The main problem I see here is that people still don’t seem to understand what “public” means.
That applies to doing shit in public, but also posting shit publically.
If you do something in the open, expect that people will see it.
Comment on The Astronomer CEO's Coldplay Concert Fiasco Is Emblematic of Our Social Media Surveillance Dystopia
conicalscientist@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
So this article went over everyone’s head??? The surveillance apparatus is the that they were able to be identified immediately. You guys prove the authors point. It’s so normalized it doesn’t seem out of place. Not only that they were blasted around the world just as fast.
The witch hunt is self evident but I suppose I need to be blunt. It’s because they’re deemed worthy of your scorn. So you accept the dystopian surveillance state because in this instance it has served your purpose.
squaresinger@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
See it, sure. But as a society we used to have an expectation of anonymity, for better or worse.
If there was a video of you dancing funny in public, maybe your friends would recognize you, but the whole world wouldn’t know your identity and remember it forever.
Shit, my workplace couldn’t even identify the people who walked in the front door and stole stuff and walked out. The police could see their faces clearly in the security footage, but they weren’t from around here and no one knew who they were.
Society used to be like that.
squaresinger@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
See it, sure. But as a society we used to have an expectation of anonymity, for better or worse.
That’s the case if you are some unimportant rando, yes.
But these two people we are talking about are very public figures due to their jobs, and they are compensated very well for this. As a public figure you can’t have the expectation of anonymity. That just comes with the territory.
Every time JK Rowling lets out an anti-trans fart, the whole internet is up in arms. When my transphobe uncle does the same, nobody cares. Because one of them is a public figure and the other one is not.
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
If you would read the article, you would understand the point you’re missing.
No one recognized them because they were public figures. In this case it’s not clear how they were recognized, but in the general sense, it is clear that social media will gleefully dox randos using technology like facial recognition. Attractive security guards, people dancing, etc. Just yesterday, someone took a picture of me at the pool just for walking with messy hair.
The point the article is making is that anybody can be a public figure now, because of technology.
Samskara@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
You should be able to enjoy a concert without being put on display.
I don’t want my picture taken when I’m high as fuck and make out with strangers while partying.
nialv7@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Lol you really think a CEO, of a billion dollar company no less, being recognized on camera is “emblematic” of anything.
Don’t pretend they are like us.
Yes surveillance capitalism is ruining the society, but this is not it. Surprising bad take from 404media.
KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
They not like us
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
So you accept the dystopian surveillance state because in this instance it has served your purpose.
Divide et impera.
db2@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
So they were identified by a government agency or an entity acting within that scope?
conicalscientist@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
There I fixed it.
Go to reddit and stay there if you want to debase yourself with this obtuse nonsense. Otherwise grow up.
db2@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
And blocked. Have a nice day.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 3 weeks ago
He was right actually. Like 100%.
Samskara@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Surveillance capitalism knows more about you than government agencies.
db2@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Facebook proved that well enough, the courts are supposed to be the remedy to that though.