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By that line of reasoning, coffee shops should start employing security staff at each table, listening for patrons plotting terrorist attacks, schools should en
by davb 12y ago
By that line of reasoning, coffee shops should start employing security staff at each table, listening for patrons plotting terrorist attacks, schools should ensure each classroom has adequate staff to interecept notes between students to look out for signs of radicalisation, and companies should place cameras and microphones throughout their premises to monitor for any dissenting behaviour. Monitor everything. Record everything. Just in case.
- hahainternet 12y ago> By that line of reasoning, coffee shops should start employing security staff at each table, listening for patrons plotting terrorist attacks If an employee at a coffee shop overheard patrons at a table detailing a terrorist plot. What exactly do you think would happen right now? I mean, I'm all for thought experiments, but you haven't carried out step 1.
- coldcode 12y agoNothing should, you can't possibly know what they actually mean and you have no context. They might be writing a movie script. They might be CIA. They might be messing with you.
- hahainternet 12y agoReally? Your argument is that even if I overhear someone explicitly planning a criminal act, I should just ignore it because it might not be criminal? Why?
- mihok 12y agoBecause your innocent until proven guilty, think of the insanity that would ensue if you give everyone the ability to prove guilt
- sp332 12y agoI don't know what you mean by "step 1", but coffee shop employees do not routinely monitor all conversations just in case there's something illegal going on.
- dreamfactory2 12y agoyou haven't seen PSAs urging the public to look out for and report unattended packages and suspicious behaviour?
- davb 12y agoI'm not sure what you mean by Step 1, however what you're suggesting is more akin to an engineer at a SaaS provider carrying out maintenance or debugging a fault and stumbling across something suspicious. What's being suggesting is active monitoring of every communication.