It's the direction of random surveillance that's troublesome. If that govt car was here because someone called, then that's absolutely appropriate. Govt should investigate and document complaints. Is there a govt agency that randomly audits corporations (video, databases, etc.) to see if they are behaving appropriately (employee pay, employee hours, waste management, etc.)? I think there isn't. It seems like the only time those issues ever face govt scrutiny is when there's a whistleblower or public complaint.
I'm not opposed to surveillance. (I welcome technological telepathy, which is a kind of sousveillance or universal surveillance.) It's the imbalanced, unidirectional use of observation-with-consequence that has far reaching implications. And that's what freaks me out, because it's the pattern that I see pretty much everywhere. That pattern needs to change.
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Date: 2022-Oct-27, Thursday 09:55 pm (UTC)I'm not opposed to surveillance. (I welcome technological telepathy, which is a kind of sousveillance or universal surveillance.) It's the imbalanced, unidirectional use of observation-with-consequence that has far reaching implications. And that's what freaks me out, because it's the pattern that I see pretty much everywhere. That pattern needs to change.