Tech firms will suggest any invasive nonsense that will make them money.
Tech firms suggested placing trackers under offenders’ skin at meeting with UK justice secretary
Submitted 1 month ago by lerba@sopuli.xyz to technology@lemmy.world
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TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 month ago
SARGE@startrek.website 1 month ago
Why not just tattoo a number on their arm?
I’m sure there’s no possibility that subdermal trackers would ever be used in shitty ways.
paraphrand@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Cyberpunk is a warning, not a goal.
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
It’s San Francisco’s instruction manual.
vane@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Monitoring in technology bros minds:
- we will prevent crime
Monitoring in real world:
- Look Johny according to this map this pedophile was near the school again
- I see no crime report from that area, did the auto-sentence software added him a month because he violated paragraph 124123415 ?
- No it crashed again, need to submit it manually, what a moron, now he have 100 years in prison, he will never get rid of this chip
- this new donuts place is awesome.
001Guy001@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
They will not use their massive amount of money and resources to create a society that eliminates the conditions that generate criminal behavior (scarcity, no communal support systems, etc.), but they will do this shit.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
The 80’s tried to warn us but somehow these fuckers took it all as a manual
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 month ago
In other news, tech firms propose new idea for lucrative government contracts.
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
society would be so much more advanced if the uk stopped electing conservatives
Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 month ago
Come on, we don’t need tracking devices embedding under the skin.
Just use an AirTag. Much cheaper.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Look, they traded morals for money (if they ever had) long ago. No surprizes here.
phutatorius@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
I really want to know the name of the contractor who made that proposal.
Telorand@reddthat.com 1 month ago
I recommend reading the article, because holy fuck is that whole thing dystopian, but here’s who was there:
Ah, yes. The very companies that helped install a fascist in the US would be great partners to bring about safety and criminal reform, and they would definitely not inject their fascist ideals into the UK government, eroding and poisoning it over time. Sounds like a brilliant plan! /s
raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I know my Gandalf like your average LOTR fan, but boy do I wish death upon these people…
DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Hey technological research was the forefront of fascism, after all it’s a lot easier to be fascist with mind control