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'''Mass surveillance''' is the sophisticated surveillance of citizens in part or in whole on either private or public lands.
==Government Spying==
Government spying, or public spying, is when a [[Big government|massive state]] uses the various lands under its control to throw out a wide net that can watch as many citizens all at once. Public places such as parks, libraries, state run schools and universities, court houses, and even traffic cameras can be involved. This is compounded by wide scale spying programs instituted under the guise of protecting the populace, but are nothing more than a means to keep an eye on the populace and monitor their every move.
===History===
{{see also|The Lives of Others}}
Mass surveillance is a way of life under totalitarian governments and goes back a long way, one example of this is the [[communist]] [[German Democratic Republic|East German]] government with its "Ministry for State Security", or [[Stasi]].
State spying is also prevalent under authoritarian governments, particularly when they are increasingly moving leftward by the demand of their voters.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jun/12/news/la-pn-republicans-democrats-nsa-poll-20130612 |title=Republicans oppose, Democrats support NSA surveillance, poll says |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=June 12, 2013 }}</ref>
===ECHELON===
Project [[ECHELON]] is a program that came to public light during the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] era.<ref name=times>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/503224.stm |title=Echelon spy network revealed |work=[[BBC]] |date= March 16, 2008 }}</ref>. Since this was discovered while under left wing governance, news outlets such as [[The New York Times]] were in support of it<ref name=times>{{cite web |url=http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2006/01/under_clinton_ny_times_called.html |title=Under Clinton, NY Times called surveillance "a necessity" |work=[[American Thinker]] |date=January 12, 2006 }}</ref>.
===Airport Pat Downs===
Not all surveillance occurs in an electronic form with either cameras, or behind the scenes in a phone or internet connected situation, or both. In 2010 the [[Transportation Security Administration]] implemented new<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/10/28/airline.security.pat.down/ |title=TSA to phase in new pat-down procedures at airports nationwide |work=[[CNN]] |date=October 29, 2010 }}</ref> pat down procedures that were sometimes referred to as "legal groping"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/11/21/tsa.pat.downs/ |title=Enhanced pat-downs necessary for now, TSA chief says |work=[[CNN]] |date=November 21, 2010 }}</ref>.
====High Profile Incidents====
While groping has been much talked about and for some seems like a common place occurrence<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-tsa-records-detail-alleged-sexual-assaults-of-travelers-at-three-u-s-airports/ |title=Judicial Watch: TSA Records Detail Alleged Sexual Assaults of Travelers at Three U.S. Airports |work=[[Judicial Watch]] |date=May 12, 2015 }}</ref>, it is not just individual citizens who are finding themselves in this situation<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/04/15/2-tsa-screeners-in-denver-fired-over-groping-scheme-allegations/ |title=2 TSA screeners in Denver fired over groping scheme allegations |work=[[Fox News]] |date=April 15, 2015 }}</ref>.
Senator [[Rand Paul]] was detained at an airport in Nashville<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dailycaller.com/2012/01/23/rand-paul-on-tsa-detainment-i-was-barked-at-do-not-leave-the-cubicle/ |title=Rand Paul on TSA detainment: ‘I was barked at: ‘Do not leave the cubicle!” |work=[[Fox News]] |date=January 23, 2012 }}</ref>.
===NSA Spying===
In June 2013 [[Edward J. Snowden]] embarrassed [[Barack Obama]] by revealing the mass domestic surveillance program known as "PRISM,". In addition, the NSA maintains a massive data collection center in Utah<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/07/01/seven-stats-to-know-about-nsas-utah-data-center-as-it-nears-completion/ |title=7 Stats to Know About NSA’s Massive Utah Data Center as It Nears Completion |work=[[The Blaze]] |date= July 1, 2013 }}</ref>.
===Private lands===
Many individuals and organizations choose to install surveillance on their own property, which is in a different category than mass government spying. Private citizens want to protect their property from theft or vandalism, whereas an out of control government wants to protect its own power from citizens who may vote them out in the next election.
[[Surveillance]] on private lands typically does not fall into the category of ''mass surveillance''.
==See also==
* [[Panopticon]]
* '''[[Big government | Big Government]]''': [[Liberal values|Liberal]] [[ObamaCare]]-[[Common Core]]-[[Social Security]] [[Welfare state]] leads to [[Nanny state]], leads to [[Gun control]], [[Militarization of police]], [[Asset forfeiture]] and Domestic mass surveillance of law-abiding [[citizen]]s via the '''[[Police state]]''': [[Globalist]]-[[United Nations]]-[[Statist]]-[[Socialist]]-[[National Socialist]]-[[Communist]]
==References==
<references />
==External Links==
* [https://www.eff.org/issues/mass-surveillance-technologies Mass Surveillance Technologies], [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]]
==Government Spying==
Government spying, or public spying, is when a [[Big government|massive state]] uses the various lands under its control to throw out a wide net that can watch as many citizens all at once. Public places such as parks, libraries, state run schools and universities, court houses, and even traffic cameras can be involved. This is compounded by wide scale spying programs instituted under the guise of protecting the populace, but are nothing more than a means to keep an eye on the populace and monitor their every move.
