Re: From the cradle to the grave
Originally Posted by
AnnieS
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PD I just think it's sad that we don't really think about what we have lost. Our young people have never experienced life without constant surveillance. People in regimes struggled for decades to stop such a big brother society. We feel it's harmless because we live in a "free" society, but all that could change very quickly and all this information could be used to control and profile the population.
Absolutely. I noticed a huge impact after coming north again from Suffolk.. Working in Suffolk was how the working environment had always been for me, then coming north to a new job in a predominately Labour area, different ideals etc ., back in 1999, my first thoughts about the company I was working for were, this is like working for the old communist regimes. It threw me a lot and upset me but eventually I became conditioned, and accepted because there was no choice, but never saw any good results from it . Cameras , secretly put into the work place at night under cloak and dagger maneuvers . Secret microphones incorporated , but as one employee had been an electrician he spotted them and sussed it out . New employee rules which meant certain employees had no permanent contract, and had to work 3 months and then leave and re-apply for the job. That meant no holiday pay or sick pay. Half an hour lunch, and having to stay on the premises.
I know people complain about the Tories, but these things plus a lot more, were all brought in under Blair's Government and it just felt like our liberties were being eroded one after another. This was all totally foreign to me.
The surveillance was a real encroachment , but we couldn't argue. This is how change comes about. Little by little until no one can do anything to change things back again.
Found out tonight that Councils sell our personal details off the electoral registers, and companies also sell our email addresses on too.