06/11/2026
They told you big data would make things more efficient. More convenient. Smarter government. Better services.
Here is what it actually looks like in 2026.
Flock Safety cameras in over 5,000 law enforcement agencies. Over 80,000 cameras scanning license plates in real time. Building permanent records of where you drive, when you leave, where you go. No warrant needed in many cases.
Flock Safety and Ring announced a partnership to connect your doorbell camera directly to law enforcement networks. The partnership was canceled. But the fact that it was proposed, built, and announced tells you everything. Where there is smoke there is fire.
And remember when I posted about Amazon, Google, and Microsoft sitting down with the UK government proposing microchips implanted under the skin of prisoners to track location and predict future behavior. What starts with prisoners does not stay with prisoners. What gets canceled today gets repackaged tomorrow.
Klaus Schwab documented all of this in The Fourth Industrial Revolution. Shift 11. Big Data for Decisions. Tipping point was the first government to replace its census with big data sources. 83% of experts expected it by 2025.
Here is where we are in 2026. 181 zettabytes of data generated globally last year. The US Census Bureau already testing big data sources for 2030.
Your credit score. Algorithm. Your insurance rate. Algorithm. Your loan approval. Algorithm. The job you get or do not get. Algorithm. Your physical movements tracked without a warrant.
The Ring camera on your door. The Flock camera on your street. The canceled partnership that almost connected them. The microchip proposal in a government meeting room. Two wings. Same direction.
The roadmap was already written. Both sides of it.
This was episode 6 of the Deep Shift Series. I am breaking down every shift Klaus Schwab predicted. Follow so you do not miss what is coming next.