• panda_abyss@lemmy.ca
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    11 days ago

    This is a great example of how profiles on all of us are going to be made by governments and corporations unless we take privacy seriously.

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      11 days ago

      *Have been made long ago and are being constantly updated.

      Snowden already warned us about this over a DECADE ago. Their scopes and powers will have increased exponentially. And that was under ‘trustworthy’ administration. I guarantee there’s a type of system in place that flags people before they do anything, just on pattern recognition alone. Of course, they can’t use that system as a legal basis for anything, so they don’t and use parallel constructions instead.

      Anyone who thinks “this is coming” hasn’t been paying attention. We’re already there and beyond.