# Rising of the Surveillance State: Modern Nineteen Eighty Four

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Podcast: [Jim Duke Perspective](https://stenobird.com/podcast/jim-duke-perspective-949617)
Published: 2026-08-26T16:22:30+00:00
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## Resource

The public is told surveillance is restricted, warrant-based and tightly controlled—but modern technology may have made the old concept of a warrant almost meaningless if government can obtain information through other channels. Case out of Albany NY https://www.newsweek.com/jessica-bowie-isis-albany-new-york-state-capitol-attack-plot-12349227

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