2026-10-03 12:13 UTC
@masek@infosec.exchange Thank you for this clear & useful analysis.
I think some decision-makers favor mass surveillance because it fills a psychological need. They want to believe in its effectiveness because then they can persuade themselves they solved the problem.
A darker take is that the goals of some advocates of mass surveillance aren’t too different from those of the terrorists: to fragment or reshape society to increase their own power. Mass surveillance is a form of state terrorism.
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@firebreathingduck@social.vivaldi.net 2026-10-03 13:26
@angusm@mastodon.social @masek@infosec.exchange Throughout history and definitely right now, a lot of people involved in mass surveillance just see it as a means to gain personal power. Peter Thiel doesn't need Palantir to work, he just needs people to believe it works so they pay billions for it.