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Or, rather, the automated systems that store and process the data will increasingly do analysis as well, with humans only viewing the data when prompted to by t
by rebuilder 7y ago
Or, rather, the automated systems that store and process the data will increasingly do analysis as well, with humans only viewing the data when prompted to by the system. Technically "the police" can be said not to access the data. In reality it's even worse than if they did, because the automated system , if it works as intended, is much more efficient than humans.
IOW: If it's a violation of civil rights for humans to process some data, then leaving that job to software is just automating civil rights violations.
- pgeorgi 7y agoRight, but I think that's already the next step: the theory of "we're not looking so we don't collect" predates efficient automated large-scale analysis. It makes sense to me to fight both schemes, but they have different impact, different risk and might need different approaches.
- rebuilder 7y agoIt seems to me law enforcement talks about data collection and analysis as if automated tools didn't have privacy impacts. They often seem to deliberately focus on whether or not a human has access to some specific information, which IMO obfuscates the issue. They're not very willing to acknowledge that there are two schemes, as you call them.