Traditionally, technology has always been on the side of government. Prior to the age of the net governments were the ones employing superior technology to spy on their own people, erode personal liberty and, in the name of security, create a climate of control.
In democractic countries this was less noticeable though still present, in countries which did not even bother to pay lip service to democracy. The net changed all that by moving technology faster than governments and politicians could understand it and by putting it squarely in the hands of the 'little guy' who now had the power to project his voice and views and seek information beyond what a government might approve.
Governments are catching up. The latest story is on the rise of censorship on the net. and it points to hoe fast the practise is expanding.
At some point we will all need to make a stand in some way or face the fact that we have nowhere to run and no means to do so. The paranoia must stop, somewhere, some way.
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