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Except we have a choice to not fall into the Google trap and altogether avoid using any Google products. Also my hue isn't cloudy at all ;) > sending out armed

Except we have a choice to not fall into the Google trap and altogether avoid using any Google products. Also my hue isn't cloudy at all ;) > sending out armed teams to apprehend at-risk subjects Even if we did reach a point where we could be able to identify at-risk subjects with high accuracy this would be very difficult to bring about, just because of the implications.

mfoy_ 11y ago
Right, hence the big step is for a government agency to receive a mandate to implement such a system. The even bigger step is probably to openly make enforcement decisions based on that info. I think there is a huge gap between "your psychological data indicates you may be at increased risk of committing a violent crime" and actually taking people off the streets based on that indicator. But then again, with what we've learned since Snowden, this doesn't actually seem that impossible...
- mcguire 11y ago
  Note further that "you may have a mental illness" -> "you may be at increased risk of committing..." is as sketchy as "you are a minority" -> "you may be at increased risk of committing...".
  - mfoy_ 11y ago
    Right. Hence the need for a dash of dystopia to make the plot work.
    - oldmanjay 11y ago
      Perhaps I misunderstood you, but I feel like you're implying that racial profiling isn't an active thing.
      - mfoy_ 11y ago
        Honestly, from the point of view of a minority this is already a dystopia.