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How exactly does tracking and profiling individuals en-masse help society?

• kmlx 6y ago
  there are many examples but i’ll provide just a couple of scenarios: automatic fines when anti-social behaviour occurs via face recognition. here’s another one: identifying individuals with potential diseases via cctv and providing pre-emptive care. and the last one: identifying at risk youths via cctv and providing support. in real time. the tech is not the problem. it’s how we use it. right now we use it for ads and the occasional terrorist. but the potential for good is huge.
  • A12-B 6y ago
    How would cctv know what someone 'at risk' looks like? Facial recognition isn't magic you know. And why would we need some dystopian style technology to monitor your every move to know you're sick, when you can just tell people? Those aren't very good examples.
  • literallycancer 6y ago
    I would much prefer the police to address the actual causes of crime, rather than watch me get stabbed on their cameras.
  • bondarchuk 6y ago
    The potential for some well-meaning EU bureaucrat implementing "automatic fines when anti-social behaviour occurs via face recognition" or "identifying at risk youths via cctv and providing support" is exactly why this must be stopped.
  • pessimizer 6y ago
    > the potential for good is huge. There'd have to be better hypothetical examples than the ones mentioned to justify this assessment. Judging by these three, the potential for good is marginal to nonexistent, and this is with no technological feasibility or cost assessment. The huge potential for evil is obvious. Just because I'm criticizing examples, I'll come up with one: tracking suspected homosexuals and all of their contacts, in order to find more. You might say that's unfair and a thing of the past, but I'd answer Hungary and Poland.
  • vangelis 6y ago
    Identifying and flagging Trump supporters! After the 1/6 I see the need for a robust security state.