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by a3n 3913 days ago
The difference is that in the past, technology wasn't up to the task, and so the state had to coerce humans to spy on each other.

Today technology is more than up to the task, and the practice is much more sophisticated and subtle. But the goal is the same, inappropriate knowledge of citizens' affairs and control over citizens and government overseers.

The state within a state may become unassailable.