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But it’s the thin end of the wedge. No doubt we will evolve towards blanket tracing of anyone who accesses news stories on a particular topic, creating grounds
by Tycho 5y ago
But it’s the thin end of the wedge. No doubt we will evolve towards blanket tracing of anyone who accesses news stories on a particular topic, creating grounds to investigate or detain people on grounds of “domestic terrorism” or whatever.
- LatteLazy 5y agoI mean, we already do all that. But I don't personally think it is the thin end of a wedge. There is a big difference between asking for everyone accessing the story and a limited 35min window. As big as asking to search one house vs a whole street. It gers messy where exactly the line is, but that's why we have judges...
- Tycho 5y agoJudges have not prevented our relentless slide into a panopticonal hellscape up til now, I don’t have high hopes for their future guardianship of privacy and freedom.
- LatteLazy 5y agoI'm disappointed judges have refused to touch the NSA etc stuff. But historically they have taken privacy seriously. The more cynical part of me also thinks that we're getting all the downsides of the panopticon, so why not at least get the upsides too (in this case better law enforcement)...