> Everyone else is not doing that. The US is. Let's not pretend that it's not happening, or try to justify it because a "good" gov't is doing it vs a "bad" one

> Everyone else is not doing that. The US is. Let's not pretend that it's not happening, or try to justify it because a "good" gov't is doing it vs a "bad" one. Freedom, and rights, are becoming more and more of an illusion. For some reason, we've become conditioned to think it's only bad when the other guy is doing it and we're justified, somehow. It's wrong, period, and the outcome will not justify the means. It never does. https://venturebeat.com/2018/05/22/amazon-is-selling-facial-recognition-technology-to-u-s-law-enforcement/ https://venturebeat.com/2018/05/22/amazon-is-selling-facial-... https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/27/17054740/palantir-predictive-policing-tool-new-orleans-nopd https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/27/17054740/palantir-predict... https://theintercept.com/2018/05/11/predictive-policing-surveillance-los-angeles/ https://theintercept.com/2018/05/11/predictive-policing-surv... https://www.apnews.com/b11e4bca11e548d3af7a63f24e348c6f https://www.apnews.com/b11e4bca11e548d3af7a63f24e348c6f