Yesterday, a large study broke out in the Washington Post on how a mass surveillance system is dangerous to society, and shows that silenced minority opinions when people know they are being watched. So he made the cooling effect range from academic theory. What is troubling is that there were non-US studies showing that for a decade the rise - why have they not been mentioned in the US debate
The new study as described by the Washington Post, shows how people self-censor dissenting and minority opinions in a mass surveillance system. Although it is absolutely important, and this effect must be first and foremost in all policy - well before any increase in the budget for a happy toys monitoring service - this is not news. This was known in large European studies there nearly a decade. Why these studies have been neglected in the American debate
Even Snowden called recently published study a "landmark"
This is a landmark. Data show surveillance undermines democracy. #IPBill Https://t.co/qjwJnssUKb pic.twitter.com/lprr82AuA9
- Edward Snowden (@Snowden) March 28, 2016
However, looking at when Germany created its (latest) mass surveillance system with data retention after the attacks in Madrid in 04 and follows spree populist politicians, there were tons and tons of studies on whether this surveillance has changed the behavior of ordinary Germans -. if the measure of behavior change behavior
And did it? When ordinary Germans knew that every phonecall they made was recorded with the explicit purpose and expressly to be used against them in the future, he changed the behavior in any way?
Hell yes he did.
He changed the behavior tremendously.
Specifically, a study by the respected Forsa, which was referenced by Heise and others have shown that half of Germans would stop making telephone calls that could be used against them in the future . This included a large list of phonecalls that could somehow identify them as "weak." - suicide hotlines, social drug services even marriage counseling
It is known at least since 08 that mass surveillance eliminates any behavior seen that the behavior of the minority, the undesirable behavior, or low behavior, and this is a huge effect.
more, are the calls we want people to do. When someone is not feeling well, we want them to seek help for her. But as the German study shows, mass surveillance brings people not ask for help, because it can be used against them in the future
As noted -. In English - by the German working group at the time:
a study commissioned in 08 found that data retention is a serious obstacle to the use of telephones, mobile phones, e -mail and Internet. The survey conduced by research institute Forsa found that the retention of communication data in place, one in two Germans refrain from contacting a marriage counselor, psychotherapist or counselor drug abuse telephone, mobile phone or email if they needed help. One in thirteen people said they had [already] refrained from using the telephone, mobile phone or e-mail at least once because of retention [the upcoming] data, which extrapolates to 6, 5 million Germans in total [out of 82 million].
The study was conducted before the mass surveillance switches were started in 08. It should be noted that a significant portion of the population had already stopped doing such reachouts sensitive professional help.
For the record, in question mass surveillance was later overturned by the Constitutional Court of Germany as totally incompatible with human rights. The European Court of Justice - the "Supreme Court" European - later said this at European level
So why the American debate acted as if the hard data does not even exist.? The United States have to repeat all the mistakes of others on his own?
Meanwhile, privacy remains your own responsibility.
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