I hadn’t been much of a broadcaster on the YouTubes in the past. Launching this site however, gave me a sense of purpose, and a sense of obligation to start putting what I was seeing happening in the world out there with my own voice.
That said, I’m wary of the surveillance state. I’m wary of what can happen to oppositional voices, especially ones that by fluke, notoriety, or relevance blow up.
In order to simply link this site in the comments of the YouTube videos I wanted to upload, I was required by Google to give them a photo of my personal ID. I was also notified that if I ever deleted my ID from that profile, all my videos would be taken down.
Now why would this be? Google ain’t 4chan, thats for DAMN sure!
My guess is so that if any of the government agencies come a-knockin, askin who this troublemaker is, there’s a really easy answer to send them onward to my door.
Not cool Google. Remember when your slogan was “do no evil”? As they say, Power Corrupts.
– Nota Machine