Bro, just one more camera bro, one more camera and we will solve crime forever bro. Bro, please bro, trust me bro. No I wont sell your face bro, trust me bro. Why don’t you want a camera bro? Do you have something to hide bro? Bro, think of the children, bro. There will be no more crime or terrorism bro. Trust me bro.

  • Every government in the world (My city now has facial recognition cameras all around, the UK is implementing age verification, the EU with chat control and so on…)
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    If criminals can’t hide anymore they’ll eventually stop hiding and that will bring much worse problems.

    The same goes for heavy prison sentences. The harder they are, the more dangerous people become if they’re already going to jail anyways.

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    So basically, all governments want more surveillance, almost no citizens want surveillance

    How do we fix this? How can we ensure that, as citizens of any country, we can stop out government from slowly turning ball societies into surveillance states?

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      almost no citizens want surveillance

      Yet masses of people are voluntarily paying good money to have corporate spy cameras and listening devices installed in their homes.

      Devices that can (and have) leak personal information to both criminals (in the traditional sense) and government agencies.

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      Late reply, but I believe a LOT of people want surveillance. In my city the facial recognition thing is one of the main campaign talking points of the current mayor…

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    You know this works because prisons are the safest crime free places on earth. Total control and surveillance makes everyone safe and solves all crime!