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I don’t believe the argument holds. Just because individuals could see your mail is not equivalent to an automated agent looking at every piece of your mail eve
by ok_dad 3y ago
I don’t believe the argument holds. Just because individuals could see your mail is not equivalent to an automated agent looking at every piece of your mail every day from miles away and creating a profile of you. This is the true slippery slope, that we allow this processing for more and more data. Eventually, every bit of our lives will be processed and profiled at this rate!
- function_seven 3y agoYeah, Quantity has a Quality all its own. Every time I hear an argument for surveillance that boils down to “well they could just stand there and watch you do the $activity,” I lightly lose my mind. CCTV, ALNRs, facial recognition, etc. All of these are technically “just” advanced versions of the old fashioned stake-out. But that makes all the difference in the world.
- ok_dad 3y agoYep, these folks would have us think a nuke is equivalent to a rock since they’re both used to kill people.
- iudqnolq 3y agoIn general, yes. In this specific case a person who lives in your community and looks at the letters going into your mailbox everyday will also have a profile of you. Of course this is less true in denser areas