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The problem manifests in different ways though. I'm not so concerned about obvious violations of privacy like the one you mentioned, because it's so obvious tha
by kypro 9y ago
The problem manifests in different ways though. I'm not so concerned about obvious violations of privacy like the one you mentioned, because it's so obvious that they are wrong.
Let's say you tweet some anti-American stuff from time to time and the US government decides they want you to stop. They probably won't put a bullet in your head, but they might dig up information on you and arrest you for something totally unrelated.
This happens already. It doesn't really matter what you think of them, but people like Martin Shkreli in the US and Tommy Robinson in the UK were obviously targeted by the state because they didn't like what they were doing. They dug up information and they got them on something unrelated.
AI and tech gives governments the ability to do this to new levels. They might crash your self-driving car, or they might cause your smart-TV to catch fire while your in bed, and no one would know. We'd all carry on believing surveillance is in the interest of our safety.
- Larrikin 9y agoMartin Shkreli wasn't targeted by the government for prosecution. Shkreli got the max sentence for a crime he committed because he was out spoken about how he was not remorseful his crimes, nor did he show any capacity to even understand the seriousness of his actions. He also encouraged others to commit crimes for him during his sentencing. Judicial discretion isn't always perfect, but enforcing the max on an obvious danger to society was the correct course of action in his case.
- kypro 9y agoI'm not arguing this. My point is simply that they wouldn't have gone after him if he didn't surrounded himself in controversy. What he did happens all the time, but unlike many others his outspokenness exposed the corruption and greed which occurs daily in our economic system.
- Larrikin 9y agoI think that really only becomes an issue in countries where there are laws passed that contradict each other and to get anything meaningful done you have to break laws and/or give bribes. At any time someone can come after you because you had to break some laws in the course of everyday business whether you wanted to or not.
- ScottBurson 9y agoJoe Nacchio [0] is a better example than Shkreli. Convicted of insider trading, allegedly in retaliation for his refusal to give customer data to the NSA. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nacchio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nacchio