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First you create a problem: make citizens scared of both "terrorists" and the police. Then you sell the solution: cameras on police, light posts, public transp
by eeZah7Ux 10y ago
First you create a problem: make citizens scared of both "terrorists" and the police.
Then you sell the solution: cameras on police, light posts, public transportation.
...profit: asymmetric dragnet surveillance.
The devices and recordings can be owned and used (and conveniently redacted) only by the authorities.
- krapp 10y ago>The devices and recordings can be owned and used (and conveniently redacted) only by the authorities. I see no reason why that has to be the case. There should be a startup whose entire purpose is gathering and posting surveillance on the police - a Wikileaks of law enforcement. Something that can't be altered or redacted by any government. When Google Glass came out, people were quick to dismiss the fears people had that it represented a paradigm shift in surveillance, because everyone had a smartphone with a camera and microphone already. We have the ability to turn the surveillance state against itself, So why aren't we? We should already be recording the police at all times and streaming it to the web. Why even give the state a choice in the matter?