(February 15, 2009) Recent news stories illustrate how technology continues to erode citizens’ privacy. The first involves the much publicized story of New York Yankees baseball star Alex Rodriguez’s steroid use. An article in the New York Times details the revelation of Mr. Rodriguez’s drug use: (As Data Collecting Grows, Privacy Erodes) “The way Mr. Rodriguez’s positive steroid test result became public followed a path increasingly common in the computer age: third-party data collection.” The article states, “The digital format makes it easy to cling to material that normally would be disposed of or would disintegrate. Storage is cheap and practically limitless. And Ms. Cohn [Cindy Cohn, the legal director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation] says of the people who dominate the Internet, ‘the people who design software, in my experience, tend to be pack rats.’” The gist of this story seems to be that once information is stored on a computer it is open to public revelation at some point. It is interesting to note that J. Edgar Hoover, founder of the FBI, acquired personal information for use as political leverage against those who were in power. With technology dominating global economies and citizens’ private information it is easy to see how that one day a government could exert great power over its citizens.
On a related front the city of Chicago is proposing to put a surveillance camera on every street corner: (Surveillance cams help fight crime, city says) “Mayor Daley has argued that security and terrorism won’t be an issue if his Olympic dreams come true because, by 2016, there will be a surveillance camera on every street corner in Chicago. But even before that blanket coverage begins, the “Big Brother’’ network is being put to better use. Call takers and dispatchers now see real-time video if there is a surveillance cameras within 150 feet of a 911 call, thanks to a $6 million upgrade to the city’s “computer-aided dispatch” system.” Of course the reason for this seems to make sense. These cameras can be used in the fight against crime. The problem is that like all technology, if the power of it is in the wrong hands it can be used against citizens whether or not they are doing anything wrong. Governments could follow people wherever they go visually or electronically through financial transactions or GPS.
In Britain The Telegraph is reporting that the British government may use spy drones to “help police gather evidence and track criminals.” (Remote-controlled planes could spy on British homes) The article declares that there are those opposed to such government intervention, “However, their use is likely to provoke opposition from people sceptical of Britain’s increasing use of surveillance equipment, who fear they represent yet another example of the expansion of a Big Brother state.” Again, this would be an effective tool in the fight against criminals and save policemens’ lives. Conversely, an evil government could wield immense power over its people.
According to the Drudge Report: Media baron Rupert Murdoch issued an urgent internal communication late Monday, warning his staff: “We are in the midst of a phase of history in which nations will be redefined and their futures fundamentally altered.” It is not clear to me what types of change Mr. Murdoch is referring to but I can agree that prophetically he is correct that our world is going to change.
The Book of Revelation declares that in the future an evil global government will exist. It will use all the tools available to control its citizens, “3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast [i.e. the Antichrist]. 4 And they worshipped the dragon [i.e. the Devil] which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? 5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. 6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. 7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. 8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. 9 If any man have an ear, let him hear. 10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. 11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. 12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. 15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. 16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: 17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. 18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.” (Revelation 13:3-18) To control the world’s financial transactions was not possible until the advent of the computer age and digital transactions. As technology continues to dominate every area of society one day it will lead to domination by a global government.
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