Qualified trust, not surveillance, is the basis of a stable society

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Preprint 12 Jul 2013Embargo end date: 01 Jun 2013 English Publisher:AIP PublishingJournal:Physics Today, volume 2,013 (eissn: 1945-0699,

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Authors: Dirk Helbing;

doi: 10.1063/pt.4.2508 , 10.48550/arxiv.1306.1906

arXiv: 1306.1906

Qualified trust, not surveillance, is the basis of a stable society

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Abstract

Peaceful citizens and hard-working taxpayers are under government surveillance. Confidential communication of journalists is intercepted. Civilians are killed by drones, without a chance to prove their innocence. How could it come that far? And what are the alternatives?

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FOS: Computer and information sciences, Physics - Physics and Society, Computer Science - Computers and Society, Computers and Society (cs.CY), FOS: Physical sciences, Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)

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