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1. Identifying the tools available for surveillance is vital to discovering, understanding, and predicting surveillance practices. 2. I instead presume ethicis
by benlivengood 6y ago
1. Identifying the tools available for surveillance is vital to discovering, understanding, and predicting surveillance practices.
2. I instead presume ethicists object to the unethical surveillance of users by any means, and warn of risks they find or foresee.
There is no slippery slope; the unethical effects of surveillance should be countered by effective and ethical means. Banning technology is not ethical or particularly effective. Banning and punishing unethical behaviors is about the best we can do.
In other words, don't ban iPhones. Ban configuring iphones to surveil on users in unethical ways. 911/999 geolocation is ethical surveillance. Stalking apps are unethical surveillance. There's ethical grey in between.