[madaxe_again]

I don’t think 1st century Rome had much in the way of digital surveillance.

Or even surveillance, for that matter.

Plenty of hubris, mind.

[dreambuffer]

Rome had the "frumentarii", which was essentially a proto intelligence agency to do spywork for emperors.

[HiPhish]

The implementation might change, but the pattern of absolute control is old as time.

[xeonmc]

"Implementation details are left as exercise for the reader.

When in doubt refer to the public API as specified in Revelations 13:15-17"

[arethuza]

Won't they have monitored their slaves quite closely?