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I would have less of a problem with the constant surveillance if they would make it required by law to inform me any time someone looks at the data. One of the

I would have less of a problem with the constant surveillance if they would make it required by law to inform me any time someone looks at the data. One of the things that makes me really wary of all this surveillance is that it is too easy for people to look. If they knew that every time they looked I would know about it, they wouldn't look so much. Similarly to how people are much less stalky on LinkedIn and Instagram because they know that the other person gets notified when they look.

nicbou 2y ago
That won't be of much use if the government turns rogue and no longer honours that obligation, or the purpose of the collected data. There's no recalling that data.
potato3732842 2y ago
That will never happen because if a million people got a form letter in the mail that some federal agency they've never heard of is trolling through everyone's crap looking for some petty papers crime that nobody knew was a crime, nobody really cares about (Chinese power tools that had the wrong box checked on the customs form or whatever) they'd ask why their taxes are paying for such activity.
- jedberg 2y ago
  I would assume it would be implemented as a web page where you could check logs. Not a whole bunch of form letters.
  - mixmastamyk 2y ago
    Where one could set up email would be fine as well.
    - potato3732842 2y ago
      Whatever form the notification takes it would eventually get publicized and get people annoyed/angry.
      - kelnos 2y ago
        And that's probably a good thing!
- BeFlatXIII 2y ago
  …which is exactly why it should (and, as you note, won't) happen, so people will know all the petty nitpicking that is there more to provide jobs than meaningfully regulate.
timewizard 2y ago
The data should be encrypted. The police should not have access to the key. Only the district attourney or equivalent should. If the police want access they need a court order and the sign off of the DA. That would make it like _any other_ record the police want access to.

nicbou 2y ago

That won't be of much use if the government turns rogue and no longer honours that obligation, or the purpose of the collected data. There's no recalling that data.

potato3732842 2y ago

That will never happen because if a million people got a form letter in the mail that some federal agency they've never heard of is trolling through everyone's crap looking for some petty papers crime that nobody knew was a crime, nobody really cares about (Chinese power tools that had the wrong box checked on the customs form or whatever) they'd ask why their taxes are paying for such activity.

jedberg 2y ago
I would assume it would be implemented as a web page where you could check logs. Not a whole bunch of form letters.
- mixmastamyk 2y ago
  Where one could set up email would be fine as well.
  - potato3732842 2y ago
    Whatever form the notification takes it would eventually get publicized and get people annoyed/angry.
    - kelnos 2y ago
      And that's probably a good thing!
BeFlatXIII 2y ago
…which is exactly why it should (and, as you note, won't) happen, so people will know all the petty nitpicking that is there more to provide jobs than meaningfully regulate.

timewizard 2y ago

The data should be encrypted. The police should not have access to the key. Only the district attourney or equivalent should. If the police want access they need a court order and the sign off of the DA. That would make it like _any other_ record the police want access to.