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Law Enforcement Is Mostly Symptomatic Treatment (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by PierceTheBubble@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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The most valuable argument against privacy, is it being abused by criminals. It's foundational to the "I have nothing to hide" fallacy: waived by those, conditioned into believing, mass-surveillance being a proportional compromise; if potentially elevating their sense of "safety". What they fail to recognize however, is mass-surveillance simply being an escalation, of the fundamentally flawed enforcement model: responsible for their lack of confidence in it. Enforcement of laws should be the exception, not the rule; otherwise conflicting incentives are ought to be addressed first (primarily: large discrepancies in socio-economics, and in turn all that stems from it).

Crime prevention based on enforcement can only prove unsustainable: to be compensated for, using automated systems during technological abundance (which is now). These systems are incompatible with privacy, and more broadly speaking: tangible assurance, personal data isn't being collected without one's explicit consent (regardless of whether the "expectation of privacy" demoralization applies). My sympathy goes out to any well-intended officer, tasked with treating symptoms of an effective aristocracy: intolerant towards meaningful change, which would challenge its self-serving interests. Just a thought, which has been plaguing me for too long... :)

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[–] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Do you really think all the data centers being built are for chatgpt, etc? Something's going on.

My theory is they are marketing these data centers around the chatgpt, etc glorified search engines. But in reality these data centers are being built for large scale surveillance. Like hiding a cannabis grow houses in a neighborhood.

I made a post on another thread that goes on more about these ideas.

https://reddthat.com/comment/26862943

Edit...

To add to this. Not all this is about "privacy"... It's about data mining for social control. Profiling people not only to track their dissent of ideology away from what "they" consider to be the "correct" lifestyle/government, but also to market the "correct lifestyle" to each individual with perfect psychological manipulative accuracy. In order to maintain the path of humanity in accordance to their ideologies and agendas.

They used to do it through magazines and cable tv. Then they did it through the early internet advertising... Then we all saw social media and smartphones get raped by their lust for social control. ....what I said above about ai data centers is the next step. In the post I linked to I talked about this all being part of the governing system and 1st world cultural lifestyle transitioning from analog to full digital.

Whether you believe in God, or The Universe.... It's already on its death bed. Humanity is losing touch with the divine/universal essence/spark.

I used to be a nerd into transhumanism! Now the thought of my own death makes me feel relaxed.

It's similar to the race for nuclear weapons dominance. Anything will be done to anyone to be the winner. Maybe even the near collapse of some countries as we know them for the chance to replace them with this world dominating system of modern governing.

[–] PierceTheBubble@lemmy.ml 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

That exact thought has been on my mind for quite some time. It's hilarious to me, we're actually led to believe massive data centers are being constructed, simply to generate silly cat images. It's as credible as the increased bandwidth provided by 5G or fiber optics, to facilitate the download of movies within seconds: rather than being in preparation of sensors mapping the physical world in real-time, for permanently mobile (vehicles, drones, robots, etc.) or stationary sensors, respectively.

Governments around the world go to great lengths, to not have to directly consult citizens on issues. They rather put a system in place that monitors them in the background, presumably to be able to generate rapports: serving as pseudo-studies, gaslighting them into believing there's support for causes they might oppose; and/or to serve personalized propaganda. It's ultimately the reason for the "age" verification of the web: at the very least ensuring organic engagement, and at worst tying any online activity to individual persons.

If we do not manage to stop the current trajectory, we might end up in a dystopia, where there's a God-like apparatus quite literally always observing us (which is what Peter Thiel might really refer to, when comparing efforts against it to the anti-Christ). Where we need to explain to our children the sky is looking back at them, and everyday objects hide sensors, tracking their every move and breath they take. And that despite you being their biological parent, any relevant decisions are actually being made by the machine.

If that becomes reality, I seriously doubt I could live life knowing that. And will likely take my own life as a result of it, that is assuming it will allow me to haha... ;)

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 hours ago

I'm feeling the same way. They have literally made the world not worth living in. There are three cameras on me when I walk out my front door. I'm so sick of this shit.