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I think it comes down to quantitative differences resulting in qualitative differences. It's not unreasonable for anyone (public or police) to notice when I am
by luckettpat 3y ago
I think it comes down to quantitative differences resulting in qualitative differences.
It's not unreasonable for anyone (public or police) to notice when I am out in public, and what I do in public. But at some point an accumulation of these OK interaction becomes not OK, in the same way we already recognize that an individual simply seeing somebody in public is a protected right but stalking is not.
When the technology exists to track everything I do in the public sphere, catalog, summarize it, and sell it for profit, we are dealing with a qualitatively different animal that has entirely different implications morally and with respect to our rights as individuals.
- verisimi 3y agoSmart = spy. Smart devices are spy devices, part of the governance control infrastructure.