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Isten szeme mindent lát
God's eye is all-seeing

Author(s): Béla Markó
Subject(s): Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Political Essay
Published by: Korunk Baráti Társaság
Keywords: secret police; surveillance; Securitate; generations; new media

Summary/Abstract: While the members of the older generation still talk about their past experiences with the secret police (the Romanian Securitate) and surveillance, the anxiety and the panic, who does even care about these things among the younger generation? Everything is so different in the age of Facebook, GPS and smartphones. The subject of surveillance comes up very differently today, in the age of terrorist activity. Yet, at the same time, we do know that even Angela Merkel has been under surveillance…

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 3-6
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: Hungarian