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I saw a BBC short video while in Europe last summer. It was surreal. The video was basically showing how awesome these aerial surveillance platforms were. At on
by cherrypicker001 7y ago
I saw a BBC short video while in Europe last summer. It was surreal. The video was basically showing how awesome these aerial surveillance platforms were. At one point the reporter walked out of the control center and started dancing outside. It looked like he was having a lot of fun watching himself from a few thousand feet up. If anyone manages to find it please post it. There was no talk about the privacy implications. Just a puff piece to acclimatize people into thinking this was normal.
If you don't yet know what these balloons are from articles on Afghanistan, they provide very cheap ubiquitous physical surveillance on very large areas. If one of these things have LOS on you or your home, you no longer have any physical privacy.
If this doesn't piss you off you need to look up what a panopticon is.
- lonelappde 7y agoHey the good news for us is the ones in the US don't have self-guided missiles attached, right?
- 20after4 7y agoAre you sure? If not yet, soon.
- debatem1 7y ago*if not, loon. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loon_(company) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loon_(company)
- eitland 7y agoFWIW "Kill Decision" describes one scenario where they do have missiles attached.
- vaguesortof 7y agoAnti hypersonic missile satelittes in low earth orbit will soon tho
- goliatone 7y agoFu-Go [1] were armed balloons sent over the jet stream during wwII. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu-Go_balloon_bomb https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu-Go_balloon_bomb