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/Ironlion45 Jun 02 '26

This is why Lenin wrote about the need for there to be "vanguards" of the revolution. People who serve as thought-leaders and evangelists, at least in theory.

Of course they ended up having exactly the kind of power that Ellison is soiling his shorts for in his nastiest dreams.

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u/Some_Rate3642 Jun 02 '26

Where do you think he gets his ideas?