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If we built a database of police, CEO and billionaire faces, wed be imprisoned.
Under terrorism charges, no less.
Phrasing matters. Let's make a database for providing extra service for our VIPs.
No, wait, you don't understand, people with power are that much virtuous and careful with it so they deserve more of it ... Yeah, no.
Detached independent Sousveillance that can actually respect things like the GDPR all the way over this shit. People won't be ignoring this problem that much when it becomes about being in the wrong political party / ideology or not.
when did it become okay to treat every paying customer like they're a criminal as soon as they walk through the door?
it's like, 'fuck off already' with this being constantly observed, recorded, categorized and indexed at every conceivable location in my life (work, school, roadways, shops, even neighborhood doorbell cameras) without my consent and without a say in how my data is used.
and NO I will NOT give you my email, my biometric facial data, or my fucking phone number just to buy a pack of gum or look at a website.
Worth highlighting for the inevitable people that only read the headline:
“It’s not against the law to walk into a shop even if you’ve committed crimes in the past,” he said. “The idea of calling the police on somebody who hasn’t committed a crime, but there’s a concern they might, is really upending the way we do things. And of course, it’s not infallible. These systems do make mistakes, and it’s very hard to argue with that when it happens to you.”
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