Comment on 'Eyes Everywhere': Congress Is About to Vote to Expand Mass Surveillance of Americans, Experts Warn

helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Its about pushing boundaries.

  If a camera on every street corner is legal, just imagine what they are doing with that data.

  Same thing with actionable data. If the goal is to just abduct you in a black helicopter and waterboard you, the law doesn’t matter. If the goal is to ruin your reputation and put you and other “enemies of the state” in prison, then you need a legal basis. Otherwise it becomes a huge kerfuffle and you become a martyr.

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  • UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    With AI and knowledge of everyone, the rich will be able to control us. Some might say they’re not controllable, but you are the minority. Mass surveillance and control is what we’re heading for. 1984 I might sound like a tinfoil nutjob but it’s slowly happening and most don’t even notice.

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    • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Why bother? We are already on our way to a more Brave New World style dystopia where we actively surrender because of the opioids and orgasm boxes.

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• EatYouWell@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They want to be like the CCP.

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  • chitak166@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Spiderman meme is always relevant when talking about the US and China.

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  • asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    But why? What’s in it for them?

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    • EatYouWell@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      More power. That’s what it’s always been about.

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