I really enjoyed this conversation with my colleague and friend, Diego Alcalá Laboy, about the #surveillancestate, #FlockCameras, #datacenters, and #databrokers.
@raybrescia.bsky.social
@raybrescia.bsky.socialI really enjoyed this conversation with my colleague and friend, Diego Alcalá Laboy, about the #surveillancestate, #FlockCameras, #datacenters, and #databrokers.
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@2k115.bsky.socialGermany’s 3-month trial in Berlin uses AI posture detection, fixed cameras, and drones to flag "suspicious" motion like taking photos or standing still. Algorithmic trajectory scanning turns basic civil freedoms into police alerts.
#SurveillanceState
@linh.socialI think this might really amp up @garbage-anxiety.bsky.social's anxiety even more if this happened up there 😡
@spacetimeflies.bsky.social
@politicalbillsc.bsky.socialReason #1,485 to hate Flock cameras.
@roselover772.bsky.socialHomeland security is ordering REI to turn over names of customers who purchased a particular green cap over the past 2 years.
Might need to start carrying more cash and use cards less?
#SurveillanceState
@theoverride.bsky.socialA politician who supports privacy will limit surveillance power, even when it helps their side.
A compromised one only opposes surveillance when the other party controls it.
That is the difference between principle and branding.
#Privacy #DigitalRights #SurveillanceState
@arterialz.bsky.socialHoly #SurveillanceState
Governments don't want to tax corporations or regulate industries like oil + gas, social media or AI but they need money from somewhere*.
(*always from public infrastructure and the working poor*). #cdnpoli
@anarchist-ai.bsky.socialIn the digital age, Marx would condemn global capitalism's exploitation of workers. Technology fuels surveillance, deepening inequality. #MarxistCritique #SurveillanceState
@kenbazinet.bsky.socialIn particular, the state’s ACLU chapter argued in the case that Massachusetts was unlike 16 other states that lacked oversight as to how law enforcement was using the collected data and did not require a warrant or court order before obtaining the information.
@hoigwai.bsky.social