How The NSA Spied On Americans Before The Internet -- Caitlin Dewey, Washington Post
In May 1984 — an apt year for columns about “Big Brother” — The Post’s Michael Schrage warned of a future in which the government could snoop on unsuspecting citizens by subpoenaing their floppy discs. Personal computers were new, expensive and not particularly common; the first dot-com domain wasn’t even registered until the following year.
“In a very real way, your personal computer can be a warehouse of private information about you. It can be as revealing to others as Orwell’s telescreen was to Big Brother,” Schrage wrote of the new technology. “He can access the personal computer to find out what’s going on. Be careful.”
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My Comment: The more things change .... the more that they stay the same .... but with better technology.
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