Flock has built a nationwide surveillance network of AI-powered cameras and given many more federal agencies access. Senator Ron Wyden told Flock “abuses of your product are not only likely but inevitable” and Flock “is unable and uninterested in preventing them.”

    • freedickpics@lemmy.ml
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      24 hours ago

      inb4 the wEll yOu hAvE nO eXpEcTaTiOn oF pRiVaCy iN pUbLiC comments

      I hate this argument that people use. Technology has fundamentally redefined what it means to be observed. Someone casually glancing at you in public is a completely different thing to having your movement tracked, permanently stored, and linked to you wherever you go. People absolutely have a right to expect a degree of privacy even in public settings

      • stupid_asshole69 [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
        4·
        21 hours ago

        I don’t know about the particulars of other countries, but in America you’re mistaken.

        The goal of my comment was not to “well actually” but instead to point out that, relevant to the post topic and concurrent with your recognition that technology has fundamentally changed in our lifetimes the understanding of privacy and anonymity we apply in everyday life, if you want privacy you have to take active steps to ensure you can go in public and maintain it.

        That doesnt mean using graphene and libreboot, it means covering your face in public.

        • freedickpics@lemmy.ml
          1·
          13 hours ago

          Apologies I must’ve replied to your comment accidentally, I was meaning to post it as a general comment in the thread. It’s interesting though, there’s a middle ground somewhere but people shouldn’t need to take extreme steps to not be recorded everywhere they go. The only thing we can be certain of is that the government and companies aren’t going to give us privacy back. We have to be proactive ourselves. I just wish it didn’t have to be this way

          • stupid_asshole69 [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
            1·
            11 hours ago

            No worries and no apologies necessary.

            One thing I’ve been thinking about is the historical circumstances around traditional dress in the Arabic speaking world, Muslim religious proscriptions about clothing and how those could converge with outcomes in the present day.

            Giant wraparound shades with a punisher skull veil dangling off em.