Susanne Posel
Occupy Corporatism
September 21, 2012
Twitter has released a report confirming that the US government leads
the world in requesting information on their citizens. The Transparency Report shows the US government has made requests that are infringing on American privacy rights. Twitter states
that “we’ve received more government requests in the first half of
2012, as outlined in this initial dataset, than in the entirety of
2011.”
As the US government sifts through the tweets US citizens are making
and analyzing information from illegal means, there are decisions about
particular citizens being made to justify the construction of an
all-encompassing Big Brother network.
Cloud computing is also under surveillance as every conversation is
recording and filed. While Microsoft denies this is true, the adherence
to their rules and regulations explains that all your personal
information is stored within Skype. In section 2 of their user contract explains:
“Our primary purpose in collecting information is to provide you with a
safe, smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Skype collects and
uses, or has third party service providers acting on Skype’s behalf
collecting and using, personal data relating to you, as permitted or
necessary to . . .”-[Full Article]
