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Once upon a time, people did not carry devices around that logged their every move, and police work was still regularly conducted. Currently, there does not exi
by vaer-k 7y ago
Once upon a time, people did not carry devices around that logged their every move, and police work was still regularly conducted. Currently, there does not exist any technology to read minds. If there were, do you think that the government should be allowed to surveil our thoughts? Do you, umvi, draw the line at encryption, or do you feel there should be no limit to government access to our personal lives?
- umvi 7y agoI think there should be privacy by default, but that the government should be able to access our personal lives with a warrant.
- vaer-k 7y agoJust to be totally clear, you mean that so long as the government has a warrant, they should be allowed access into our innermost thoughts and feelings?
- umvi 7y agoThey should be allowed to access what is on your computers, and if that's where you store your innermost thoughts and feelings, then yes. I personally store those inside my brain, though.
- vaer-k 7y agoI think I pretty clearly posited a thought experiment where mind-reading technology exists.
- umvi 7y agoIn the case of non-existent-and-will-never-exist mind reading tech, then sure, I think the government should be able to examine your thoughts if they have a warrant.
- kelnos 7y agoIn this hypothetical case, I really hope that people like you are kept far, far away from any ability to influence public policy and lawmaking. Beliefs like these are antithetical to a free society.
- umvi 7y agoThe analogy is ridiculous though. Let's take the opposite stance and go to its logical conclusion: 1. Government should not be able to examine thoughts with mind reading tech, that's too private 2. Therefore, since computers hold our thoughts today in 2019, government should not be able to examine computers with tech, that's too private 3. Therefore, since diaries held our thoughts in 1925, government should not be able to examine diaries, that's too private 4. Therefore, since cave paintings held our thoughts in 30000 BC, tribe chief should not be able to look at cave paintings, that's too private
- somebodythere 7y agoSoon: Neural interface devices are invented which allow humans to expand their memory with the aid of an encrypted chip implanted in the brain. Soon after: Congress wins government the right to mandate surgery to extract neuro-chips from the brains of suspected terrorists.
- vangelis 7y agoWould you be signing the same tune if a socialist government were elected?
- umvi 7y agoSocialist as in Soviet Union/PRC-esque? Of course not? But once your government goes tyrannical you have no rights anyway, so it doesn't matter. It's not like lobbying for more privacy is going to prevent the government from secretly abducting you and using whatever mind reading tech they want.