Cradle of Surveillance

... for the last five years, which amounts for the general perception of Singapore as a surveillance state. Photo: REUTERS/Kacper Pempel Viktor Sergeev, Elena Alekseenkova:... ... policymakers. Back in the early 2000s the Americans were so inspired by the unique Singaporean experience that they tried to copy the model. The mechanism was named Total... ... full-fledged intelligence weapon targeted againse terrorists. The test run included collecting personal data all across the U.S.. The experience failed when Snowden made the NSA’s...