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Anonymous phone calls have positive uses too, it would be nice to not install more surveillance infrastructure and have less trigger-happy police instead. In ot
by the8472 7y ago
Anonymous phone calls have positive uses too, it would be nice to not install more surveillance infrastructure and have less trigger-happy police instead. In other countries cops ring the door and ask if everything is ok after they have received a call.
- dredmorbius 7y agoLegibility need not be global legibility. In a pre-adtech surveillance capitalism world, it was possible to physically enter a location and be known to some but not all. An IFF system that's readable only to friends addresses much this need.
- ryacko 7y agoIf you want anonymity, you should use an unauthenticated system. Telephones should have authentication. Surveillance is orthogonal to the use of authentication, although is a natural consequence of needing to keep tracking of billing records.