US Politics on Sidechat | You are being tracked every second of every day. The police and corporations know when you’re at home, they know when you’re at work, they know when you go out and where you go. And this doesn’t bother most of you, for some reason.

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US Politics 17w

You are being tracked every second of every day. The police and corporations know when you’re at home, they know when you’re at work, they know when you go out and where you go. And this doesn’t bother most of you, for some reason.

Anonymous 17w

why would it bother me, ain’t shit i can do abt it

Anonymous 17w

It doesn’t bother me because what would they be getting from it? They want to send me an ad, ok I’ll skip it. If the police tracking me it’s probably for a reason, but they do still need warrants and most departments don’t have tech to do it, it’s more the fbi. And corp. don’t track you individually, you’re put into social and cultural pools. Leaks from foreign and domestic hackers already put private info in databases for trading and selling, so all that info is out there.

Anonymous

#1 17w

If you want to use the internet you sign your own breach of information, that’s why you should be on top of it and not use things like social media or info siphon websites

Anonymous

#2 17w

Yes, you can. You can protest, write to your representatives, inform other people. Just because something’s already happened doesn’t mean it can’t be reversed.

Anonymous

OP 17w

that’s cute u think those things work

Anonymous

#2 17w

Op do got a point, it’s never a bad idea to make the problem known

Anonymous

#1 17w

well i already know.

Anonymous

#1 17w

This was the case 10 years ago, but not anymore. Police departments subscribe to corporate tracking services like Flock that own the cameras. These corporations, without your consent, collect license plate data (among other things) and place it into a searchable database that they use to construct profiles of every person they see. In the world of AI, they absolutely can track you individually and it’s not prohibitively difficult.

Anonymous

#2 17w

Oh, sorry that I’m not as jaded as you. God forbid I want my country to change instead of passively sitting by while it descends further into authoritarianism. I should be like you, just doing nothing and sneering at people who do.

Anonymous

OP 17w

do u want an award?

Anonymous

OP 17w

If the police chose to track me, would that not mean I have done something morally unjust? If someone is doing something illegal, should they not be caught and why should the police not have the ability to tread crime with technical ability what might stop someone like a trafficker or someone selling bad batches of drugs

Anonymous

#1 17w

It used to, but it also used to require warrants for the police to track your vehicle or phone. Now, they have the technology to circumvent things like needing GPS trackers and just have eyes everywhere. It violates the spirit of the law. Now, the police literally track every single person whether they’ve committed a crime or not. They just pay special attention when people have. Or police officers can choose to abuse their power to track whoever they want, like an ex-spouse.

Anonymous

#1 17w

And your argument is a dangerous one. It’s very easy to argue that it’s worth giving up privacy and our rights in the name of safety and apprehending criminals. But in that case, the logical endpoint is that things like the Fourth Amendment shouldn’t exist at all, and that an individual should have no right to privacy whether in their home or in public. And that’d open the door for the state to abuse its power to target protestors and other enemies, which it will always do.

Anonymous

OP 17w

The safest state is a fascist one. It’s not worth giving up our rights in order to bring down a crime rate that’s already low to begin with. Freedom carries risk.

Anonymous

#2 17w

For what?