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“I’m convinced that good citizens are happy to be recorded and monitored.”
Depressing.
like china?
Apparently this is using face recognition technology from Russia 🤷
Smile, you are being protected.
Oh, so it's like any major US city
With ring cameras, it's every municipality
Realistically, there's going to be no way to stop this. It's too useful. It works and most people appreciate it. I know this because I have visited southern China recently. I've seen the train stations and coffee shops where people now think nothing of leaving their belongings completely unattended. This level of surveillance effectively makes petty crime impossible. It's widely seen as progress, in a way it is progress, and there's no going back.
The challenge remaining is to keep some level of democratic accountability over our governments. That's feasible but it's not going to be easy.
this post was submitted on 10 May 2025
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