Re: Why does the government fear private computers?
It's not about 'terror' or 'drugs' or whatever the current whipping boy is this decade, it's about having control and the easiest way to keep control is to know what everyone is saying.
As one man (or his speech writers) said 'You're either with us or against us' and having oversight on what your population thinks and says is one hell of a way to keep people on side and marginalise those who aren't.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
