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People become very accustomed to uncomfortable things in their environment. I had a terrible neighbor once, and long story short, I had to put up some security
by bane 5y ago
People become very accustomed to uncomfortable things in their environment.
I had a terrible neighbor once, and long story short, I had to put up some security cameras on my property to ensure they were no longer doing damage to it. The first week they were up, they called the police on us several times absolutely freaking out that there were all seeing eyes watching them. The next few weeks after that their behavior changed to that of people who knew they were being watched. Within a couple of months, having gotten so used to the cameras being there, they had started resuming their previous behavior problems.
Not long after that I had collected enough evidence to have them removed from the property under criminal and civil threat based almost entirely on things they did on cameras they knew I had setup watching them. It was honestly quite amazing.
- blooalien 5y agoWow. That incident (and result) honestly almost sounds like the sort of "experiment" that could net you a research grant from somewhere if worded and submitted properly to the right folks. ;)
- Nevermark 5y agoI suspect a lot of nefarious actors would be happy to fund "research grants" if the marketing for such activity was worded and submitted properly to avoid obvious references to illegal behavior. The ease of surveillance of all kinds is going up so fast I expect we have just begun to scratch the surface of how this will impact all of us.