How Smartphones Betray Democracy
But no.<p>This is not about <i>phones</i>. The same argument can (and has been) made about non-uniformed police officers, photography of crowds, video of demonstrations, wiretaps, postal inspection etc.<p>Yes, democracy can be threatened by the actions of governments and big business.  Can be, has been.<p>The solution is nothing to do with phones, or cameras.<p>It is about good laws, enforced vigorously.<p>And that requires us to vote, to become engaged and perhaps enraged.<p>If anything is breaking democracy perhaps it is the realisation by government that they can get away with things that previously were unthinkable - that breaking the basic rules of democracy does not lead to destruction.<p>And the only solution is our vote.  But enough of us need to be engaged and outraged.<p>The fault dear brutus is not in our stars, but in our selves.