The worst data leak you never heard of and what if could mean for you
States collecting data on their citizens and employees is a not new thing. To be a functioning state in the modern world means you have to have big databases of government employees, tax documentation, voters list, criminal records, vehicle register poll, immigration data…. The list goes on. Activists, scholars, and experts regularly challenge the state on the scope of information collected and when privacy should triumph the state desire to know more about us. The main focus
Does surveillance make us behave better?
Would you alter your behavior because you know someone is watching? What if that someone is constantly watching you? Is there a point where you just ignore the observer because you know they are always there? Surveillance as a means of control was suggested by Jeremy Bentham, a renown English philosopher, in his Panopticon. The Panopticon is a design for a prison where discipline achieved via constant surveillance rather than force. The prison is design in a circular building