Did you know that most cable and digital TV systems have tracking mechanisms built in, on a daily basis, what you are watching and when, is being monitored and logged, this information is used for marketing purposes and is sold by the TV providers to mass marketing companies to place specific adverts on your TV, while America talks about liberty and Freedom, do you actually have any?
Everything is recorded and tracked.
Your internet usage, your cell phone, cable tv, everything.
The real question is who has time to look at all the data collected?
Before 911 there were 3 National Security Agencies. There are now more than a dozen.
They produce in excess of 50,000 security reports each year.
Who is reading them all? Are we safer? No.
Will all this information lead to a better society? Hardly.
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