100 sats \ 0 replies \ @mallardshead 12 Oct 2023 \ on: When does the state's surveillance end? tech
Good question. This guy tells me 99% of classified data is useless; but it's classified because of the way it's collected. If China is almost good enough to surveil a jaywalker and have the fine come out of their account before reaching the other side, I'm really bullish on censorship resistant money to start. Like if we look at what casinos can already do, or how effective Bellingcat is with OSINT, then consider government, with all their data, various databases, behavior algos, camera patching, then it feels despairing, cuz Ai can collate all that into neat squares tucked away to be recalled as circumstances demand, ie, whenever you show up on a public camera. It's like Minority Report stuff. But if it's out of sight, server-side, and privileged, then we're like a bunch of conspiracy theorists. We need whisteblowers, and federal laws, and likeminded supreme court justices, and education, and FOSS. 20% sounds pretty good, whatever the hell it takes to form a durable coalition.