If you go on facebook and post shit under your real name, and with global setting that anyone can see you can't complain when it comes back to bite you in the ass. My file with the authorities is minimal.
What about the people who post a bunch of fucked up shit and everyone asked after they go postal why no one saw the signs. Maybe some of these people can be detected beforehand.
I don't see this effecting my life in anyway. The man needs to go to a judge to find out my twitter identity. If i post something under my real name on FB it's my own fault. If i post something saying I am suicidal maybe i should get a knock.
People posting threatening and extremist views should be watched, we watch the muslims extremists might as well watch the white ones too. There is not enough money to watch all these people though, it will not be an effective database. All police and governments in canada are incompetent and I see no reason this will be run right or work. Nor do i fear it.
e.g. I'm your next door neighbor or a coworker, I don't like you. I contact the authorities (or maybe I am an authority) and I say your a threat to yourself maybe others. "They" (we) now have the law and motive to go get you, without cause. For no real reason either as you haven't done anything other than annoy me.
I never did get your twitter handle. What was it again?
b.t.w. this is not a threat, just an example.
It's a feel good argument no doubt. But power like this is just waiting to be used and it will be ABused.
Sorry to tell you this dude, but if you think having privacy settings on FB/social media is protecting you, you are in bad shape. Every single keystroke you ever press is saved on servers in multiple locations in the world. Every text message, email, phone call, all of it. If you were a problem for any reason, all they have to do is punch in your particulars and they have access to your entire online history since at least 2002.
To even attempt to circumvent this is beyond a headache and nearly impossible to do requiring a lot of experience and skill in IT, programming and coding as well as masking your activity so unless you're some kind of expert consultant for international crime syndicates - I'd say you have lot's to worry about.
Anything you've ever said or done can be taken out of context and used against you. What's your browser history look like since 2002 ? Any texts or calls or photos or videos you ever made you dont want the world to see? Because that's the potential we're talking about here and that's exactly the kind of control matrix the deep state is trying to legalize. They already have it, but rolling it out now would be met with outrage and riots.
Years ago the idea the NSA was recording all of your calls was a crazy conspiracy theory and insane - now its an admitted fact and nobody cares. It's getting rolled out a little bit at a time.