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I'm reading a (sometimes hyperbolic) but interesting "book" on this: Digital Stockholm Syndrome in the Post-Ontological Age: https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-di
by lbotos 9y ago
I'm reading a (sometimes hyperbolic) but interesting "book" on this: Digital Stockholm Syndrome in the Post-Ontological Age:
https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/digital-stockholm-syndrome-in-the-post-ontological https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/digital-stock...
"Now, the modern person is determined by data exhaust—an invisible anthropocentric ether of ones and zeros that is a product of our digitally monitored age."
I won't doubt that in 15-20 years, using the process of deduction of your phone/laptop/browsing habits/credit card usage/address info a company could, if bothered, collate that data to get "your picture". And I mean literally zoom in a security cam to snap the photo.
- e12e 9y agoThere's the combined idea of machine recognition (facial, gait, etc) - "convenience" and overreach: Goes a bit like: 1) a place to start, 2) a way to follow, virtually, in time and space - augmented with total surveillance. 1) "In China, KFC tests out ‘smile to pay’" https://www.techinasia.com/kfc-china-tests-facial-recognition-payment https://www.techinasia.com/kfc-china-tests-facial-recognitio... 2) "China’s facial-recognition systems crunch data from cameras to monitor citizens" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14643433 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14643433 Also: https://www.theverge.com/2013/2/1/3940898/darpa-gigapixel-drone-surveillance-camera-revealed https://www.theverge.com/2013/2/1/3940898/darpa-gigapixel-dr... https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/nzey3w/what-those-mysterious-fbi-planes-might-be-carrying https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/nzey3w/what-those...