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No I don't think this is it. IRL actions are forgotten over time and they're not indexed against each other. If all your actions can be tied to your face with a
by xupybd 7y ago
No I don't think this is it. IRL actions are forgotten over time and they're not indexed against each other. If all your actions can be tied to your face with automated tools everything you do can be recorded, indexed and cross referenced.
Now maybe that protest you went to as a college student shows up every time you attend a job interview. That time you drank too much and were seen peeing against a building by the buildings security camera is available to someone that was recording the unsecured stream.
People from old youtube videos are now locatable as they had their face show up on facebook.
That cute girl on the bus now gets stalked home because the creepy guy that likes her can find here address.
The guy you cut off in traffic has a dash cam, he uses it to find out who you are and is waiting for you at work the next day.
The picture of you at a party on someone elses facebook now shows up to every employers search as they can now search by photo.
How do witnesses in criminal trials disappear now? They might show up in someone's publicly posted holiday photos or on a webcam feed that hasn't been locked down.
- oarsinsync 7y agoIndeed, the surveillance state that exists online vastly exceeds the surveillance state that exists offline (in some countries) right now. Schneider's point is that we're failing to regulate against surveillance in general, and by simply focusing on banning a single form of surveillance, we're ignoring the dozens of other mechanisms that can be used both online and offline to track every single thing we do.
- petermcneeley 7y agoI don't think your taking this to its logical conclusion. Crime is increasingly more and more difficult to pull off with additional layers of tracking. If one uses systems like this to harass people that harassment can also too be tracked.
- kenjackson 7y agoCorrect. The problem with lack of privacy is because it is often unilateral. If there was actually more transparency across the board we might actually opt for less privacy.