@thehatfox@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish • 9 months agoUK passport images database could be used to catch shoplifterswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up122
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minus-square@HerzogVonWiesel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish18•9 months agoTheres like a bazillion movies, books and games telling us why overarching surveillance is a bad thing.
minus-square@xyonlinkEnglish12•9 months agoOh, don’t worry, it’s only bad for the common people so that doesn’t count.
minus-square@thehatfox@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglish9•9 months agoThere’s plenty of real life examples of why overarching surveillance is a bad thing. The Stasi, the Gestapo, the Chinese social credit system, the myriad of Western domestic spying programs revealed by whistleblowers.
Theres like a bazillion movies, books and games telling us why overarching surveillance is a bad thing.
Oh, don’t worry, it’s only bad for the common people so that doesn’t count.
There’s plenty of real life examples of why overarching surveillance is a bad thing. The Stasi, the Gestapo, the Chinese social credit system, the myriad of Western domestic spying programs revealed by whistleblowers.