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Not wishing to downplay the subject, but the surveillance state is not a recent development in the UK. Tony Geraghty [1] was writing about this over 20 years ag
by jajag 7y ago
Not wishing to downplay the subject, but the surveillance state is not a recent development in the UK. Tony Geraghty [1] was writing about this over 20 years ago. Back then, it was about how techniques developed for use in Northern Ireland during the troubles were beginning to be applied across the UK as a whole. This involved things such as the mass-interception of communications, or automatic scanning of car number plates on a massive scale with the aim of tracking all car journeys within the country. Recent developments are unfortunately just a continuation of a trend started a long time ago.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Geraghty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Geraghty
- borjamoya 7y agoYou're absolutely right. The thing is that they have access to way better technology--and they're not shy about it. I'm not just talking about their live facial recognition. But also their access to Cleaview AI's database (https://metro.co.uk/2020/02/28/met-police-used-controversial-american-facial-recognition-firm-data-breach-reveals-12320552/ https://metro.co.uk/2020/02/28/met-police-used-controversial...) Or just consider what Cressida Dick said (Metropolitan Commissioner) regarding how they should use data: "we absolutely must be in the exploitation business”(https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/2020/02/the-guardian-big-brother-watch-responds-to-met-commissioners-attack/ https://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/2020/02/the-guardian-big-brot...)