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> It may be better to legislate for all this data to be open to all rather than trying to legislate it out of existence. I can't imagine that it would be bette
by fwip 8y ago
> It may be better to legislate for all this data to be open to all rather than trying to legislate it out of existence.
I can't imagine that it would be better for every person on the planet to have access to my face scans at my apartment than just my landlord.
- jjoonathan 8y agoSurveillance will always be subject to authority-flavored selective availability and interpretation unless the collected information is freely available to all legitimately interested parties. This has only ever directly affected me once, in a stupid argument with my apartment administration over a $250 fire exit sign, but it was enough to make me aware of how much power the person holding the footage has. Extrapolating to victims with less soft power and more at stake is not a comforting proposition.
- pixl97 8y ago> unless the collected information is freely available to all legitimately interested parties. Unfortunately abusive parties will be the ones most interested in collecting your data in the first place.
- lotsofpulp 8y agoComplete transparency for everything is better than only some entities having all the power. Obviously, we’re not going to be able to achieve privacy, so the only other option is to have everything be transparent.