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Yes, mass surveillance is A-OK as long as it's not racist.
by deogeo 6y ago
Yes, mass surveillance is A-OK as long as it's not racist.
- fnord123 6y agoYou have no expectation of privacy in public or on state owned areas (roads, walkways, squares, parks).
- detaro 6y agoNot universally true. Different places have different laws about this.
- deogeo 6y agoNo expectation of privacy (arguable, but okay) doesn't imply it's OK to build mass surveillance infrastructure there.
- Silhouette 6y agoMaybe you should be entitled to some respect for your privacy in public, though. Indeed in some places you are today. There is no good reason to extrapolate from the natural situation that "If you go out then someone might see you" to the entirely unnatural "If you go out then you should be subject to arbitrary surveillance, recording and analysis by unknown parties who also have access to unknown additional data about you for unknown purposes."
- fnord123 6y agoSure. And the article is about exactly that.
- Silhouette 6y agoNot really. The article is about the potential for unintended bias in machine learning systems. That is just one small part of a much larger problem.
- the_svd_doctor 6y agoNo expectation is different from your information being automatically stored and analyzed (and easily traced back to you whenever the government feels like it).
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- fnord123 6y agoSure and the article is about exactly that.
- gruez 6y agoSo you're fine with your everyday movements logged and published online? After all, to go anywhere you'll need to step public roads, so you have no expectation of privacy.
- three_seagrass 6y ago>So you're fine with your everyday movements logged and published online? This comment will be downvoted, but this is hyperbole. Your everyday movements are more than just your activity in public spaces. Likewise any website publishing your activity in public spaces is not entitled to linking it to your PII, because if they do deanonymize it, you now have means to take it down.
- whatshisface 6y agoYour activity in public places is personally identifiable.
- three_seagrass 6y agoAgain, any website publishing your activity in public spaces is not entitled to linking it to your PII, because if they do deanonymize it, you now have means to take it down.
- whatshisface 6y agoYour activity in public spaces is PII, it's as unique to you as your face.
- asdff 6y agoIf you leave bluetooth on your phone, they already are.
- Zarath 6y agoActually, I do.