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That's the thing: A few people in government and private companies will have full information about citizenry whilst at the same fiercely protecting their own s
by maxxxxx 7y ago
That's the thing: A few people in government and private companies will have full information about citizenry whilst at the same fiercely protecting their own secrets.
- carapace 7y agoI believe that it's fundamentally impossible to "roll back" the degree of surveillance in our global society in an effective way. Our technology is already converging to a near-total degree of surveillance. And it's going to accelerate, for example, auto-autos (self-driving cars) and the road infrastructure to support them will be able to develop a near-real-time history of everyone walking down the street. We can't (I believe) prevent total surveillance but we can certainly control how the data are used, and we can set up systems that allow the data to be used without being abused. The system must be recursive. Whatever form the system takes, it shall necessarily have to be able to detect and correct its own self-abuses.
- maxxxxx 7y agoAgreed. How we can create laws. Weh also can't roll back the capability of people to steal things or kill each other so we have laws. For example I strongly believe that face recognition in public spaces should be outlawed with maybe a few (!) exceptions for law enforcement.