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givemebackmycountry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-03-08 02:20 PM
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In terms of statutory protections and privacy enforcement, US is the worst ranking in th
"In terms of statutory protections and privacy enforcement, the US is the worst ranking country in the democratic world. In terms of overall privacy protection the United States has performed very poorly, being out-ranked by both India and the Philippines and falling into the "black" category, denoting endemic surveillance".

http://www.privacyinternational.org/article.shtml?cmd%5B347%5D=x-347-559597


"Endemic surveillance" and if you follow the link it will make you sick to your stomach.

It's also in the "wired" magazine in the wired.blog section.

I would have posted the graph but for some reason photobucket does not like the image.

I guess so!
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