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by totetsu 15 days ago
To achieve this level of total surveillance it would trillions and trillions of dollars to be invested in a massive roll out of data centers. I just dont see it happening.
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Right now… it would have been science fiction 10 years ago and not a trillion dollar problem.
10-15 Years ago it was a was a really fun limited Comic series by Brian K. Vaughan, Marcos Martin and Muntsa Vicente, called The Private Eye. About a world where the Cloud had Burst, and leaked 100% of everyones information, leading to an internet less society where eveyone goes around wearing disguises. https://www.digitalamerica.org/cloud-burst-review-brian-k-va...
> I just dont see it happening.

It is though.

whoosh

Or to quote Drax the Destroyer: "A joke would never fly over my head! My reflexes are too good. I would catch it. :-/ "

I’m 95% sure that was sarcasm.