fh-augsburg.de— Big Brother State' is a nice animation about surveillance society with examples of trusted computing and CCTV. This is brilliant -- some of the best work on the subject I've ever seen. Watch it NOW.
Mar 9, 2007View in Crawl 4
First off I live in a very peaceful area of Canada, for a population of 140,000 a murder may happen here once every five years. Even in Canada any murder is national news. Sure to me it seems CCTV cameras prevent some crimes and I don't have any problem with that it's the slippery slope, if one camera is good then 1000 must be better, put a microphone on them too. It's not so much the cameras that bother me it's the people, the leaders or whoever decides we need them, that I worry about. Public security cameras are a powerful tool, an anonymous too, they can be abused by the operator and leadership. I do think they are a good thing but there should be some very strict controls on their use and where they are located. Maybe a committee of police, citizens and politicians. Security cameras seem to evolve out of need, where ever violence is most likely to happen or has happened you're likely to see cameras. "People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both." ...but we may have no choice.
I think a world government is in fact,the real goal of the powers that be who are working behind the scenes. It's already started with the EU. I also believe the killing of the middle class is deliberate in the USA. A number of years ago, I read 1984 and I have noticed doublespeak is fairly common these days."Trusted computing" is an excellent example. Anyway, I feel we don't really have but the merest glimmer as to what's really going on and I'm very sorry for the children who will be living in the world as i fear it will someday be.
A police state is nothing new I will only say this...In Germany in the 1930s the something had happened people were willing to give up their freedom for extra security. Its wrong and if our western countries were actually democracy's then the people would be free to at least say as they wished, but no if you speak ill about your government the cops show up at your house (which has happened to many people in the U.S for speaking ill about Bush and is administration). Its wrong what the governments are doing remember the patriot act?Remember when congress passed a bill that would allow ONE MAN to do as he sought fit to eliminate ANY possible "threat" to the (get this)Home Land. (like in Nazi Germany the U.S refers to America as the Home Land) You watch CNN or Fox any of those corporate channels and if they arnt yapping about Anna Nichole Smith their talking about threats to Home Land Security.Missiles above your heads "Protecting You" from the evil terrorists. Its the 1950s again the commies are comin'.<a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_fire">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_fire</a>
They might want to attribute "their opinion" about liberty and security (at the end of the video) to the real originator(s). Their quote:"we believe, that people willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both"The original quote was from Benjamin Franklin and/or Richard Jackson:"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." Source (regarding whether its wholly attributable to Franklin): <a class="user" href="http://www.futureofthebook.com/stories/storyReader$605">http://www.futureofthebook.com/stories/storyReader$605</a>I think it would have been a bit more powerful as well considering the historical context of the original quote, vs. just an opinion of some random people.
Good work to those who had the courage to post this on Digg. What do you do? Fight in your local community!Peace to you,Ryan and the entire DSP and anit-Big Brother crew!
was nice piece... appreciated it on a purely aesthetic level... Not quite sure i agree with everything that was said, but everyone has a right to say it.
@cheekybastard:Just because someone lives in the US, they are not a "neocon fascist". Get your head out of your ass and stop lumping all of us together.
Wow. inactive is endowed with gargantuan ignorance.Coupled with being so arrogantly opinionated, and you've got...I don't even think there's a word for it.
I don't think it's fiction, but a work in progress. Us waiting until the cage is securely built before recognizing the danger and halting it's progress is paramount to Big Brother's needs.But thanks for trying to send us all back to the bread and circus show. You're Lesli Nielsen saying "Alright, move on, nothing to see here, disperse..."Noted.
marmanukemMar 10, 2007
@paulowenOnly problem with that is that the police are the ones watching.
dhughesMar 10, 2007
First off I live in a very peaceful area of Canada, for a population of 140,000 a murder may happen here once every five years. Even in Canada any murder is national news. Sure to me it seems CCTV cameras prevent some crimes and I don't have any problem with that it's the slippery slope, if one camera is good then 1000 must be better, put a microphone on them too. It's not so much the cameras that bother me it's the people, the leaders or whoever decides we need them, that I worry about. Public security cameras are a powerful tool, an anonymous too, they can be abused by the operator and leadership. I do think they are a good thing but there should be some very strict controls on their use and where they are located. Maybe a committee of police, citizens and politicians. Security cameras seem to evolve out of need, where ever violence is most likely to happen or has happened you're likely to see cameras. "People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both." ...but we may have no choice.
Closed AccountMar 10, 2007
I think a world government is in fact,the real goal of the powers that be who are working behind the scenes. It's already started with the EU. I also believe the killing of the middle class is deliberate in the USA. A number of years ago, I read 1984 and I have noticed doublespeak is fairly common these days."Trusted computing" is an excellent example. Anyway, I feel we don't really have but the merest glimmer as to what's really going on and I'm very sorry for the children who will be living in the world as i fear it will someday be.
hugejimmyMar 10, 2007
A police state is nothing new I will only say this...In Germany in the 1930s the something had happened people were willing to give up their freedom for extra security. Its wrong and if our western countries were actually democracy's then the people would be free to at least say as they wished, but no if you speak ill about your government the cops show up at your house (which has happened to many people in the U.S for speaking ill about Bush and is administration). Its wrong what the governments are doing remember the patriot act?Remember when congress passed a bill that would allow ONE MAN to do as he sought fit to eliminate ANY possible "threat" to the (get this)Home Land. (like in Nazi Germany the U.S refers to America as the Home Land) You watch CNN or Fox any of those corporate channels and if they arnt yapping about Anna Nichole Smith their talking about threats to Home Land Security.Missiles above your heads "Protecting You" from the evil terrorists. Its the 1950s again the commies are comin'.<a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_fire">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag_fire</a>
hugejimmyMar 11, 2007
Update to my earlier postcheck this out. <a class="user" href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/10/1846241&from=rss">http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/10/1846241&from=rss</a>
zurpMar 11, 2007
TLDR.tard.
jimmajammaMar 11, 2007
They might want to attribute "their opinion" about liberty and security (at the end of the video) to the real originator(s). Their quote:"we believe, that people willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both"The original quote was from Benjamin Franklin and/or Richard Jackson:"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." Source (regarding whether its wholly attributable to Franklin): <a class="user" href="http://www.futureofthebook.com/stories/storyReader$605">http://www.futureofthebook.com/stories/storyReader$605</a>I think it would have been a bit more powerful as well considering the historical context of the original quote, vs. just an opinion of some random people.
ryanatdspMar 17, 2007
Good work to those who had the courage to post this on Digg. What do you do? Fight in your local community!Peace to you,Ryan and the entire DSP and anit-Big Brother crew!
kakarotbpoMar 23, 2007
was nice piece... appreciated it on a purely aesthetic level... Not quite sure i agree with everything that was said, but everyone has a right to say it.
huwawaMar 31, 2007
@cheekybastard:Just because someone lives in the US, they are not a "neocon fascist". Get your head out of your ass and stop lumping all of us together.
jaymzdeanJul 13, 2009
Wow. inactive is endowed with gargantuan ignorance.Coupled with being so arrogantly opinionated, and you've got...I don't even think there's a word for it.
jaymzdeanJul 13, 2009
I don't think it's fiction, but a work in progress. Us waiting until the cage is securely built before recognizing the danger and halting it's progress is paramount to Big Brother's needs.But thanks for trying to send us all back to the bread and circus show. You're Lesli Nielsen saying "Alright, move on, nothing to see here, disperse..."Noted.
jaymzdeanJul 13, 2009
Actually when you're eventually the victim of the police, which is an experience all too common these days, you'll be crying to The People.