Re:Amazon Pushes Facial Recognition to Police, Critics See S...
by state_less on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @12:39AM
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> It’s that if you’re allowed to have cameras everywhere, why would you limit useful processing of the data?
So that a company doesn't end up doing mass surveillance.
During bad times, you'd see crackdowns and suppression caused by such a system. If you look in the present at the countries that are more authoritarian, you can get a picture. Places like China or Russia, where the internet is censored, monitored and mass surveillance is openly practiced. Russia recently passed Yarovaya law:
"Internet and telecom companies are required to store communications and metadata for 6 months to 3 years. They are required to disclose them, as well as "all other information necessary," to authorities on request and without a court order. It also requires email and messaging service providers to have cryptographic backdoors. The surveillance regulations will take effect on 1 July 2018."
It probably goes without saying that they use this tool to get a tighter grip on their population to maintain power.
So that a company doesn't end up doing mass surveillance.
During bad times, you'd see crackdowns and suppression caused by such a system. If you look in the present at the countries that are more authoritarian, you can get a picture. Places like China or Russia, where the internet is censored, monitored and mass surveillance is openly practiced. Russia recently passed Yarovaya law:
"Internet and telecom companies are required to store communications and metadata for 6 months to 3 years. They are required to disclose them, as well as "all other information necessary," to authorities on request and without a court order. It also requires email and messaging service providers to have cryptographic backdoors. The surveillance regulations will take effect on 1 July 2018."
It probably goes without saying that they use this tool to get a tighter grip on their population to maintain power.