Six people were arrested in New York City in protests over the firm’s alleged work building a massive new surveillance apparatus for President Donald Trump
this feels like the “human nature” argument to me. the problems of mistakes and bad actors would seem to be good process and auditing not abandoning the technology entirely. if oversight of state power is impossible then let’s just give up
In my view, if a person lacks a fundamental right to privacy, it will effect their behavior and increase anxiety even if no direct harm comes from it. If you are doing work, and someone is staring intensely at the work you’re doing, wouldn’t that make you uncomfortable? That’s how I feel being tracked and monitored by the surveillance state, I feel uncomfortable and anxious, afraid to step out of line.
I agree if the state was held by the people it wouldn’t generate such a feeling as much, but I don’t know if the benefit from widespread surveillance justifies the risk of reactionaries or hostile governments using the panopticon for their benefit. CCTV in public areas like what allowed the person’s phone to be recovered doesn’t have to lead to a full surveillance state though, but it would be tough to track the suspect without other measures like device or face tracking.
this feels like the “human nature” argument to me. the problems of mistakes and bad actors would seem to be good process and auditing not abandoning the technology entirely. if oversight of state power is impossible then let’s just give up
i don’t think it is at all. my argument isn’t that having the power will corrupt the user, it’s based on several current material imperfections.
In my view, if a person lacks a fundamental right to privacy, it will effect their behavior and increase anxiety even if no direct harm comes from it. If you are doing work, and someone is staring intensely at the work you’re doing, wouldn’t that make you uncomfortable? That’s how I feel being tracked and monitored by the surveillance state, I feel uncomfortable and anxious, afraid to step out of line.
I agree if the state was held by the people it wouldn’t generate such a feeling as much, but I don’t know if the benefit from widespread surveillance justifies the risk of reactionaries or hostile governments using the panopticon for their benefit. CCTV in public areas like what allowed the person’s phone to be recovered doesn’t have to lead to a full surveillance state though, but it would be tough to track the suspect without other measures like device or face tracking.