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Over the past few years as we've watched
the digital revolution help bring about political and
social revolutions around the world, it has seemed
inevitable that the Internet would set people free.
[5] But think again, say Jared Cohen of the Council on
Foreign Relations and Eric Schmidt, the chairman of
Google. "Technology doesn't just help the good guys
pushing for democratic reform. It can also provide
powerful new tools for dictators to suppress dissent,"
[10] they say. Western companies are more than happy
to help the tyrants. "Everything a regime would need
to build an incredibly intimidating digital police state"
is "commercially available \right now," say Cohen and
Schmidt. And this isn't just about reading emails,
[15] tracking tweets, and checking out Facebook. Soon
dictators will be able to compile vast databases of
biometric information: DNA, fingerprints, voices.
Facial-recognition software is growing ever more
sophisticated. "With cloud computing," say Cohen and
[20] Schmidt, "it takes just seconds to compare millions
of faces." Big Brother will start to look like Tiny Tim.
Be warned: "By indexing our biometric signatures,
some governments will try to track our every move
and word."
Disponível em: newsweek.com/Christopher-dickey-around-theworld-six-ideas-darkly-digital-63039. Acesso em: 29 dez. 2019.
When Cohen and Schmidt say “But think again” (l. 5) , it means that they
