The New Age of Surveillance:
"The NSA is nothing like the Stasi because the East German secret police relied on such things as typewriters, carbon copies, handwritten transcriptions of phone conversations, agents listening through doors and rudimentary bugging devices, and the aforementioned filing cabinets. The NSA, on the other hand, can apparently monitor electronically — in real time — every word of every phone call, every text message, every social media post, every website visited, and every form of electronic communication. "
Who were the Stasi? To find out, read: Stasi Police Kept East Germans in Fear for 40 Years - telegrah.co.uk
Recommended reading (my post):
Where Does Paranoia End and Tyranny Begin?
What Happens When Government Disarms its Citizens?
