They have the technology now, but not in the beginning.
They can't control everyone otherwise we wouldn't be witnessing this fight for freedom and for the truth.
I thought that maybe what happened to me could be something made to put me far away from the truth but when I go beyond all that and find my higher and true self there is no doubt, there is no thought because all of that belong to the mind.
What we truly are, are away from their reach, the ones they use for doing evil must endure a hard procedure to be fully controlled.
Or do you believe every iogi in Himalaya is being used by them?