I'm doing a rewatch and something is bugging me. Does The Machine only care about America? Or is it giving information to other countries too? Whenever people talk about it they only talk about it being used to protect the US from terrorists. It feels like it would have been more interesting to see it start giving information to other countries too once it set itself free.
I know a big plot point is the other AI having to be granted access to camera feeds, but with all the smart phones and webcams it seems like it could have easily gone worldwide. Seems unfair that the US would get exclusive access to it. (And more unfair that the machine wouldn't do everything it can to make sure everyone is protected?)
Feels like it should have at least came up by now. It kinda bugs me that it hasn't.
Built originally for the US Government, with no actual ability to do anything on it's own. It could only give out numbers to a specific person (A person in the government i.e. Control), and secretly to Harold. It wasn't just giving out those numbers to anyone it wanted. Took some logical coxing from Reese at the end of S1 to gain access to the numbers.
At this point, it's up to the people it gave the numbers to, to do something. Being the US Government (like all Governments), it'll only work on this according to it's own interests.
Also, I'm sure other governments really wouldn't be pleased to know you have something that can freely spy on everything you do and report back to you on it.
But, Samaritan is probably moving on into this department of working globally.
The thing about the government feeds, has quietly started bugging me, in regards to how The Machine could still "see" after it was discontinued on the Government's side. I always took it to be: The feeds are how it got sent out into the world, and once done, there's no way to cut it off, short of how season 4 ended (forcing it out of it's "living quarters").
