for their civil liberties records.

Both the U.S. and the UK are colored black for "endemic surveillance," as are Thailand, Taiwan, Singapore, Russia, China and Malaysia. - Wired

Here, check out the map (click it to enlarge):



Posted By Glen Maganzini at 1/03/2008 06:54:00 AM
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7 comments:

  1. mogchrThursday, January 3, 2008 at 3:49:00 PM EST

    Good thing that we reached such an achievement.

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  2. mogchrThursday, January 3, 2008 at 3:56:00 PM EST

    You forgot to mention that the countries in gray have yet to discover electricity, so they cannot do surveillance.

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  3. Glen MaganziniThursday, January 3, 2008 at 7:12:00 PM EST

    O rly?

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  4. mogchrFriday, January 4, 2008 at 3:35:00 PM EST

    This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.

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  5. Glen MaganziniFriday, January 4, 2008 at 4:10:00 PM EST

    Don't say Decarlo Delanda Est again.

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  6. mogchrSunday, January 6, 2008 at 2:04:00 PM EST

    Decarlo Delenda Est.

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  7. mogchrSunday, January 6, 2008 at 6:45:00 PM EST

    I think, personally, we should form a close alliance with the Russians. Putin is pwning right now.

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