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[โ€“] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

They track cars, humans, literally everything. Society is one massive database. And the cops are basically given free reign to do whatever they want with that. That could include stalking people they don't like or their exes. In one case a dude got in his car drove for hours to get some legal weed in another state drove all the way home and they showed up to arrest him.

We're headed into a massively dystopian surveillance state where the government and major corporations will be able to monitor, plot, and plan for virtually everything that we do.

Edit: Downvoter: I normally don't care about your type because fuck random internet people, but why do you want a surveillance state? Boggles my fucking mind.