6 Insidious Ways Surveillance Changes the Way We Think and Act | Alternet

One paragraph in this article jumped out at me. Because I know someone who I believe would use his position just this way. Hint, he once worked for the City of Coatesville:

"Today’s private contractors also have incentives to use surveillance to commit crimes outside of any political agenda. How about a little insider trading? How about stealing business ideas? How about using collected data to sexually prey upon others? To blackmail for any purpose imaginable? To sell our information to the highest bidder? For every Snowden who balks at the use of data collected for surveillance, you can bet there are two other contractors using it to enrich or empower themselves. Unlike elected officials, there is no way for us to even attempt to make them accountable."

6 Insidious Ways Surveillance Changes the Way We Think and Act | Alternet