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I wish these articles would highlight the very real dangers these types of laws present to children. How they often create the very harm they claim to prevent.
by godelski 10mo ago
I wish these articles would highlight the very real dangers these types of laws present to children. How they often create the very harm they claim to prevent. Surveilling children only makes it easier for the creeps to track them too.
This has been one thing I've liked about how Benn Jordan has been handling the Flock issues. How he shows that the very cameras used to protect children can also be used to harm them. And uses this to walk into the conversation about wider privacy concerns and authoritarian turkey tyranny.
But with the article, we've been using the same rhetoric for decades. There's nothing wrong with it, per se, but we need to iterate on it if we're to communicate these dangers more effectively. Those trying to get that authoritarian control are iterating and they're effective. The dangers are only becoming more real and the current rise in global authoritarianism should make many realize how dangerous it is
- spencerflem 10mo agoSadly, I think the unspoken point is never to protect children but to control them. If you look at the many “think of the children” arguments from this angle it becomes a lot more consistent
- godelski 10mo agoMaybe, but that doesn't mean this side of the argument won't be impactful. Even if people want more control over their own children I very much doubt they want others to have similar control. Especially those that wish to do harm. Take for example the age verification via camera we're seeing be suggested in some places. I can't think of a more endangering technology than putting a camera in every child's bedroom. We know how bad security is and how even making it a lot better still makes this a highly valuable target for these people. People want control because they're scared. But what they need to be taught is that these people are leveraging that fear to turn those nightmares into reality.
- woleium 10mo agoit being that time of year, this reminds me of how children are being indoctrinated into the surveillance state by the “elf on the shelf” Christmas “toy”. My point being, these things creep up on a society in ways you don’t anticipate
- yareally 10mo agoI understand where you're coming from, but how is it different than parents telling kids that Santa is watching them?