As the title says I live in a surveillance state where among other things the government uses paid snitches, listening devices in your home, installs Trojans/malware in your phone and computer, even outside agents can stalk and observe you 7/24.
I may not be a target of any of this as I am didn’t commit any of the crimes required to do these (for example being involved with cannabis, or helping illegal aliens or some crimes that actually warrant this like organized crime and so forth)
However with the snitch system were convicted criminals are incentivized to incriminate others to save their own skin I am not put at ease with assurances that if you have nothing to hide that you would have nothing to fear.
I do not believe however that the surveillance state is intended to prevent terrorism or organized crime. I believe the true intention of the surveillance state is to consolidate power and nip any sort of true dissent in the bud.
So in imho if you were to call out the government on their bullshit you would stand to be victimized. Even if you are well within your rights with regards to freedom of speech/thought/assembly.
So if everything on your computer may be subject to government’s prying eyes, you’d need your own language and alphabet/writing system to at least retain the ability to keep notes and write a diary.
I would like to be able to note down my thoughts without having to fear the government can read it.
I was thinking of something like Tolkiens Elven tongue/language. I know it is a lot of work especially since it is only for internal use.
What’s your opinion on this?
You’re seriously underestimating the governments ability to decipher a made up language. Bear in mind any government probably has entire departments dedicated to cracking codes and translation. Encryption is going to be a million times better than anything you can come up with. I’d just assume that if you can think it up, someone else can figure it out.
I think you’re overestimating what governments like this have. What is more likely is that the government will just snatch up someone who knows the the made up language, torture it out of them, and then go from there. Far less resource intensive than having departments to decipher coded language.
Or bribe them with a sandwich, or simply by not being their favorite target
Wouldn’t the cost be too high to them? I understand if it is a widely used language but at some point the cost-benefit calculation just isn’t there, right?
If you’re a “person of interest”, the government is happy to spend the last taxpayer dime to find out what you are up to.
Just who is likely to end up a person of interest? actual enemies of society or people who through their speech/thought threaten the governments power? So is it bin laden or occupy?
In general, felony charges not misdemeanors. For example
https://local12.com/news/nation-world/ohio-teacher-found-murdered-outside-home-person-interest-identified-michelle-long-leetonia-school-district-butler-township-fatal-shooting-shot-death-killed-death-students-staff-grieving-divorce-investigation
https://www.valleycentral.com/news/local-news/mcallen-pd-search-for-person-of-interest-linked-to-burglary/
https://www.pressherald.com/2023/11/30/wilton-police-have-a-person-of-interest-in-illegal-marijuana-grow-operation/
What about occupy that had the eff be I subvert them in a covert manner. Or the famous cointelpro program that lead to the murder of numerous black civil rights activists. or the contemporary black identity extremist designation created by low and fortes men to go after black lives matter.
these instances prove that no matter the country/nation these measures are used against legal dissent.
Lol, thinking you’re important enough for any of this. You sound like a teenager in his mom’s basement who got way too high. I bet dollars to donuts you’re in the US.
laughing out loud!
In my post I explicitly said that I’m not important and didn’t do anything to qualify for this sort of repression, so don’t make me laugh. Please, do not attack a straw-man of your own making, although I appreciate the comedic value. 😂 😅
Then why are you wasting your and our time with this ridiculous thread? This is a solved problem, it’s called encryption. But you continuously reject people’s suggestions in favor of your own loony proposition.
It certainly could be, especially if you’re not doing anything wrong. But if a government pries that much, you’d maybe be painting a target on your back by inventing a new language. You could also use an existing language that is hard to translate and learn, and isn’t well known. Like Ithkuil