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The loss of privacy should be balanced against the aid it provides to law enforcement to catch criminals. So, even though the loss of privacy is more extensive,
by joshuaheard 10y ago
The loss of privacy should be balanced against the aid it provides to law enforcement to catch criminals. So, even though the loss of privacy is more extensive, the capability of the cops to catch the bad guys is also better.
- AlexandrB 10y ago[citation needed] Crime was on the decline for decades before this kind of surveillance was available.
- joshuaheard 10y agoBecause they are using face recognition techniques? That's like the argument some politician made a while back: why do we have record prison populations when the crime rate is lower than ever?
- pixl97 10y ago> why do we have record prison populations when the crime rate is lower than ever? Because it is very profitable for people in the prison industry (and I'm talking about both public and private prisons, along with third party vendors). If you don't talk 'tough on crime', you're not getting 1) funding in your campaign run 2) votes.
- FullMtlAlcoholc 10y agoWe're in the safest era in human history. How many more rights would you like to give up for more security?
- joshuaheard 10y agoAFAIK you don't have a right to privacy while in a public space.
- dwaltrip 10y agoPreviously, it was unfathomable that it might one day be possible to programmatically track and monitor every single citizen. I doubt the founders considered the impact of such developments when authoring the Constitution or Bill of Rights.
- FullMtlAlcoholc 10y agoIf someone followed you constantly while you were in public, that can be considered stalking and you could get a restraining order against them.
- joshuaheard 10y agoOnly if they threatened violence.
- WalterBright 10y agoThe media goes into crisis mode when one person dies. We'll give up everything.
- tonyedgecombe 10y ago"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither. He who would trade liberty for some temporary security, deserves neither liberty nor security." Benjamin Franklin