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Unless you were specifically talking about facial recognition-related items, in which case, Wikileaks not needed, they'll just tell you: Homeland Security’s Ne

Unless you were specifically talking about facial recognition-related items, in which case, Wikileaks not needed, they'll just tell you: Homeland Security’s New Database to Include Faces, DNA, and Relationships - https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/06/hart-homeland-securitys-massive-new-database-will-include-face-recognition-dna-and https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/06/hart-homeland-security... http://www.theverge.com/2017/4/18/15332742/us-border-biometric-exit-facial-recognition-scanning-homeland-security http://www.theverge.com/2017/4/18/15332742/us-border-biometr... https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/27/us-facial-recognition-database-fbi-drivers-licenses-passports https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/27/us-facial... http://jacksonville.com/public-safety/2016-11-11/how-accused-drug-dealer-revealed-jso-s-facial-recognition-network http://jacksonville.com/public-safety/2016-11-11/how-accused... Bonus, from the fascism side (the real definition, government and corporate cooperation): http://massprivatei.blogspot.com/2016/07/10k-google-wi-fi-kiosks-are-collecting.html http://massprivatei.blogspot.com/2016/07/10k-google-wi-fi-ki... And from the speculative side: https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-baltimore-secret-surveillance/ https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-baltimore-secret-sur... Just saw an article I can't find any longer about China using 10-sensor cameras to do facial recognition at a city-level. Built by a university in the US....things do not look as bright as you're painting them, I'm afraid.

vinceguidry 8y ago
America has a long history of facilitating other nations' experiments in tyranny. Like, a really really long one. I learned the other day that many of the atrocities committed in the Belgian Free Congo were actually committed by American and British companies, and the details were covered up after it became public. In order to get me interested in a new Threat To American Democracy and Freedom, you need to show that it's actually novel and unprecedented. And then it's only as interesting as its potential to actually scale. Remember red-light cameras? In Georgia they had to take them out because after the public bitched, they had to increase the length of the yellow light and the company running them couldn't make ends meet. Without economic incentives, the political will to keep it going, and a novel approach, it's really hard to get interested in outrage or fear over technological dystopia.
- artificial 8y ago
  Technology like storage and cameras is cheap and becoming cheaper. What's lacking is legislation which always lags behind technology, typically decades. >America has a long history of facilitating other nations' experiments in tyranny. Like, a really really long one. Considering how long America has been around say compared to Europe that's quite a claim.
  - monetus 8y ago
    I saw a deck of cards featuring 'friendly' dictators, and I have a feeling it is incomplete. I think this might have been it: https://www.amazon.com/Friendly-Dictators-Americas-Embarrassing-Trading/dp/1560600438 https://www.amazon.com/Friendly-Dictators-Americas-Embarrass...

vinceguidry 8y ago

America has a long history of facilitating other nations' experiments in tyranny. Like, a really really long one. I learned the other day that many of the atrocities committed in the Belgian Free Congo were actually committed by American and British companies, and the details were covered up after it became public. In order to get me interested in a new Threat To American Democracy and Freedom, you need to show that it's actually novel and unprecedented. And then it's only as interesting as its potential to actually scale. Remember red-light cameras? In Georgia they had to take them out because after the public bitched, they had to increase the length of the yellow light and the company running them couldn't make ends meet. Without economic incentives, the political will to keep it going, and a novel approach, it's really hard to get interested in outrage or fear over technological dystopia.

artificial 8y ago
Technology like storage and cameras is cheap and becoming cheaper. What's lacking is legislation which always lags behind technology, typically decades. >America has a long history of facilitating other nations' experiments in tyranny. Like, a really really long one. Considering how long America has been around say compared to Europe that's quite a claim.
- monetus 8y ago
  I saw a deck of cards featuring 'friendly' dictators, and I have a feeling it is incomplete. I think this might have been it: https://www.amazon.com/Friendly-Dictators-Americas-Embarrassing-Trading/dp/1560600438 https://www.amazon.com/Friendly-Dictators-Americas-Embarrass...