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>I feel like if that were exploited at scale, we could see a huge number of criminal indictments etc., This might or might not be true, but let's say it is. Bu
by Dah00n 3y ago
>I feel like if that were exploited at scale, we could see a huge number of criminal indictments etc.,
This might or might not be true, but let's say it is. But what then in 10 years when something you do or are becomes the next Red Scare?
- asveikau 3y agoYeah. I would say the post 9/11 attitude towards Muslims was the next red scare. And that was the trigger for a lot of this bullshit. So we as a society must remain vigilant of efforts to reduce civil rights. I personally think the resurgence in the last few years of "tough on crime" political rhetoric is another similar wave. The people who want to lock up the homeless or whatever. People demanding more incarceration of petty criminals. Judges are frequently described as weak if they let someone go due to insufficient evidence. If we start thinking due process is for chumps and that we need to lock everybody up no questions asked, I think mass surveillance can be a terrible input to that system.