thehatfox@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 year agoUK passport images database could be used to catch shoplifterswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up122
arrow-up122external-linkUK passport images database could be used to catch shoplifterswww.theguardian.comthehatfox@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareHerzogVonWiesel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 year agoTheres like a bazillion movies, books and games telling us why overarching surveillance is a bad thing.
minus-squarexyonlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoOh, don’t worry, it’s only bad for the common people so that doesn’t count.
minus-squarethehatfox@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year 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.