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Everyone seems to suggest the above narratives, but in truth this is just not the case. Maybe for 0.0000001% of the time it is the narratives above. But the tru
by almosthere 10mo ago
Everyone seems to suggest the above narratives, but in truth this is just not the case. Maybe for 0.0000001% of the time it is the narratives above. But the truth is, if Putin or Jay Jones wants someone dead he will get the right spy and do it without a massive surveillance net.
No, the vast majority of the use case is stopping crime that today we can't stop. I want the crime to stop.
- pickledonions49 10mo agoI was thinking more along the lines of cultural/opinion suppression or genocide. This is a very similar type of infrastructure. https://apnews.com/article/chinese-surveillance-silicon-valley-uyghurs-tech-xinjiang-00bed6421ad8d2ccc6e69f104babe892 https://apnews.com/article/chinese-surveillance-silicon-vall... The way I see it, there are bad people everywhere (even in the government). https://local12.com/news/nation-world/police-chief-gets-caught-using-license-plate-cameras-to-track-his-ex-girlfriend-228-times-arrests-charges-probation-flock-safety-follow-stalk-new-boyfriend-broke-up-out-of-town-misuse https://local12.com/news/nation-world/police-chief-gets-caug... And, in a safe country like this one (I am in the United States but most developed countries are pretty safe), if a little petty crime is so scary to them that they need a mass surveillance network to sleep at night... I don't see any reason why the public should have to sacrifice potential freedoms for that weakness.