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“Send me a push notification for every novel face detected” “Alarm if any face other than these 5 are detected on an indoor camera between the hours of 10pm an

“Send me a push notification for every novel face detected” “Alarm if any face other than these 5 are detected on an indoor camera between the hours of 10pm and 8am” “I want to review all footage of the nanny from the past week since they spend time alone with my children” “Show me all footage of myself inside the house in the last 15 minutes because I have no idea where I set my keys down” “I just heard a window break at 2am, which cameras are detecting motion so my wife can avoid them to get the kids out while I do the opposite to buy them some time”

giraffe_lady 4y ago
Several of those are still currently science fiction and the rest are the same cop shit google wants to do to all of us, except you're the cop and you're only doing it to your family and employees. It's not better. It doesn't matter whether it's a paternalistic police state or literally you, dad, sitting in the seat of the panopticon. It's bad for the psyche of everyone surveilled in this way and it shouldn't be done. The fantasy that you'll use this in an emergency is the same one gun owners use to justify their decisions, and just as likely to come true.
- r3trohack3r 4y ago
  There is a difference between the power that comes with the centralization of surveillance into a panopticon (by the state or a business) and localized home surveillance. There is also a difference in how consent works in those cases. > The fantasy that you’ll use this in an emergency Knowing how many people are in my home and where they are at 2am seems like information that would be extremely helpful. You’ll need to share data to backup your stance that I’m doing home security wrong. I’d love to learn how to do it better. Let’s not derail this into a conversation about guns, we can save that disagreement for another day.

giraffe_lady 4y ago

Several of those are still currently science fiction and the rest are the same cop shit google wants to do to all of us, except you're the cop and you're only doing it to your family and employees. It's not better. It doesn't matter whether it's a paternalistic police state or literally you, dad, sitting in the seat of the panopticon. It's bad for the psyche of everyone surveilled in this way and it shouldn't be done. The fantasy that you'll use this in an emergency is the same one gun owners use to justify their decisions, and just as likely to come true.

r3trohack3r 4y ago
There is a difference between the power that comes with the centralization of surveillance into a panopticon (by the state or a business) and localized home surveillance. There is also a difference in how consent works in those cases. > The fantasy that you’ll use this in an emergency Knowing how many people are in my home and where they are at 2am seems like information that would be extremely helpful. You’ll need to share data to backup your stance that I’m doing home security wrong. I’d love to learn how to do it better. Let’s not derail this into a conversation about guns, we can save that disagreement for another day.