Slimming for the Beach

“From the age of uni­for­mity, from the age of soli­tude, from the age of Big Brother, from the age of dou­ble­think – greetings!”

– George Orwell, 1984

We are about to enter into a state where every dig­i­tal step you take is recorded. At the end of March, the Gov­ern­ment will intro­duce the most dra­con­ian law in the his­tory of per­sonal pri­vacy in Ire­land: 24-hour inter­net mon­i­tor­ing. A log will be made of everyone’s inter­net activ­ity and every email sent and received.

Greet­ings from the State of Surveillance.

see full arti­cle by Marie Boran Sil­i­con Repub­lic 28.02.2008