I find it intensely humorous to imagine this being shown in Toronto of all places, if ever there was a city that was a perfect fit for the Stasi ... well Ottawa gives them a run for their money.
The physical space taken up by the petabytes of data unconstitutionally collected by our government may not be as staggering, but is just as chilling as it is being chilled in Utah.
> The East German secret police, one of the most intrusive and oppressive spying operations ever assembled, collected millions of files on people it suspected of being enemies of the state.
> This massive archive includes 69 miles of shelved documents, 1.8 million images, and 30,300 video and audio recordings housed in 13 offices throughout Germany.
If that’s “one of the most intrusive and oppressive spying operations ever assembled”, what does that make the U.S. “intelligence community” that makes records of every electronic communication, every photograph ever uploaded to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and other social network services, and spies on everybody who dares to cross them, right up to the President of the United States?
This is before computers were mainstreamed into ordinary office environments.
If they had computerized based communications systems back then the East German communists could have tapped everyone’s communications and then perform search and filter functions based on certain word patterns ...... wait a minute.
Did he visit Merkel’s office?
Certainly a lot was going on before the PA, but in addition to usurping the rights of U.S. citizens, it gives our federal government official carte blanche to do pretty much anything it wants to to ANY citizen, as long as THEY classify it in the category of 'homeland security.' Enactment of the PA was a YUUGE coup for the deep state.
Now the BBC is turning in people to the commenters employers if they think your comments do not match their lofty ideals.
BBC is the new Stasi.
Stasi files...Been there...Been done by those...
the 69 miles of documents reminds of the Nazi’s obsession with documenting everything. Maybe a Germanic trait?
The Stasi existed for 40 years. It collected between 900 million and a billion pages of data. The NSA does that every two days now.
Just for perspective. The Stasi were pikers compared to modern USA intel agencies. We don’t like t think it, but we like in the most intrusive and invasive government ever known to mankind. The Stasi only dreamed about the kind of info the NSA collects on all Americans.
Sounds like Facebook.
Or that database that Obama and Maxine Waters compiled on every voter in America.
“...LIVING IN EAST Germany during the Cold War meant being watched. By your government. ...”
Sorta like the last eight years living here...
Heck facebook and other social media forums make the stasi look like child’s play.
Heck facebook and other social media forums make the stasi look like child’s play.