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A Boring Dystopia

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Privacy groups warn that flying plate readers could expand surveillance far beyond roadside cameras.

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[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 35 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (3 children)

AI bros who don't take "no" for an answer are the same people as cops are the same people as rapists are the same people as republicans are the same people as pedophiles are the same people as bots pushers are the same people who fucking ruin everything

It's the "I know better than you" people

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 9 points 17 hours ago

Yup. They're all over the perv-glasses threads telling people they have no right to privacy and it's no different that a cell phone camera. meanwhile, they're posting upskirts and downshirts, stalking videos, harassment, outright racist hate shit, all recorded with their cute lil fuckin perv-glasses.

And meta keeps putting facial recognition shit in the APIs but denying it.

the sad part is, they could be great tools for the disabled, but a bunch of shitkids have already ruined that use because meta wants profits more than helping people or -haha- letting people have privacy.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 1 points 15 hours ago

You know, people that don't believe in the agency of others

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[–] thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

there are many ways to counter these

[–] lordziv@lemmy.nz 1 points 10 hours ago

Awesome gif, what show is this from?

[–] edg@lemmy.world 11 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

A machine is being built, designed to stamp on a human face forever. We have to strangle it while it's still in the cradle.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 4 points 15 hours ago

The window is closing rapidly

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

If they only go 60 they ain't catching up to me 🤷‍♂️

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 1 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

60 as the crow flies is faster than a faster car on a road

[–] Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

Actually, it's slower. The world is round, so the further you get from the ground, the more distance you have to cover to reach the same spot.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Who said I was on the road?

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 2 points 15 hours ago

Lol fair enough

[–] solidheron@sh.itjust.works 4 points 17 hours ago (6 children)

It's hilarious how toxic the replies are, Lemmy users are out here trying to fight

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[–] solidheron@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That gonna cost so much money to replace

[–] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 8 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Much harder and much more illegal to interfere with a drone; I'd be shocked if these needed replacing due to vandalism at all, let alone as frequently as people take out terrestrial Flock cameras.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 2 points 15 hours ago

IDK I got plenty of 338 ready to go 🤷

[–] solidheron@sh.itjust.works 3 points 19 hours ago (24 children)

Ahhhh, there's ways to take out drones without anyone noticing. My favorite is a microwave Canon and the drone will fall out of the sky onto hard ground.

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[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Widdershins@lemmy.world 6 points 19 hours ago

You can build a net gun to disable these without any of the 2A paperwork. All you need is PVC, net, a sprinkler valve, and a blow gun (the kind you use to release compressed air). If you can build a potato cannon you can build a net gun.

[–] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 13 points 1 day ago (4 children)

It feels like death will soon be better than existence.

[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 7 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

And thats when we have nothing to lose. We free ourselves or die trying.

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 day ago

"When death is no longer the worst alternative, there will be revolution."

  • my highschool history teacher
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