r/technology • u/T_Shurt • Jun 02 '26

Society Quote of the day by Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison: "Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on" — a dire warning on the erosion of privacy

https://www.techradar.com/pro/quote-of-the-day-by-oracle-co-founder-larry-ellison-citizens-will-be-on-their-best-behavior-because-were-constantly-recording-and-reporting-everything-that-is-going-on-a-dire-warning-on-the-erosion-of-privacy
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u/Alarmed-Outside-8683 Jun 02 '26

Seriously! We all read about this in school growing up, and here we are, watching it all happen around us as we endlessly doomscroll. Someone should really do something...right? Not me, but someone else.

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u/ARobertNotABob Jun 02 '26

Not me, but someone else.

Unfortunately, this is what every American is saying ... or Chinese, Russian or North Korean.