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"You're not the customer, you're the product being sold." It's all very "free" until ICE rams my car and drags me away because someone sold them the geolocatio
by Terr_ 10mo ago
"You're not the customer, you're the product being sold."
It's all very "free" until ICE rams my car and drags me away because someone sold them the geolocation and facial-recognition data being automatically collected by that "excellent" software.
OK, sure, that's a dramatic example, but the same principle holds for plenty of other scenarios involving employers, insurance rates, etc.
- WalterBright 10mo agoThe government already has your facial features recorded and databased. (From your passport photo, DL photo, and when you get on an airplane.) LPRs are being installed all over town by the government.
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- Terr_ 10mo agoI'm not sure what you mean here: Are you agreeing and layering on other depressing considerations, or are you downplaying that kind of privacy-break as having no effect? It does matter. Imagine if Anne Frank (or Anna Franco) is hiding in my attic, and then myself or a guest accidentally takes a picture, perhaps without disabling the internet connection. There's also the the social-graph it allows someone to construct: https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2013/06/09/using-metadata-to-find-paul-revere/ https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2013/06/09/using-metad...
- what 10mo agoAre you an illegal alien? Or why are you concerned about ICE dragging you away?
- mikestew 10mo agoBecause ICE has been known to drag away U. S. citizens? C’mon, man, pick up a newspaper.
- WalterBright 10mo agoOur justice system has been known to convict innocent people, too.
- Terr_ 10mo agoDid being a caucasian citizen protect Renee Good from being entrapped and murdered? Nope. The organization and the politicians behind it are corrupt and lawless, and that means nobody is safe. Not even citizens, white citizens, white male citizens, and ultimately not even white male citizens who voted Republican.