The problem with surveillance tech is that even if it was initially implemented with the best intentions by good people that aren’t seeking to abuse it, it can change hands.
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InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 14 hours agoThat’s going to be unpopular to say around here, but the truth is that technology is largely amoral.
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 13 hours ago
Enabling a surveillance state is not amoral.
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Your phrasing seems to imply I said it was, but I never said that.
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 11 hours ago
The technology enables the surveillance state. Therefore the technology is not amoral.
bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip 14 hours ago
While the tech may be amoral, its still implemented and utilized by pricks whose goal is control.
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Yup, and its important to communicate that or we risk losing our voice in the general public and look like Luddites
Feyd@programming.dev 14 hours ago
Just FYI, using the term luddite derogatorily may not be as cool as you think it is. They were essentially an instance of organized labor flexing their power and not really “against technological advancement” like the term gets bandied about.
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
I am aware, but i am using it in a colloquial sense. And you understood my point; which is exactly how the general public that needs to be swayed will interpret it.