===History===
{{see also|The Lives of Others}}
Mass surveillance is a way of life under totalitarian governments and goes back a long way, one example of this is the [[communist]] [[German Democratic Republic|East German]] government with its "Ministry for State Security", or [[Stasi]].
State spying is also prevalent under authoritarian governments, particularly when they are increasingly moving leftward by the demand of their voters.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jun/12/news/la-pn-republicans-democrats-nsa-poll-20130612 |title=Republicans oppose, Democrats support NSA surveillance, poll says |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=June 12, 2013 }}</ref>
===ECHELON===
Project [[ECHELON]] is a program that came to public light during the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] era.<ref name=times>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/503224.stm |title=Echelon spy network revealed |work=[[BBC]] |date= March 16, 2008 }}</ref>. Since this was discovered while under left wing governance, news outlets such as [[The New York Times]] were in support of it<ref name=times>{{cite web |url=http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2006/01/under_clinton_ny_times_called.html |title=Under Clinton, NY Times called surveillance "a necessity" |work=[[American Thinker]] |date=January 12, 2006 }}</ref>.
===Airport Pat Downs===
Not all surveillance occurs in an electronic form with either cameras, or behind the scenes in a phone or internet connected situation, or both. In 2010 the [[Transportation Security Administration]] implemented new<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/10/28/airline.security.pat.down/ |title=TSA to phase in new pat-down procedures at airports nationwide |work=[[CNN]] |date=October 29, 2010 }}</ref> pat down procedures that were sometimes referred to as "legal groping"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/11/21/tsa.pat.downs/ |title=Enhanced pat-downs necessary for now, TSA chief says |work=[[CNN]] |date=November 21, 2010 }}</ref>.
====High Profile Incidents====
While groping has been much talked about and for some seems like a common place occurrence<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-tsa-records-detail-alleged-sexual-assaults-of-travelers-at-three-u-s-airports/ |title=Judicial Watch: TSA Records Detail Alleged Sexual Assaults of Travelers at Three U.S. Airports |work=[[Judicial Watch]] |date=May 12, 2015 }}</ref>, it is not just individual citizens who are finding themselves in this situation<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/04/15/2-tsa-screeners-in-denver-fired-over-groping-scheme-allegations/ |title=2 TSA screeners in Denver fired over groping scheme allegations |work=[[Fox News]] |date=April 15, 2015 }}</ref>.
Senator [[Rand Paul]] was detained at an airport in Nashville<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dailycaller.com/2012/01/23/rand-paul-on-tsa-detainment-i-was-barked-at-do-not-leave-the-cubicle/ |title=Rand Paul on TSA detainment: ‘I was barked at: ‘Do not leave the cubicle!” |work=[[Fox News]] |date=January 23, 2012 }}</ref>.
===NSA Spying===
In June 2013 [[Edward J. Snowden]] embarrassed [[Barack Obama]] by revealing the mass domestic surveillance program known as "PRISM,". In addition, the NSA maintains a massive data collection center in Utah<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/07/01/seven-stats-to-know-about-nsas-utah-data-center-as-it-nears-completion/ |title=7 Stats to Know About NSA’s Massive Utah Data Center as It Nears Completion |work=[[The Blaze]] |date= July 1, 2013 }}</ref>.
===Private lands===
Many individuals and organizations choose to install surveillance on their own property, which is in a different category than mass government spying. Private citizens want to protect their property from theft or vandalism, whereas an out of control government wants to protect its own power from citizens who may vote them out in the next election.
[[Surveillance]] on private lands typically does not fall into the category of ''mass surveillance''.
==See also==
* [[Panopticon]]
* '''[[Big government | Big Government]]''': [[Liberal values|Liberal]] [[ObamaCare]]-[[Common Core]]-[[Social Security]] [[Welfare state]] leads to [[Nanny state]], leads to [[Gun control]], [[Militarization of police]], [[Asset forfeiture]] and Domestic mass surveillance of law-abiding [[citizen]]s via the '''[[Police state]]''': [[Globalist]]-[[United Nations]]-[[Statist]]-[[Socialist]]-[[National Socialist]]-[[Communist]]
==References==
<references />
==External Links==
* [https://www.eff.org/issues/mass-surveillance-technologies Mass Surveillance Technologies], [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]]